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Asking Greece to stack more austerity measures ignores past failings
Agora. There are myriad indications that the troika-led fiscal policy mix in Greece has had an element of futility... in the volume of 3.5 percent of GDP when it has implemented since 2010 a combination of tax increases and spending cuts that exceed 30 percent of GDP just to bring the books in balance. The IMF itself has
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Mitsotakis tours ministries as government looks for measures to improve public mood
PoliticsGreek Politics, such as far left Course of Freedom, rising sharply. Course of Freedom has managed to capitalise... erratic handling of the issue has seriously damaged its image. An opinion poll conducted by ProRata... it is the other way around. The survey also indicates that the Tempe issue has taken a toll
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Sports-related violence on the agenda again as PM struggles to find response
PoliticsGreek Politicshas reportedly admitted firing the flare. In his weekly Facebook post, Prime Minister Kyriakos... administration’s law and order agenda. Mitsotakis has made law and order a key part of his political credo but his government’s performance on this issue over the last 4.5 years has been patchy. Also, the ongoing
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Internal and external difficulties with measures expose coalition's weaknesses
PoliticsGreek Politicshas arisen seven weeks into the new coalition’s term in office and before the toughest measures... clear for the past days, which is that the Greek government has not yet been able to bridge the gap... general elections has passed with minimum fuss from the SYRIZA and Independent Greeks camps, the first
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Tsipras facing limited options as he waits for signs from IMF
PoliticsGreek Politicson the adoption of the interventions the International Monetary Fund has demanded. One of the few certain... government has felt for some time that there is a possibility Donald Trump’s administration may push... government has 153 MPs, this would either involve getting all the deputies from PASOK, the Union
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Greece and lenders edge closer at Eurogroup but standby measures, debt relief not resolved yet
PoliticsGreek Politics-term. The Eurogroup Working Group has been tasked with exploring specific medium-term measures... percent of GDP has virtually been agreed. The framework for the sale of non-performing loans (NPLs) also... to swallow as it has pledged not to target salaries or pensions further, especially after making 1.8
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Govt weighs up stricter measures to suppress Covid-19, talks up vaccine hopes
PoliticsGreek Politicsin northern Greece. SYRIZA’s Citizen’s Protection spokesman Yiannis Ragoussis has meanwhile accused... hotspots, as well as stricter guidelines in Athens, which has seen the highest number of new reported... cases has been the reopening of schools, which is scheduled for September 7. While there had been
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Stock taking: Where is the Greek economy now?
Agora. It has been the challenge of the day. The Greek economy has suffered from this large adverse shock that particularly affected tourism, hospitality, and travelling. The government has taken quick... another sharp decline in real GDP in 2020 and the first quarter of 2021. This adverse shock has led
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Newsletter 476 - 19/09/2025
-crisis levels, this has compounded the developments of the recent years and has made getting... the calm relations that it has established with markets. MacroeconomyChart of the weekProperty prices...) at 8.1%, Course of Freedom at 7.8%, and SYRIZA trailing at 5.2%. After weighting, ND’s support rises
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Opposition tells Tsipras it will resist upcoming bailout measures despite support in summer
PoliticsGreek Politicsare included in the 49 milestones that Greece has to reach by October 15 for the next bailout... (which Tsipras has said will not be enforced) - No to home foreclosures This also means that PASOK... to submit a draft law launching a new tender for broadcasting permits. Tsipras has hailed this as a clear
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