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Heading for talks with Turkey, Athens sets expectations low
PoliticsGreek Politicswith talks, rather than negotiations. Conducting talks means that we are trying to find rules... is better than us having our finger on the trigger for a long time.” But the source added that the aim... Athens had traditionally put on the negotiating table – maritime zones, continental shelf
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EastMed, defence and energy dominate Pompeo's visit, leaving Athens satisfied
PoliticsForeign Policythan acceptable,” he said. Earlier on Monday, the United States and Greece issued a joint call... defence spending, the first for more than a decade, that was announced by Mitsotakis recently... Kavala is also being put to tender. In the Dendias-Pompeo joint statement, the two countries also
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IMF sees GDP shrinking by 9.5 pct in 2020, warns about pace of fiscal consolidation
EconomyProgrammeto collapse by 9.5 pct in 2020, marginally lower than the previous estimate of 10 pct. The rebound over... than the pre-Covid assumptions. The IMF notes that this broadly positive view on the ability.... In this context, the plan put forward by the Bank of Greece for a bad bank could be a welcome addition
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Conclusion of Golden Dawn trial unlikely to usher in greater political unity
PoliticsGreek Politicsmedia is that Golden Dawn regularly backed legislation put forward by SYRIZA when it was in power... voting tendencies were shown to be more in line with New Democracy than SYRIZA. According to research... than create greater unity in Greek politics, the conviction of far-right extremists will only fuel
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SYRIZA seeks to exploit ND's faltering handling of coronavirus crisis
PoliticsGreek Politicsdown from the committee. He told Open TV that he was displeased with the pressure being put... Covid-19 tests than they would have wanted. Zakynthinos went on to argue that a second lockdown... should “celebrate” the fact their country has a lower Covid-19 death rate than other European countries
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Covid-19 data prolongs wait for re-opening amid new clash over policing
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the disease even though the lockdown has been in place for week longer there than the rest... detained and prevented from approaching the spot where Grigoropoulos was killed more than a decade... as the party of law and order, which will put an end to anarchist violence and illegal migration
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Fresh accusations against NGOs as govt hardens stance on migration
PoliticsGreek Politics, and liaising with people smugglers on the Aegean coast to put them on boats to Greece. Photos were shown... to allege we have acted illegally or improperly he must produce something more than a small number... to the European Commission, the agency acknowledged having witnessed more than thirty incidents
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PM reins in rush to re-open economy as vaccines proceed slowly
PoliticsGreek Politicsto suggest that the government’s next goal is to re-open secondary schools rather than other sectors... slowly. As of Tuesday, 92,139 people had received the jab. This represents less than 1 percent... in the country until now. Nevertheless, Mitsotakis has tried to put himself, and his government
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PM tries to contain Covid confusion as protests on education and lockdowns intensify
PoliticsGreek Politicsan extended interview to Skai TV’s evening news in which he sought to put his government’s messaging... in an interview which had the feel of a fireside chat, he nonetheless appeared less at ease than on previous... his government’s political missteps than to offering reassurance to an increasingly nervous
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Newsletter 279 - 05/03/2021
hospital and one private clinic, totalling 405 beds, would be put at the disposal of the public health... resignation less than 60 days after he was appointed to the post. Although the university professor... of enterprises in Greece that closed last year fell by more than a fifth, while the number of new start-ups
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