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Greece changing direction on energy policy, warms to US-backed projects
PoliticsForeign Policyand the TAP pipeline, the spur that we’re talking about, going from there up to Bulgaria,” said... energy security. We think that there are enormous opportunities here to spur grow throughout Europe
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PM tries to steer agenda back to reforms as OPEKEPE scandal rumbles on
PoliticsGreek Politicsto shrug off the Semertzidou affair. Dubbed the “Ferrari farmer” after her social media posts showcasing a lavish lifestyle and political connections attracted attention after her partner, a farmer
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Mitsotakis makes new bid to break deadlock with farmers as govt ponders relief measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsas the government grapples with farmer protests and broader cost‑of‑living pressures. In the vote estimate... parties face significant barriers to voter trust. Against the backdrop of farmer unrest
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Tsipras has until Sunday to keep Greece in euro, must pass measures immediately
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece's European lenders told Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday that he has just a few days left to keep his country in the eurozone. At the end of a day that included a Eurogroup and euro area summit, European Council President Donald Tusk and ...
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Tsipras ponders delaying snap elections until debt relief talks start
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreek Parliament is expected to vote on the country’s third bailout of around 85 billion euros with international lenders on Thursday after the negotiating teams appeared to reach an agreement on Tuesday morning. Thursday’s vote could prove decisive in ...
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Tsipras and Kammenos vow to stick together until further notice
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras left for New York on Sunday to attend the United Nations General Assembly, but not before publicly making up with his coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) leader and Defence Minister Panos Kammenos following apparent...
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Lenders set to highlight reform delays, leaving fiscal gap concerns until after elections
EconomyProgrammeThe European Commission is due to publish on Wednesday the third enhanced surveillance report, highlighting that recent fiscal interventions by the government have cast doubt over whether this year’s primary surplus target will be reached. The report is...
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Will centre-left let go of past to grasp change?
Agorabeen trying to heal over the last few years. Insularism The old guard has not been willing to let go... from radical left activist to something more sophisticated. Finding space Tsipras realised that a lot.... It is not clear if this space exists or if any of the candidates are capable of finding it. Among the nine
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Newsletter 151 -16/02/2018
a Greek coast guard boat was rammed by a Turkish patrol vessel off the coast of the Imia islets, whose... strategy with binding targets for employment, growth and fiscal discipline. The Labour Ministry's
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EU migration pact meets with lukewarm reception in Athens
PoliticsGreek Politicsand sharing sensitive information on coast guard movements with migrants in Turkey. The move... are not binding enough to bring relief to countries of first reception. There are, however, elements
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