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Govt intent on making some relief measures permanent
PoliticsGreek Politicsless well among Greeks in their 20s and 30s than those over 50, but young voters have also grown far more disgruntled with the government’s handling of the pandemic than their elders. This could... the apparent reluctance of some older Greeks to take up the Covid jab. More than 30 pct of over-80s
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ND eyes more tax relief as early elections come into play
PoliticsGreek Politicsemployees and pensioners earning more than 12,000 euros per year. It is another indication... Mitsotakis’s ratings. The ND leader is still far more popular than his main rival, SYRIZA’s Alexis.... Tsakalotos pointed out that almost 90 pct of taxpayers declare that they own properties worth less than
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Quo vadis Germany? Sunday's elections leave many questions in need of answers
Agora, a decline of more than two percent compared to 2017. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic the AfD could..., having won 25.7 percent, a gain of more than five percent against 2017. Scholz’ electoral campaign.... They lost more than 8 percent compared to the elections in 2017. In issues traditionally associated
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First-wave champion Greece stumbles at vaccine roll-out
Agorathe death rate has exceeded the EU average, and stands 60% higher for the same period than... strict lockdown). More than two thirds of deaths occurred in the nine months after the vaccines became... leisure activities seems to have paid off better than the more limited attempt in 2020 – at least
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Gennimata's death casts shadow over politics, KINAL leadership race
PoliticsGreek Politicswith voters or unite the party. Adopting a less abrasive style than Venizelos, Gennimata sought to carve... than before, the KINAL leadership race is about who can push the party on from the strong platform... a separate and clearly defined identity for the party based on a social democratic agenda, rather than
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Newsletter 314 - 29/10/2021
than to be pulled in one direction or the other by the prevailing political winds and the promise... and SYRIZA being the two powerhouses rather than ND and PASOK, as was the case in previous decades..., vaccination rates in Greece remain some way below the EU average as less than 65 pct of the total
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Travel surplus of 1.27 bln in Oct as receipts reach 58 pct of 2019 levels in 10 months
EconomyMacroeconomyis encouraging because aside from more than doubling from the roughly 490 million euros figure last year, it is even higher than the 1.2 billion euros recorded in October 2019. Receipts came to 1.44 billion..., to 656.2 euros, and significantly higher than the 498.3 euros average of 2019. Travel receipts from the 27
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Fitch improves outlook to positive, sees investment grade hinging on fiscal performance and banks
Economy, although there was some market anticipation that better-than-expected macro data could have led... is significantly higher than the 4.3 pct estimate in July last year when it published its previous review... discipline and the better-than-expected growth will push down debt-to-GDP ratios significantly lower
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Mitsotakis tries to dig way out of snowstorm fallout
PoliticsGreek Politicspower for more than 24 hours in some cases. However, this has also raised questions about the state... several hours earlier than expected. Economou also blamed poor coordination for the problems... no more than a public relations exercise. Damage limitation In a damage limitation exercise, Mitsotakis
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Mitsotakis unveils property tax reduction, searches for pre-election narrative
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan last year. It should be noted that in this year’s budget projects revenues being 70 million euros lower than in 2021. This projection means a total reduction that is 280 million euros bigger than... believe could be held this year rather than at the end of the government’s four-year term in 2023
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