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Newsletter 514 - 24/07/2026
and rising energy prices. This week also saw the unveiling of the 23‑billion-euro National Development Plan
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Building activity slows in April with 4.2% YoY rise
EconomyMacroeconomy2,433, from 2,334 in April 2025. The corresponding surface area saw a rise of 12.1 percent YoY, while
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PM uses island visit to highlight border control as Tsipras makes decentralisation play
PoliticsGreek Politicssaid that under New Democracy flows had fallen sharply, that Greece now saw visitors rather than
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Newsletter 515 - 31/07/2026
. The week also saw intense debate over water management reform. A government bill proposing
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Murder the result of Golden Dawn acting with impunity and targeting working class neighbourhoods
Societyagainst neoNazis, he was forced off the stage by Golden Dawn MPs, who also argued with the relatives... and street-level activity has to some extent managed to cross traditional party lines and feed off
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Greek C/A deficit to July narrowed to just 156 mln with boost from tourism
EconomyMacroeconomyfollowing a Eurogroup decision in November 2012. Excluding this one-off item, the July “recurring” figure... to shrink by 98 percent yoy to just 160 million, or by 74% yoy to 1.66 billion excluding the one-off
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Honey, I shrunk the Greeks
Agoraearmarked to paying off maturing long term debt. The first disbursement of 20 billion went towards paying off a maturing bond in the end of May. In the same period, according to ELSTAT, Greece paid
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In hindsight it would have been nicer
Agoraand debt trajectory were veering off track. This is in contrast to the often cited criticism that Greece’s... for potential bank bailouts, the preferred path was to saddle Greece with debt to pay off these banks
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Lest we forget
Agorathey systematically sawed off Greek democracy’s legs, Indifference, short-term thinking, avarice... rearing its head and feeding off this rotten system cannot be discounted. Even if things go
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Coalition in a bind as debt relief slips away and more austerity looms
PoliticsGreek Politicsto win the next general elections and form a government. With economic recovery still some way off... something to help convince voters that their sacrifices are paying off. Instead, the government’s
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