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To Potami tries to quash speculation about stance on Prespes Agreement
PoliticsGreek Politicsin SYRIZA governing partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL). It was announced on Thursday by the nationalist party that Deputy Foreign Minister Terence Quick has been ousted from ANEL. The reason for this move was that Quick, who is responsible for diaspora issues, disagreed with ANEL leader and Defence
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Bomb blast fuels political clash as ND limits Tsipras's options on name deal
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGroup Yiannis Alafouzos accused SYRIZA and its junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL... ANEL, had recently expressed surprise that some media groups had not been “blown up.” His comment... settlement. Tsipras is hoping that four MPs from To Potami, a couple from ANEL and perhaps some
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Tsipras looking to build momentum for elections after vote on name deal
PoliticsGreek Politicsfrom Thanassis Papachristopoulos and Elena Kountoura of Independent Greeks (ANEL), even though... out of the government when the Prespes Agreement is tabled. In fact, the withdrawal of ANEL... on the Prespes Agreement will be held earlier than March. Reshuffle ANEL’s departure means that the SYRIZA
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SYRIZA cites support of six extra MPs as sign of stability, opposition protests
PoliticsGreek Politics(ANEL) and its leader, Panos Kammenos, from the coalition was written on Monday night, when it emerged... of the MPs are independents, while two are members of ANEL’s parliamentary group. It is a highly... to the administration in such a way. In fact, there is a further oddity concerning the two ANEL MPs
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Wage ruling gives gov't immediate fiscal headache, political one may come later
PoliticsGreek Politicson wage maturities If this proves to be correct, the government faces a challenge in finding... program review being carried out by the troika. It has struggled to reach this amount so finding... the impact that wage cuts would have on the party’s popularity. However, finding new savings could
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October revenues reverse earlier shortfall, annual primary surplus in sight
Economyto the targets being beaten over the last four months, even though there is a steady increase
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Two hurdles left for coalition this year before bigger challenges in 2014
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece’s coalition has two more hurdles to clear before it stumbles over the finishing line at the end of the year, exhausted and battered but not quite yet beaten. The first challenge is to pass the new property tax, which unites previous disparate levies in one charge, through Parliament. The new
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First round of local elections leave Greek politics finely balanced
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy’s incumbent Vassilis Michaloliakos was beaten into second place by independent Yiannis Moralis
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Samaras shoots, Samaras scores!
Agora“Samaras rescues Greece” – it’s the headline the prime minister and many in his office would have cherished. But Giorgos Samaras, the striker without a club, has beaten premier Antonis to the title of saviour thanks to his injury time penalty on Wednesday, which ushered Greece into the second round
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Wages index edges up YoY in Q1 after sinking by 24.8 pct since 2010
EconomyMacroeconomybeaten by that of Cyprus (-7.9 percent). In addition, Greece and Cyprus are the only two countries
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