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A busy year of diplomacy for Athens, but Greek-Turkish ties stagnate
PoliticsForeign Policycountries. But it also accomplished a rapprochement with Libya. Greece’s decision to extend its... was its rapprochement with Libya. That was accomplished with numerous visits by Greek officials, including... for the first time a high-level meeting on Libya on November 12, in Paris. Greece had been excluded twice from
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Hotel guest numbers up 8.7 percent in 2014
Economyas the number of nights they stayed increased by 8.7 and 5.5 percent, respectively, in 2014, according... that in 2014 a total of 17.7 million people booked into hotels and campsites, compared to 16.3 million in the previous year. These 17.7 million guests stayed a total of 75.4 million nights, which
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A sudden turnaround that could lead to sharp shock
Agorayear of the adjustment in 2010, GDP dropped by 5.5 pct. This followed by the deepest drop seen... closed in 2013, with the economy contracting by 3.2 pct. By 2013 total Greek economic activity had... transport take the lion’s share of services receipts, representing more than 83 pct of total
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Mitsotakis sworn in as prime minister as attention turns to Cabinet picks
PoliticsGreek Politicshis MERA 25 party received 194,232 votes, or 3.4% of the total. It remains to be seen if Varoufakis... Dendias are tipped to return to former posts at the Labour and Interior Ministries respectively... the Interior Ministry. Chrisochoidis appointed the ministry under former Prime Minister George
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Government courts backlash over squat raids, while opposition is absorbed in internal debate
PoliticsGreek Politicsand Iraq, who have applied for asylum in Greece. A total of 134 asylum-seekers have been transferred... the poor impression created by the raids, the government spokesman released photos from the interior... the Interior Ministry to the Ministry of Citizen Protection, essentially defining it as a public order
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Newsletter 279 -13/11/2020
sight savings, aggregate triples YoY Total deposits, which also include the general government (gg.... Interior Minister Takis Thedorikakos was also left out of the new line-up to be replaced by Agriculture... Interior Minister, to be replaced by Christos Tarantilis. Altogether, 17 changes were made, including
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Greece’s downstream oil industry adapts to shifting demands
EconomyFeaturesfor refined petroleum exports with a total of USD 8 billion or 1.3 percent of the global total and 29.9..., followed by Iran (until sanctions in 2012), Libya, Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan. As of January this year... with the total including indirect employment coming to over 20,000 people. According to the report
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Newsletter 32 - 26/06/2015
the majority of SYRIZA’s radical left, bar a few isolated defectors, decide to remain loyal... assistance (ELA), which reached a total of 77.58 billion euros at the end of May – the highest it has been since December 2012. ELA reached a total of 77.58 billion euros at the end of May. May saw
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Rise in "imported" Covid-19 cases a source of jitters for tourism industry
PoliticsGreek Politics-and-trace system for visitors. Since the beginning of the pandemic, Greece has recorded a total of 3,622 cases and 193 deaths in a population of under 11 million. A total of 355,190 tests have been... to bar visitors from Serbia from entering the country after infections in the country flared up
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Court ruling on pension backpay creates dilemma for PM
PoliticsGreek Politicswill have the right to do so but due to the five-year time bar on their claim it is doubtful whether.... It is estimated that the total bill for backpay could reach almost 4 billion euros, which is slightly.... The total number of pensioners entitled to compensation is roughly 2.5 million, which translates
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