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PM looking to build on RRF approval to augment profile as moderniser
PoliticsGreek Politicsder Leyen to Athens on Thursday sealed the approval, with Greece becoming one of the first... will also be the one that he takes to Epirus on Friday – the first region he will visit on his... as not being interested in the fate of the average Greek, but solely focussed on the well-off. The opposition
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Athens broadly satisfied with EU Council approach on Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policy, the fenced-off area in Turkish-occupied Northern Cyprus; it says that its status must be respected... of will and abuse of EU membership by one or two member-states,” it said. “Avoiding reference to our candidacy... will be the predominant one across Europe and the answer to this is to speed up vaccinations.”
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Warnings of post-holiday Covid surge, continuing wildfires store up risk for ND
PoliticsGreek Politics. The head of the ICU at one of the hospitals in the capital Iraklio warned in a Facebook post... vaccinated. Crete has had one of the lowest vaccination rates in Greece, but overall vaccination..., and with a little luck it is a gamble that may pay off as takings from tourism are looking reasonably
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Retail sales rise by 13 pct in Sep as fuel has notable impact
EconomyMacroeconomy) data showed on Tuesday. Retail sales have been growing continuously since April, after nearly one year... the start of the year. Retail trade dropped by 7.6 points MoM to 9.7 points, coming off the year high, yet... by one more point to 113.4, surpassing the previous high of February 2020, the month before the pandemic
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Newsletter 319 - 03/12/2021
are inundated with Covid patients and Greece has one of the highest death rates from the virus... continued drops since May this year, when it stood at -22.2 points. Consumer confidence is well off... continuously since April, after nearly one year of decline when the sector was hit hard by two lockdowns
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Tsipras issues rare MP ouster, focusses on pinning ND down over ICU data
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy. However, the opposition party soon found itself beating a retreat after one of its MPs... problem for the conservatives into one for the opposition party. However, Tsipras is also keen.... The SYRIZA president believes that his party has to round off its edges and tone down its rhetoric
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Retail sales rise by 13.1 pct in Oct, led by fuels and non-food sectors
EconomyMacroeconomy. Retail sales have been growing continuously since April, after nearly one year of drop in sales due... dropped by 7.6 points MoM to 9.7 points, coming off the year high, yet improved by 31.8 points since the start of the year. The overall economic sentiment increased by one more point to 113.4, surpassing
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PMI growth slows in Feb amid myriad challenges for manufacturing sector
EconomyMacroeconomy, with one of the highest growth rates in the survey history, as firms invested in capacity and had... was stretched in February, with one of the worst lengthening in average lead times in the survey history... drop off in growth of domestic and foreign client demand. Nonetheless, firms continued to expand
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Mitsotakis pledges more help to tackle inflation, calls for EU price cap on natural gas
PoliticsGreek Politicsof introducing a price cap. Ahead of Russia invading Ukraine, the government had been mulling a one-off handout to vulnerable households to help mitigate the rising cost of living. Developments over... for a different type of intervention to the one suggested by Mitsotakis to von der Leyen, SYRIZA noted that it’s
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Govt readies additional inflation relief package, draws up new budget
PoliticsGreek Politics. According to the report, one element of the package will consist of a refund for some households.... This measure would be in addition to the so-called “inflation cheque,” which will be a one-payment... is working on macro scenarios that up to 2 percentage points being shaved off the GDP growth of 4.5
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