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Government draws line between solidarity for Cyprus and involvement in Iran conflict
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the broader Middle East conflict. The message that Greece stands by Cyprus is one which simultaneously.... On Tuesday, PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis told PASOK president Nikos Androulakis in a one-to-one briefing... in Cyprus during the Persian Wars, after whom one of the frigates is named – and honoured the memory
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Newsletter 497 - 06/03/2026
command structure is fragmented, its proxies are acting autonomously, and no one can reliably predict..., offering instead one‑to‑one briefings — a choice that fuels suspicion that Mitsotakis wants to retain tight... increase non‑performing loans and force more cautious dividend strategies. One week into the conflict
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PM and ministers go on the road as constitutional revision vote fails to yield consensus
PoliticsGreek Politicsprogramme. Tsipras argues that Greece remains one of the most centralised countries in Europe... will be one of the defining features of the political period ahead. First vote The first... and former Greek Solution MPs. This alignment with the far right was one of the most striking
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Cyprus faces critical August test as UN pushes for diplomatic results in peace talks
PoliticsForeign PolicyErdogan reiterated after Guterres’s visit that the Cyprus question is one of recognising... diplomacy not in isolation, but as one element of a much broader negotiation over Turkey’s future relationship with the European Union. This may be one of the most consequential differences between
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Major Israeli defence deal aims for strategic upgrade, but also opens political fault lines
PoliticsGreek Politicsone of the most significant military procurements in its modern history, but also one of the most... one of the EU’s two GOVSATCOM secure satellite communications hubs, and is preparing for its first... himself, since the ex-PM was the one who brought LAOS figures into ND and appointed them to ministerial
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Tsipras sets out ELAS economic programme as government and PASOK launch criticism
PoliticsGreek Politicsput before voters since its launch in May. His address framed the choice at the next election as one..., alongside a "Patriotic Contribution" of one euro for every 100 euros of net wealth held by the richest one percent of the population, replacing existing levies on the same base. This was paired
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Kammenos calls for lynching of mayor but ends up boxing himself into a corner
PoliticsGreek Politicsprobe was announced, Kammenos said he was encouraging a “political lynching” not a physical one... Golden Dawn. Flirting with SYRIZA on the one hand and being compared with Golden Dawn on the other... is seeking to achieve. It seems there are rough seas ahead for the one-time Deputy Merchant Marine
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Consensus, conviction and the anti-racism bill
Agoraand policies” is particularly apt. There is, however, one thing that Samaras did not abandon, which... blows. A surge for far-right Golden Dawn is of particular concern to government officials. One... after all. One of the reasons she despised consensus was because she viewed it as “the process
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Honey, I shrunk the Greeks
Agoraby one of the many middle-aged ladies that were handing out surgical masks and asked us if we wanted..., this view that now represents the official assessment and position of one of the troika’s members was demonized and ridiculed as conspiratorial in spite of the fact that one never needed to look further than
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Coalition unwound
AgoraPrime Minister Antonis Samaras marked one year in the job on Friday by becoming the leader of what... one of its most turbulent patches in modern history. Having secured a form of stability over... Reformer: albeit one whose government has failed to make any decisive changes in the economy, public
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