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Second round of local elections deliver worrying results for PM, glimmer of hope for opposition
PoliticsGreek Politics. However, he was soundly beaten by Dimitris Kouretas, a candidate put forward by centre-left PASOK... leader Stefanos Kasselakis, on personal visit to the USA, suggested that his decision to back each
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Mitsotakis shrugs off scandals to hit back at foreign policy critics
PoliticsGreek Politicssuch as defining an EEZ with Italy and Egypt, sealing defence pacts with the USA and France, issuing maritime... to engage in “twitter diplomacy”. The latter was a direct swipe at Karamanlis’s deputy foreign... exploration in the disputed maritime zone, arguing that the US energy giant would not engage
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ND on spot over police raid but opinion poll ratings provide comfort
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat they were beaten and arrested for supposedly impeding the police’s work after refusing to give access... not engage in violence. On Thursday, the head of the committee for investigating police violence, prominent
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Newsletter 387 - 30/06/2023
PoliticsMitsotakis re-elected, Tsipras beaten and far right resurgentSunday’s election delivered a comfortable majority and a second four-year term for Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, dealt..., will engage in the most populist and reactionary opposition possible with the aim of presenting
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Newsletter 398 - 20/10/2023
was soundly beaten by Dimitris Kouretas, a candidate put forward by centre-left PASOK and supported by main... government to “engage your brain” before speaking publicly. The comment was seen by some as a rebuke
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Newsletter 488 - 12/12/2025
MPs vented frustration at Tsiaras, warning they were being “beaten up out there” and even feared... the initial refusal to engage while protests continued. Farmers are due to hold a national meeting
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New asylum law comes up against old failings
Agoraof a policy paper written by the European Stability Initiative (ESI) think-tank last January titled..., the ESI argued that if a similar system is adopted in Greece, the EU-Turkey agreement could be applied... it wants to put in place. “That won’t work,” the head of the ESI, Gerald Knaus told Kathimerini recently
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Newsletter 157 -30/03/2018
. The opposition party has urged the government to engage on these issues via the institutional route... in Greece’s economic sentiment (ESI) stopped in March as it dropped by 4.5 points to 99.8, from... the December 2017 reading. Over the last 12 months, ESI has improved by 4.6 points compared to April 2017
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Govt plays down Omicron threat despite wariness and high Covid death rate
PoliticsGreek Politicsaverage of 4.03, and 2.19 in the USA and 1.78 in the UK. Despite the existing situation, which... to Parliament ahead of a debate and vote before Christmas, the government does not want to engage
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Podcast - Understanding Erdogan's foreign policy
Agoraseemed to gain concessions, especially in relation to the supply of F-16 jets from the USA, analysts... to Greece as Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has indicated that he wants to engage in meaningful talks
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