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SYRIZA's poll lead consistent but parliamentary majority elusive
PoliticsGreek PoliticsND 28 Potami 4.5 G Dawn 4.2 PASOK 4 KKE 3.7 Ind Grks 2.2 Papandreou 1.5 Other 4.4 Undecided 9.6... and Golden Dawn favourite for this spot but some pollsters suggest that PASOK is not far behind. A Kapa... SYRIZA 28.1 ND 25.5 Potami 6.5 G Dawn 5.4 PASOK 5.2 KKE 5 Papandreou 2.8 Ind Grks 2.6 Other 4.1 Undecid
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Rising tension in Western Balkans add to diplomatic concerns
PoliticsForeign Policysaw hundreds of VMRO-DPMNE supporters storm the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM... to Swiss newspaper Tagesanzeiger last month, Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama said
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Athens turns its attention to settling differences with Albania
PoliticsForeign Policysaw Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared the clear winner did not surprise Athens. In fact, Kotzias... obstacles, though, which prevent Tirana from being optimistic about a deal. Albanian Prime Minister Edi
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Greece extends territorial waters in Ionian, hopes for deal with Albania
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe last week of 2020 saw Greece moving ahead with the enforcement of its decision to extend its territorial waters to 12 nautical miles in the Ionian Sea. The presidential decree on the closing... due to his political rivalry with Prime Minister, Edi Rama. Early elections in Albania
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Athens hopeful of progress on sea delimitation differences with Albania after FM visit
PoliticsForeign PolicyBalkans, the Greek side saw an intention on behalf of the Albanian side to set the issue... by his Albanian counterpart, Edi Rama, he will also be in Finiq, Livadhya and Dervican. The visit
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Economic sentiment improves marginally in Aug, consumer confidence takes 7-point tumble
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s economic sentiment (ESI) recorded a 0.7-point rise in August, after a 1-point increase..., dropping to 84.4. Over the rolling 12-month period, the ESI in August was 6 points up from the 105.7 points of September 2022. The EU average ESI stood at 92.9 points in August, down from the 93.5 points
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Five things to take away from the first round of Greek local elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsbefore. The graph below produced by Public Issue suggests SYRIZA saw a 13.2 percentage point increase... regions. Although New Democracy saw support for its candidates fall by just over six percentage... about whether To Potami could in the future be a potential coalition partner. 4. Golden Dawn still
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Increased revenues push Greek budget primary surplus up to 2.28 bln at end of July
EconomyMacroeconomyand means that the primary surplus target was beaten by 1.48 billion euros. The fiscal performance... in July. Nevertheless, the 7-month figures still indicate a year on year drop of 2.2 and 4.4 percent... attributed to the exceptionally strong revenues of 2.2 billion posted in the corresponding month last year
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For better or worse: Greece's bailout exit deja vu
Agoraof 3.5 percent until 2023 is detrimental to growth and that the goal of 2.2 percent on average up... long-term goal of 2.2 percent is unprecedented, the long-term target in the IMF’s DSA at the end... tax rates and investment spending if targets were beaten. All crisis governments had first-hand
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First round of local elections leave Greek politics finely balanced
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy’s Aris Spiliotopoulos and Golden Dawn’s Ilias Kasidiaris for the second spot. Kaminis... Democracy’s incumbent Vassilis Michaloliakos was beaten into second place by independent Yiannis Moralis
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