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Business landscape dominated by SMEs, six in 10 workers earn below 1,200 euros
EconomyMacroeconomywork longer than 35 hours and another 11.4 pct works between 20 and 35 hours. In terms of earnings..., while more than 60 pct of workers are earnings below 1,200 euros monthly. Following the latest rise in the minimum wage, there was a drop of more than 155,000 workers earning between 901 and 1,000
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Banking on voters’ desire for stability, ND insists ruling majority is still achievable
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy’s current weighted vote share is 29.4 pct, almost a point higher than in January. PASOK... data indicates that 11.9 pct of respondents are undecided, which is almost 2.5 points higher than... than substance. “In the real world, these are the choices,” she argues. But ND’s path to a majority
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Health minister hogs spotlight, puts PM in tricky position
PoliticsGreek Politics- a loyal, culturally conservative micro‑constituency that responds to polarisation rather than... looks increasingly narrow. In vote intention, New Democracy sits at 26.4 pct, more than doubling... a collection of islands rather than a counter‑proposal. Looking ahead to 2027, Greek society appears
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Athens calibrates domestic and diplomatic response to Iran war as tension with Turkey resurfaces
PoliticsGreek Politicspreparing for a conflict that senior officials now warn may last far longer than initially hoped... - repatriation - has become a major logistical operation. More than 250 Greeks have already been evacuated.... More than 200 people returned safely on Thursday alone, and operations will continue. Defensive
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Energy crisis puts squeeze on Greek fiscal policy
Agoraby reintroducing profit‑margin caps for petrol stations and more than 60 categories of widely consumed... taxes, meanwhile, are fixed amounts per quantity — more than 700 euros per 1,000 litres — placing... — unchanged from 2020, the first full year of ND’s time in office — and worse than the 13.5 percent recorded
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Newsletter 500 - 27/03/2026
to opt for targeted relief rather than a cut to the Special Consumption Tax reflects both fiscal... rather than addressing their causes. At the same time, the Government Council for Foreign Affairs... continues to shape public sentiment in ways that are both emphatic and nuanced. More than 70
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OPEKEPE scandal widens as pressure mounts for PM on multiple fronts
PoliticsGreek Politicswith the judicial process, and limit the political damage through targeted personnel changes rather than... damage rather than respect parliamentary procedure. The government pushed back, with ND parliamentary...‑standing systemic problems rather than recent political choices. Blaming chronic shortcomings has
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Farm subsidy scandal prompts disquiet in ruling party, encourages opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicsnot resolved. It is this pattern, rather than any single name, that has turned OPEKEPE into a major political... human intervention, crop checks done by satellites, livestock counted with modern tools rather than... controlled moves rather than a full reset. A mini‑reshuffle has already removed three figures named
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Government launches new support package as ratings plummet
PoliticsGreek Politics-than-expected fiscal data for 2025. The new figures are expected to give the government another 800... to 24.6 pct, 1.5 percentage points lower than March. New Democracy continues to have a healthy lead...” the country, and 17.8 pct saying they are “likely to benefit”. More than two in three respondents
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Macron’s visit to Athens delivers agreements, messages and political meaning
PoliticsGreek Politicswent further, arguing that the EU’s Article 42.7 mutual defence clause is “stronger” than NATO’s... if it is “more expensive and slower than others.” For Macron, Europe’s peace and prosperity must now..., and structural reforms that restored stability. He also pointed to the presence of more than 200 French
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