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Erdogan makes forceful start to visit, catches Athens off guard
PoliticsForeign Policyon stronger bilateral ties to engage with Ankara. However, the start to Erdogan’s trip suggests... compounded the feeling that the Greek government would have preferred Pavlopoulos not to engage... of a visit by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who called for the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne, which
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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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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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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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Cyprus talks take a buffeting as leaders fall out
PoliticsForeign Policy-communal clashes in the 1960s that saw them withdraw from all the state bodies and move to enclaves... DISY's initiative to amend it has raised concerns that the Turkish Cypriot side is not ready to engage... Tayyip Erdogan will be more willing to make concessions on the Cyprus issue, especially with regard
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Summit of transactions – Erdogan and Trump
Agora, is unlikely to engage Erdogan’s rhetoric or adopt Ankara’s position. Turkey’s ties with Hamas – which...President Tayyip Erdogan’s 25 September meeting with President Donald Trump arrives at a sensitive... this as a win: Erdogan to demonstrate continued access to Western technology, Trump to tout US defense
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Newsletter 144 -15/12/2017
. The budget balance in the first 11 months of 2017 recorded a deficit of 763 million euros, landing...Prior actions, auctions dog coalition Key deliverables still pending as spectre of early elections emerges once more Greek government officials attempted to put Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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Economic sentiment improves marginally in Aug, consumer confidence takes 7-point tumble
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s economic sentiment (ESI) recorded a 0.7-point rise in August, after a 1-point increase..., dropping to 84.4. Over the rolling 12-month period, the ESI in August was 6 points up from the 105.7 points of September 2022. The EU average ESI stood at 92.9 points in August, down from the 93.5 points
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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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Podcast - Understanding Erdogan's foreign policy
Agorato Greece as Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has indicated that he wants to engage in meaningful talks... across the Aegean from Greece, where Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is back for a third term... a better understanding of what Erdogan is thinking and how he is likely to operate, The Agora co-host Nick
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