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First-wave champion Greece stumbles at vaccine roll-out
Agoraprogressed and the opposition has sensed weakness in the government. While only the far-right Greek...”. The euphoria only goes so far, however, and the combination of the tapering of pandemic support... in Data, ranking 4th globally after Cyprus, Austria and the UAE, while at the end of 2020
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Surveillance scandal claims mount, ratcheting up pressure on PM
PoliticsGreek Politicstheir chances of reelection next year. Inside Story’s article, more than any other so far, draws a clear... than 70 people identified so far by Documento as being targeted by Predator were also under... issued another list of 38 people, which also included ministers and high-ranking government officials
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SYRIZA poll nosedive spells more trouble for Kasselakis
PoliticsGreek Politicsby Kasselakis in his appearances so far create the potential for SYRIZA to reach beyond its shrinking base... eleven members of the far-right Spartiates party. The charges come under the heading of defrauding... the major party leaders, even ranking below more marginal figures. The SYRIZA president comes fifth
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Greece courts danger
Agoraslipping so far down the World Press Freedom Index that it became the lowest-ranked EU country... process was far from free and fair. It is also a point of view that is completely detached from... suggests that the pressure from high-ranking police officers and ministry officials to show results
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Tempe reverberations continue as PM reacts to ongoing protests
PoliticsGreek Politicsaccused Mitsotakis of “far-right rhetoric”, arguing that the military has no role to play... on the spot after he spoke out in defence of Ruci and his demands. The defence minister was by far the highest-ranking member of the government to break ranks and call for the justice system to allow
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Why did Greece return to bond markets now? Was it the right decision?
Economyis just one paving stone in this process. It signifies an end to one part of the crisis, which saw.... There is a flipside, though. For starters, the first day of trading for the new bond saw the yield climb
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Historic victory for SYRIZA in EU vote unlikely to dislodge Greek coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsopposition party could point to the fact that New Democracy and PASOK (Elia) saw their share of the vote drop... saw its support decline by a combined total of almost 11 percentage points. Nevertheless, the fact
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Divided we fall?
AgoraAntonis Samaras became the arch-proponent of the anti-memorandum line, feeding the populism that saw... fed antagonism. Samaras's New Democracy cultivated the "theory of the two extremes," which saw
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Multiple crises fence in Greece
Agorafunds. The country’s main social security fund (IKA) saw the level of contributions paid..., which saw the early signs of an economic recovery wiped out and Greece’s banks undermined
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Tsipras sails through multi-bill vote, looks to disbursement and debt relief
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government breezed through the multi-bill vote on Sunday and has put the ball in the lenders’ court regarding the disbursement of bailout funds and debt relief. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras saw.... Other late changes saw the tax on beer increase from June 1, 2016 (instead of of Jan 1, 2018
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