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Newsletter 506 - 29/05/2026
one of its most fluid phases in years. Within the space of a week, two new political formations... at the centre of a complex structural puzzle. While the country boasts one of the highest outright... residence. Thousands of units remain vacant or idle, kept off the market by a combination of high
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Androulakis presents governing plan, dances around questions about post-election alliances
PoliticsGreek Politicsscheme as a real estate instrument, saying residence permits would be tied only to productive... is “a democratic, institutional movement, not a one‑man show”, and dismissed talk of internal fractures... danger is electoral shrinkage. He is prepared to take the smaller risk to avoid the larger one
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Budget primary surplus at 3.16 bln in December, missing target for full year by 443 mln
EconomyMacroeconomybillion euros and was below target by 611 million. Net revenues came to 50.96 billion euros, under... expenditure came to 44.20 billion, below target by 611 million euros. Interest payments declined YoY
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Lenders deem second post-MoU review over, Athens waits for debt relief
EconomyProgrammereport which should pave the way for the Eurogroup on Friday to approve the release of close to one... was agreed between the Greek authorities and the institutions of a new primary residence protection... residences as collateral. At the same time, the strict eligibility criteria and the extensive
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Newsletter 60 - 29/01/2016
Greece’s rating upgrade by one notch by S&P last Friday was followed by the Any agreement... despite SYRIZA marking one year since it was first elected in January 2015. A combination of domestic... “hot spots” ready on the islands, to add to the one already in operation on Lesvos. Alternate
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A factional story: When disunity came to visit New Democracy
Agora: A lack of unity. Indeed, one of SYRIZA’s biggest weaknesses is that the party finds it difficult... Alexis Tsipras will say one thing one day only for a member of his party to express a completely different opinion the next. Also, Tsipras may speak one way to a non-SYRIZA audience and then change his
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Greece lags in basic skills for youth but improves in educational attainment
Societypercentage points below the EU average. “Greece has an alarmingly low employment rate for recent VET upper
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Newsletter 63 - 19/02/2016
), such as primary residence mortgages, small consumer loans and loans to SMEs. Those loan categories have been... ability to offer the farmers a substantially different proposal from the one that will see... it feels will depend to a great extent on how the countries around it act. One issue related
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Friction over property tax exposes cracks in Greek coalition's strategy
PoliticsGreek Politicsfrom the remaining pool of 200 MPs. The government said that only one of the eight MPs (PASOK’s... of homeowners, including those with empty houses. For instance one of the other MPs that was replaced, New... of arguments within the New Democracy parliamentary group. One conservative MP was forced to apologise
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Parties tussle over scope of surveillance probe as latest poll puts Mitsotakis in frame
PoliticsGreek Politics-tapping. A total of 142 opposition MPs voted for the centre-left party’s motion (one was absent). Only... conclusion. Parliamentary speaker Konstantinos Tassoulas said that the panel will have one month to deliver... the prime minister. The prospect of Mitsotakis testifying is one that ND will try to avoid, despite
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