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The year that Greece (nearly) saw it all
Agorathe eurozone many more. They saw SYRIZA come to power from virtually nowhere a few years earlier
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Samaras shoots, Samaras scores!
Agoracherished. But Giorgos Samaras, the striker without a club, has beaten premier Antonis to the title... that also saw them through the game with Ivory Coast. At a time when Greek society is so deeply divided... criticised for its profligacy and being told to get by on less, Greeks should be excused for feeling
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Newsletter 282 -29/01/2021
for Greece to engage in talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after months of tension between... economic sentiment (ESI) declines by 1.1 points month-on-month in January to reach 90.7 points, European... to last year, the EEI has fallen by 7.4 points. Meanwhile, compared to January 2020, the ESI has decreased
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Newsletter 501 - 03/04/2026
pints, from -49.2 in February. All components fell with the sharpest noted in the services sentiment... ministers and the party secretary on the list has forced the government to prepare for a targeted reshuffle
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Apartment prices rise by 7.5 pct in Q4 and 7.2 pct in 2019
EconomyMacroeconomyapartments, classified as over five years old, saw their prices increase by 6.6 percent in Q4 versus a downward revised increase of 8.1 percent in Q3. Across 2019, old apartments saw an average price increase of 6.9 percent compared to a rise of 1.7 percent in 2018. In 2017, old apartments saw
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Dispute over hospital doctor shortages rages as minister makes controversial Turkey comments
PoliticsGreek Politicsas “invaders”, Georgiadis saw an opportunity to raise his own profile by making comments that would... uncomfortably with the ruling conservatives, who are still reeling from the backlash among the self
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Newsletter 459 - 11/04/2025
called for united action from all 27 member states of the European Union. He added that he saw... with the returning president, whom he had previously derided. This has included reeling back his more socially
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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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Parties debate pandemic response as public approval deteriorates
PoliticsGreek Politicsthose who propagate them. Others, however, saw another opportunity to criticise the government. Tsipras... than to engage in substantive debate. On the other hand, there were several occasions on which..., as the tourist season draws to a close and schools prepare to reopen marking a new phase
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Down but not out: Golden Dawn rears its head again
Agora, Golden Dawn saw its power drop by about two percent. Interestingly, the decline stopped as party... out on-the-ground, grassroots work that allow them to directly engage with local community groups.... These, and other similar comments, feed into the feeling of mistrust of the state and mainstream media, which
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