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Fresh turbulence at SYRIZA as opposition parties take aim at bank deal
PoliticsGreek Politicspartly under state ownership as the result of a rescue deal. Eight members of the party’s political... the government over the terms of the merger of Attica and Pancreta banks. The deal has been presented... that the deal locks in losses for taxpayers, while “gifting” the banking business to interests close to PM
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Greece and Ukraine sign LNG deal as US looks on
PoliticsForeign Policymolecule of Russian gas” with American LNG when it inked a deal on Sunday to help Ukraine meet its... coordinate deliveries of US LNG to help Ukraine meet its winter energy needs. The deal was witnessed..., ensuring stable flows and regional energy resilience The deal is seen as a critical contribution
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Newsletter 277 -11/12/2020
PM rebuffs Covid-19 criticism Mitsotakis defends govt stance but is forced to extend some measures until Jan After being forced to extend Covid-19 restrictions into January, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis tried to defend this week his, and his gover...
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PMI falls to 46.9 pts in June in ten straight months of contraction
EconomyMacroeconomyquarter for the Greek manufacturing sector for two years.” “With negotiations over a debt deal ongoing... trend albeit demand for inputs further slipped. The rate of deterioration in vendor performance
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Questions linger following PM's statement on surveillance of political rival
PoliticsGreek Politicsin further revelations which would deal a heavy blow to the government’s credibility, already... willingness to investigate Predator and its Greek vendor Intellexa. There is also reason to be sceptical
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Newsletter 169 -06/07/2018
Name deal, pension cuts top agenda Kammenos unmoved on FYROM, Moscovici suggests 2019 measure may... Kammenos, threatened this week to trigger snap elections over the Macedonia name deal but his claims... on Tuesday to reaffirm his opposition to the Macedonia name deal, adding that he believes it should
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SYRIZA caught in push and pull between voters and members over deal
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA finds itself caught between party members and MPs, who are reluctant to sign up to a deal... increasingly desperate for a deal as cash dries up. The resistance within the party was highlighted... – with the details of the deal not known – it is very difficult to assess whether the dissent within
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Tussle over arms deal sets tone for polarised politics
PoliticsGreek Politicsvictory in the debate over the stalled arms deal with Saudi Arabia on Monday. New Democracy and other... intensified the suspicion surrounding the deal, which was not executed, but no smoking gun... that Papadopoulos was not authorised to carry out the deal. Sfakianakis, the chief Economist at the Saudi
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After signing name deal, Athens and Skopje face several more steps
PoliticsForeign Policyvotes in favour and 40 against. Main opposition VMRO–DPMNE denounced the deal with Greece and tried... and the relevant bill was tabled in the plenary, which was initially due to is expected to ratify the deal... objection to the EU offering Skopje a date to begin accession talks. Irrespective of the name deal
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Name deal uncertainty set to continue despite ANEL attempt to clarify stance
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the deal. It may still be the case that they will support it in Parliament, which could lead to them... Alexis Tsipras’s efforts to find the 151 votes that he will likely need to ratify the deal, which... days that To Potami leader Stavros Theodorakis may strike a pre-election deal with New Democracy
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