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EU vote highlights Greek center-left's urgent need for renewal
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe expectation that the PASOK-led Elia alliance would receive less than the 8 percent it got in the European Parliament elections on Sunday has to some extent disguised the deep problems within the centre-left party. Coupled with a disastrous showing from Democratic Left (DIMAR), Sunday’s results
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SYRIZA leads in most age groups, professions but coalition parties dominant among pensioners
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor was whether they faced financial problems. Just over 31 percent of those who said they are facing
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Greek union data suggest workers get paid late or in kind
Societysector are still facing significant financial problems. The turnover index in accommodation and food
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Coalition adopts court ruling that restores judges' pay, others poised to follow
PoliticsGreek Politicshelp Samaras politically it also poses some problems. For instance, it is not clear how the public
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UnLuCky for some: Another painful lesson from the euro crisis
Agorathey did not control. The euro’s problems suddenly became national rather than common. Until
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Parliament's budget office sees Greek recovery finely poised
EconomyMacroeconomyalso faced serious economic problems, have increased. The privatization processes underway
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SYRIZA drawing up manifesto and foraging for allies
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA will attempt to answer its critics in the next few weeks by drawing up a manifesto that aims to respond to the persistant doubts about whether the opposition party has the answers to Greece’s problems. Party officials are working on the document and, according to reports, a draft
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Don't let the facts get in the way of "Argentinology"
Agora. This masked the economy’s underlying problems: Corruption was ripe, the fiscal deficits were
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End of troika in Greece would create new challenges for coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsa meeting with Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis to voice its complaints about problems
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Finance Ministry scrambles to correct property tax after error-strewn debut
EconomyMacroeconomyAfter months of discussions and planning, the launch of the unified real estate property tax (ENFIA) earlier this month foundered on a number of problems, which caused the government embarrassment and left the Finance Ministry with plenty of revision work to do. This tax is due to replace
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