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EU funds seen as cushioning Covid-19 impact, giving govt fiscal space
PoliticsGreek Politicsabout the tourism season, ranging from whether visitors will come, if there will be enough flights... of the funds available from the EU. The panel is headed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Christopher
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ND's opinion poll decline thrusts PASOK back into spotlight
PoliticsGreek Politicsunimpressed by ND’s stance over the crash, which has been equivocal, ranging from a focus on “human... system that will apply in the initial ballot will not award a bonus to the winning party, so even
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PM insists on 3 pct election threshold, unveils plans to entice diaspora voters
PoliticsGreek Politicsofficials advising him to make it easier for the winning party to gain an outright majority... to gain more than 3 pct (ranging from 3.5 to 5.3 pct). Movement for Democracy is on 2.9 pct, with Niki
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Newsletter 496 - 27/02/2026
. The governing party can win comfortably without winning alone, and that distinction is becoming...‑left parties likely. All three polls highlight a large bloc of undecided voters, ranging from 14 to 15
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Newsletter 379 - 05/05/2023
below the 37-38 pct that most pollsters expect the winning party to need based on the scenario... he prefers to go to second elections, where the winning party would gain a bonus of up to 50 seats... not built any real momentum, widening the gap between the two parties and bringing ND closer to the much
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Tourist arrivals in June increase 13.7 pct, bringing significant rise in receipts
EconomyMacroeconomyAfter a temporary slowdown in May, Greece's travel receipts rebounded strongly in June, shooting up by 16.3 percent from 0.8 percent in May, according to the Bank of Greece (BoG). In absolute figures, travel receipts in June reached 1.99 billion euros f...
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Athens launches drive to pre-pay part of IMF loan, bringing budget benefits
EconomyProgrammeGreece has launched the formal process to pre-pay part of the loans it has received from the International Monetary Fund after Finance Minister Christos Staikouras officially requested clearance from the European Stability Mechanism in a letter on Monda...
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Credit to corporations contracts in July, bringing total loans down 1.27 bln MoM
EconomyMacroeconomyThe credit expansion in the Greek private sector remained solid in July, rising by 10.5 percent year-on-year (YoY), unchanged from the previous month, Bank of Greece (BoG) figures released on Thursday showed. The net lending flow was negative by 1.26 bi...
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SYRIZA and ND battle over centre ground with different methods, aims
PoliticsGreek Politicsthrough a phase of renewal, bringing in new faces and ideas. This initial list includes candidates from.... Until now, the leftist party has been focussed on bringing into its fold former PASOK officials... calling for SYRIZA and KINAL to cooperate in order to prevent New Democracy from winning the next
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EU elections in Greece: Applying a different scale of values
Agoraof Mitsotakis’s success, both in gaining control of his party and winning the European elections, has been... from 29 to 20 percent, bringing down dividend tax from 15 to 5 percent, decreasing property tax by 30... is reducing taxes and bringing back EKAS [benefit for low-income pensioners],” he said. Commenting
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