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Summer optimism undermined by uptick in Covid-19 indicators and subdued expectations for tourism
PoliticsGreek Politics. On Wednesday, Mitsotakis cut the ribbon on the newly renovated Macedonia airport in Thessaloniki, one
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ND blocks parliamentary scrutiny of court’s surveillance decision, ratcheting up political tension
PoliticsGreek Politicsrenovated a pre-existing water trough. Government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis argued that the allegedly
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PM gives ESY clean bill of health, prompting opposition backlash
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat hospitals and health centres nationwide have been renovated, that staff numbers are rising alongside
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EP president visit and winding up of rail crash inquiry cast spotlight on rule of law concerns
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAn official visit to Athens by the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola gave Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis an occasion to hit back at the recent resolution passed by European lawmakers expressing concerns about the rule of law in Gr...
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Government comes out swinging as tense week, building up to Tempe protests, begins
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government and the opposition parties are facing a crucial week as tension builds ahead of the two-year anniversary of the Tempe rail crash on Friday, when large protests are expected around the country. New Democracy is concerned that another large...
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Machinations give both coalition and SYRIZA hope of winning presidential vote
PoliticsForeign Policy. In such circumstances it could not be ruled out that the party’s deputies would move en masse to back
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Fitch improves outlook to positive, sees investment grade hinging on fiscal performance and banks
EconomyFitch got the schedule of rating reviews in the new year underway with an upgrade of Greece’s outlook to positive from stable, while it reaffirmed the rating at ‘BB’. Fitch was the first agency to upgrade Greece’s rating to ‘BB’ back in January 2020, ju...
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Changes to energy subsidies aimed at winning over middle class
PoliticsGreek PoliticsStressing that the energy crisis is an exogenous shock to Greek households and arguing that the European Union has failed to react decisively enough, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis outlined on Thursday the latest package of measures his government w...
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PBO sees 2024 growth of 2.5 pct hinging on RRF and investments
EconomyMacroeconomyThe Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) published on Monday its latest quarterly report in which it is broadly positive about the prospects of the Greek economy in 2024, though it does flag up concerns about the effects of persistent inflation, the implic...
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Newsletter 366 - 20/01/2023
it into Parliament as the sixth party represented in the House, the threshold for the winning party to gain... for 2023 hinging largely on 15.5 pct growth in investments, it is no surprise that it has all hands
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