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Fitch rating upgrade concludes another successful year for GGBs
EconomyFitch upgraded Greece’s rating by one notch to ‘BBB’ with a stable outlook. The upgrade reflects... on the rating. A key driver of the upgrade is Greece’s sustained debt decline. Fitch projects gross... sovereigns. Under Fitch’s baseline, debt could approach 120 pct of GDP by 2030, supported by steady 4
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Time running out for government action out as water crisis deepens
PoliticsGreek Politicsproject At the centre of the government’s long‑term strategy is “Evrytos” (Eurytus), a 534-million-euro... as securing Attica’s supply for the next three decades. Ministers argue that because the diversion relies on gravity rather than continuous pumping, operational costs will be minimal. EYDAP’s chief executive
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Farmers dig in as clashes and political tension escalate
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece’s farmers have turned simmering frustration into a full‑blown confrontation..., exposing the fragility of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s rural compact and fuelling opposition... dialogue. On Monday morning, farmers gathered outside Larissa’s courthouse demanding the release
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Athens presses Benghazi in bid to block ratification of Turkish–Libyan maritime pact
PoliticsForeign PolicyGerapetritis and Aguila Saleh, president of Libya’s Benghazi-based House of Representatives. The meeting formed part of Athens’ regular contacts with representatives of Libya’s de facto government... and the internationally recognised government in Tripoli. Ankara is currently pressing Benghazi to follow Tripoli’s
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Greece, Cyprus and Israel bolster trilateral ties as Turkey looms in background
PoliticsForeign Policythat irritates Ankara. The summit came just days before Netanyahu’s scheduled visit to Mar-a-Lago on December... opposed Ankara’s bid to rejoin the US F-35 programme, a move Turkey perceives as coordinated between... Mediterranean. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan recently spoke of the need for unity between Cyprus’s two
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PM tries to isolate protesting farmers, dismisses talk of reshuffle
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe farmers’ protests dominating Greece’s national roads and border crossings have become... that the OPEKEPE farming subsidy scandal has played in causing them to protest. However, the PM’s comments likely represent a hardening of the government’s stance regarding the ongoing protests
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Karystianou reveals plans to launch party, threatening to disrupt Greek politics
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKarystianou has confirmed plans to launch, but not lead, a new political party. Karystianou’s... developments in Greece’s political landscape since the Tempe rail disaster. A paediatrician whose daughter... of that struggle but could also prove to be a bold attempt to reshape the country’s political order
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Dispute with farmers set to escalate as government offer rejected by holdouts
PoliticsGreek Politicsof blockades to pull out. At Tuesday’s meeting, which lasted 3.5 hours, Mitsotakis pledged... back on good-faith negotiations. Government sources said the PM’s warning amounted to a 48-hour... of the delegation at Tuesday’s meeting, claiming that the government convened a “coalition of the willing” made
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Government unveils 2026 reform agenda as Karystianou party continues to shake up politics
PoliticsGreek Politicsa presentation of the government’s reform plans for the coming year, New Democracy’s seventh in power... thirty key reforms for 2026. The programme will pave the way to the conclusion of New Democracy’s second term, and the PM’s team hope it will reassure voters of the party’s staying power and its
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PM insists on 3 pct election threshold, unveils plans to entice diaspora voters
PoliticsGreek Politicsthreshold that parties need to pass to elect MPs in Greece’s national elections. Mitsotakis made the comments during Monday’s cabinet meeting, when he unveiled the government’s plan to expand postal voting... three MPs dedicated to representing them. Mitsotakis’s insistence that “naturally, the threshold
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