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Greeks mistrust in news and reliance on social media for information persists
Societythat regularly engage in dangerous conspiracy theories, the report said. Social media remains a popular source...). Just seven percent of Greek respondents said that they pay for online news. Brand trust was also low
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As East Med tension remains, Athens also keeps eye on Turkish actions in Aegean
Foreign PolicyGreek Politicsof former president, Dimitris Christofias, Tsipras said that Turkey “will pay a heavy price... the conservatives are willing to engage in talks with Turkey but only in calm and tension-free atmosphere. He
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Government initiative on supermarket prices reignites cost-of-living row
PoliticsGreek Politicssupermarkets to engage in uncompetitive practices, such as squeezing smaller suppliers, extracting... of profiteering. They argue that the government’s approach is taking money out of taxpayers’ pockets to pay
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Row over independent probe into surveillance affair threatens to boil over
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat he is encouraging ADAE to engage in a prove the Supreme Court prosecutor deems unconstitutional..., voters will not pay too much attention to what might be regarded as a technical, legal dispute
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Government preparing U-turn on controversial tax measure in bid to win back self-employed
PoliticsGreek Politics. The government plans to introduce a formula for setting basic pay based on growth and inflation... by opposition party SYRIZA to engage in a slur campaign against the New Democracy government in Brussels
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PM sees 'new Greece' rising from Hellinikon rubble, pledges more aid for struggling firms
PoliticsGreek Politicsdays in office. Instead, it has taken a year before he could pay a visit to the site in southern... will pay for the demolition work and oversee the successful conclusion of the tender for the casino... be expanded, along with a reduction in the tax businesses have to pay in advance this year. Companies
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New asylum law comes up against old failings
Agora. It outstrips the figure for the Netherlands, where 30,380 applications were received in total last year... returned a total of 14,880 third country nationals to their homelands. Of these, 2,650 were forced returns. By contrast, Greece had around 12,500 returns in total, according to Eurostat. Just under 5,000
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Athens buoyed by EU, US support over maritime spat with Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyon the Turkey–Libya maritime border deal. A common statement adopted by the EU leaders during... on Thursday decided to appoint a special envoy to Libya. This will be Ambassador Christodoulos Lazaris. His mission will be to maintain contact with all sides in Libya in order to closely monitor developments
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A busy year of diplomacy for Athens, but Greek-Turkish ties stagnate
PoliticsForeign Policycountries. But it also accomplished a rapprochement with Libya. Greece’s decision to extend its... was its rapprochement with Libya. That was accomplished with numerous visits by Greek officials, including... for the first time a high-level meeting on Libya on November 12, in Paris. Greece had been excluded twice from
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Despite payment of some arrears, total reached 4.6 bln at end of 2013
EconomyMacroeconomyshare of outstanding arrears comes from social security funds, at 2.55 billion (55 percent of total
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