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Energy measures reassure public, as govt scrambles to keep lid on other household costs
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe “basket”. Almost half of respondents told the Alco/Alpha survey (49 pct) that the “basket” does... occasionally, and 44 pct told the pollsters they never used it. In an interview on state TV channel ERT... rates. The PM told his audience that he is in talks with the Finance Ministry to come up with a scheme
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Newsletter 449 - 31/01/2025
. he told Alpha TV that he may have been misinformed in the weeks after the accident when he.... Marinakis told the media on Tuesday that the government would not stand in the way of a preliminary... incomes between 20,000 and 50,000 euros. Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis told a conference
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PM embarks on persuasion exercise as political veterans pick up on public discontent
PoliticsGreek Politicsand stability. The newly appointed leader of ND’s parliamentary party, Maximos Harakopoulos, told... to democracy posed by the erosion of trust. Former PM Kostas Karamanlis told an audience gathered... Venizelos told state TV channel ERT that he believes the country has “become ungovernable”. Venizelos
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Pressure from government MPs pushes PM towards resolution with farmers
PoliticsGreek Politicscommunity against them. One MP from the farming region of central Greece told Tsiaras MPs were being... the farmers. The PM’s chief spokesman Pavlos Marinakis told media that there would only be dialogue... “indifferent”. Around 9 pct of respondents told the pollsters they would “definitely” vote for a new
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Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seat belts
AgoraEarlier this year, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras held an informal dinner with some of his party’s MPs. He reportedly told them that if Greece would be able to get through a tough summer, it would... package if it is not accompanied by new measures,” Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras told
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Fear and loathing in Athens: an ex-minister's take on troika reviews
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor those who would be sacked,” Manitakis said. “I told them I could not prejudge sackings... responsible,” Manitakis told the Press Project. “This was part of the negotiation process. It gave
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Does new troika visit spell fresh drama for Greece? Maybe not
Economythat the review is on hold. The Greek side has denied this and Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras told... Monetary Fund also told Greek reporters in Washington that its representative, Poul Thomsen, would
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Wage ruling gives gov't immediate fiscal headache, political one may come later
PoliticsGreek Politicsofficial told Reuters that the figure could reach 500 million euros. Financial news website Euro2day... to find fiscal equivalents on a permanent basis,” Deputy Finance Minister Christos Staikouras told
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Resignation of PM's aide poses grave questions for coalition, institutions
PoliticsGreek Politicssuggesting that he had made up what he told Kasidiaris to get Golden Dawn off his back after they began... claimed that the prime minister's aide had told a party official that New Democracy was not worried
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Why did Greece return to bond markets now? Was it the right decision?
Economyhave told the media that Greek banks will now have a lower reference rate, that of the 5-year rather...? Finance Ministry officials have told journalists that the next move would involve the placement
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