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Data protection ruling adds to pressure on New Democracy from ranks
PoliticsGreek Politicsand insist that they are merely carrying out their duty of parliamentary scrutiny. Mitsotakis..., however, he appeared to call for a more radical shake-up initiated by the grass roots. Employing
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PASOK homes in on misuse of public money but ND hopeful of absorbing blows
PoliticsGreek Politicsand Lefteris Avgenakis should face breach of duty charges. The opposition party is also putting pressure..., it is clear that the opposition party will call for Voridis and Avgenakis to face felony charges
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PM hopes energy, US deals offer political lifeline as Samaras drags him towards domestic mire
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the call came from across the political spectrum and was rooted in a shared sense of national duty. While he insisted that personal ambition was not his motive. “I’ve reached the highest rung, I
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Mitsotakis pledges more tax cuts in 2020 amid police violence claims
PoliticsGreek PoliticsWednesday night’s vote on the 2020 budget, which saw the economic plan approved by just the 158 New... that the government saw as a key part of the confidence-building exercise vis-à-vis foreign investors. Staikouras.... However, this has prompted accusations of heavy-handed behaviour, which SYRIZA and other opposition
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Evia flooding reopens government's summer wounds
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIliopoulos accused the ruling conservatives of being unprepared for heavy rain even though experts and locals... outlets and even blogs. It was a move that the opposition saw as a thinly-disguised attempt by ND..., which saw Greece drop five places to 70th out of 180 countries. New Democracy’s response
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Tsipras resigns, paves way for leadership contest at SYRIZA as left looks to regroup
PoliticsGreek Politicswill not take part. This ends speculation about what Tsipras might do following two heavy election... a traumatic few weeks. After running a poor campaign for the first election on May 21, the leftists saw... and still saw him as a toxic figure that will not be able to gain the trust of the centrist voters
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Structural problems and dramatic drop in funding harm mental health care in Greece
SocietyGreece’s mental health and integration systems have been ranked among the worst in 30 European countries due to structural problems before the crisis and a drop in direct funding of 64 percent under austerity, a report published last month has found. Th...
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Greece’s dramatic year reflected in ATHEX 2015 results
EconomyThe Board of Directors of Hellenic Exchanges-Athens Stock Exchange (ATHEX) released its annual financial results for 2015 on March 21, 2016, showing that the consolidated net after tax profits of group amounted to 9 million euros compared to21 million i...
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Special ELSTAT report reveals dramatic changes in labour market since 1980s
EconomyMacroeconomyThe drastic changes in the Greek labour market were depicted in a special report released by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) on Friday, which showed the evolution of a number of important features from 1981 until 2015. The labour force in Gr...
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Tsipras and the IMF: Another miscalculation?
Agorathe transcript in a certain way and seeking to alienate the Fund. Tsipras saw in the leaked call... and that the couple of weeks between mid-March (the call appears to be taking place on March 19) and early April would... progress by mid-April, at which point another IMF participant in the call highlights that before
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