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Early IMF repayment next goal for Athens after concluding second post-MoU review
EconomyProgrammebailout era far in the past. Close to 4 billion of the outstanding 10 billion euros that Greece owes... creditors due to the pari passu clause. “Also from the ESM perspective, it would make sense to repay
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Newsletter 202 -12/04/2019
positive for four consecutive months so far, after the negative reading of October 2018. Month-on-month... the agreement of all creditors due to the pari passu clause. “Also from the ESM perspective, it would make
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Government facing up to threat from rise of far right parties
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government is stepping up its criticism of Greece’s far-right parties, which New Democracy sees... off suggestions about the PM’s political orientation and responded forcefully to the far-right MEP’s... the European Union. He went on to point out that Latinopoulou has aligned herself with Europe’s far
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Rivalry between New Democracy and PASOK set for revival
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIn Parliament this week, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis made it clear that he feels PASOK is now his main political adversary – a judgement that was backed up by a new opinion poll published.... Navigating this tricky path will be a challenge for Androulakis, who has so far shown no appetite
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Tsipras and ND renew hostilities amid speculation about ex-PM’s plans
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy and an old adversary, former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. The tetchy exchange comes amid... for an alternative to New Democracy. Tsipras has not given any indication of such intentions so far but he has spent
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Tsipras sets electoral battle lines as first autumn poll shows ND's advantage holding
PoliticsGreek Politics, voters appear unconvinced by what they have heard so far from government and opposition. Tsipras... the party as a “competitor, not an adversary”, saying that the real opponent remains the right, while
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The "great replacement" comes to Greece - how a far-right meme appeared in mainstream politics
SocietyWhile the popularity of the far right in Greece appeared to wane with the defeat of neo-Nazi party... in the European far-right. At the top of the agenda, migration policy is being informed by outsize claims... the preserve of the neo-Nazi and far-right fringe as represented by parties like Golden Dawn, LAOS and more
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Clash over refugees in central Athens prompts warnings of far-right resurgence
PoliticsGreek Politicsand counter-demonstrations. The presence of politicians from the far-right Golden Dawn party..., and speculation about the potential for a revival of the far-right in urban areas. At the end of June, up... for the presence among the marchers of former Golden Dawn MP Ilias Kasidiaris, a senior figure of the far
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Far-right party banned, possibly reducing threshold for election majority
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Supreme Court’s decision on Tuesday to ban the far-right Ellines from taking part... at 3.5 pct for the May 21 elections, placing the far-right party above ultra-nationalist Greek..., another far-right party led by former deputy Supreme Court prosecutor Anastasios Kanellopoulos. He
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Govt mulls more freedoms for vaccinated, while arrest highlights evolving far-right networks
PoliticsGreek Politicsby a far-right group on anti-racism activists over the weekend provides further evidence... instances in which intubated patients had to be transferred to hospitals across the region. Far right... for the recent disturbances between the far-right groups and the leftist protesters, the picture of the former
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