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Government faces balancing act in 2026 as rivals gather for looming elections
PoliticsGreek Politics. Schools face similar pressures, with debates over curriculum modernisation and teacher pay bubbling up
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Farmers threaten more action after inconclusive meeting as Karystianou courts controversy
PoliticsGreek Politicspay the special consumption tax on diesel fuel nor the VAT on this reduction. The government also
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Government under fire for failing to block Turkey from EU arms programme
PoliticsGreek Politicsand failing to state its objections clearly. Criticism also came from SYRIZA’s former defence minister
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Rule of law and media freedom in spotlight after arson attack and European Commission report
PoliticsGreek Politicsrisked failing the bailout review by the country’s creditors because of the IMF’s insistence... published in UK daily The Guardian about the global lobbying activities of ride-hailing platform Uber... criticised SYRIZA’s attempts while in government to ban Uber and other ride-hailing platforms, accusing
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Episode 9 - Greek economy toiling under pandemic pressure
AgoraIn this episode, we have returned to one of the first topics we covered so can examine how the Greek economy is coping with Covid-19. Our producer, Phoebe Fronista, has been speaking to Constantinos Kouvaras, the area director in Greece for the Bacardi ...
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Uptick in Covid-19 cases prompts caution as govt prepares to tackle pension backlog
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAs the government tries to contend with the immediate impact of the pandemic, officials are also toiling
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IMF sees eurozone debt relief pledges failing to deliver sustainability
EconomyProgrammeFollowing the executive board meeting on July 20 that approved in principle the precautionary Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) for Greece, the International Monetary Fund published its updated Debt Sustainability Analysis, which includes the relief measures t...
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Greece’s unstable and confusing tax system failing to deliver results
EconomyMacroeconomyA report by the diaNeOsis research and policy institute has painted a troubling picture of Greece’s taxation system as the country nears it programme exit. The results show disproportionately high levels of tax compared to falling incomes, ongoing tax e...
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PM to address inflation as polls show wear and tear for govt
PoliticsGreek Politics, as well as other opposition parties, are certain to accuse the government of failing to strengthen... at the conservatives’ strong lead over SYRIZA. The opposition party, though, is still failing... at considerably high levels despite the jailing of Golden Dawn’s leadership last year. There has been
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Political world unites behind victims of sex abuse, but remains divided over policing proposals
PoliticsGreek Politicsas Greece’s #MeToo moment, the high-profile public support for Olympic sailing gold-medallist Sophia... in a magazine interview with a description of an incident in which a senior official in the sailing... at an international event. While the initial response was muted, with the Hellenic Sailing Federation
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