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Mitsotakis prepares to meet Erdogan as Greek ties with Russia collapse
PoliticsForeign Policyinvited Mitsotakis for lunch at the presidential residence in Istanbul and most likely in the presence... sovereignty of any country and possible change of borders. The comments were made with one eye on Ankara... Moscow’s real distress. Russia believes that it is losing influence in what it hoped would be one
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Newsletter 381 - 19/05/2023
, such as suspending primary residence auctions and lowering VAT, before new elections would be called. However... that this was one of the motivations behind forming a government of special purpose. The opposition immediately... in terms of percentage-to-GDP it is one of the highest in the globe, although the rise of nominal GDP
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Newsletter 417 - 22/03/2024
had registered to vote in their country of residence in last year's national elections and had... investment grade, keeping it one notch below, after raising the country's rating by two notches last... levels aside, Greece has one of the most favourable debt profiles of not only similar but also higher
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Androulakis presents vision for fairer Greece in response to PM’s tax cuts
PoliticsGreek Politicsis pitching his vision for a fairer Greece than the one voters have seen evolve under the six-year... on ENFIA for the first 100 square metres of their primary residence. Excess profits from energy... with other parties if PASOK wins the elections “even by one vote.” He would not be drawn on which
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Why did Greece return to bond markets now? Was it the right decision?
Economyis just one paving stone in this process. It signifies an end to one part of the crisis, which saw... the government suffered the embarrassment of seeing its cabinet secretary Panyiotis Baltakos resign
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Has SYRIZA's moment gone?
AgoraTakis Baltakos was forced to resign over his secret contacts with Golden Dawn. With the crucial May... not having a mature debate about its euro membership but trying to get one going less than two months... will get one. By eking out a victory it will simply draw attention to the absence of enough Greeks
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Tsipras turns down last-minute Juncker offer, plans to stand aside if 'Yes' wins
PoliticsGreek Politicsbeing allowed to make one more change to the document in relation to the reform of the solidarity... to extend the Greek programme for one month. 5) Tsipras and his government campaign for the “Yes” vote ahead.... The two major questions that Tsipras’s comments leave are whether just he would resign if there is a “Yes
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Athens in quandary over IMF as Fund's role in bailout is firmed up
PoliticsGreek Politicsto try to achieve one without the IMF rejecting some of the fiscal measures the coalition feels... to resign. As we mentioned last week, Mitsotakis’s decision to adopt a more aggressive approach... to hold on to some of his supporters. Increasing the level of polarisation is one way to rally his
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SYRIZA not entirely behind plans for changes to constitution, electoral system
PoliticsGreek Politicsattended the “Resign” (Paraiteitheite) demonstration, which was organised via social media and sought... the organisers attempts to distance themselves from political parties, three New Democracy MPs and one..., who was one of the conservative lawmakers that attended, gave a positive spin to proceedings
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Government's relationship with Stournaras teeters again
PoliticsForeign Policynominations for the positions of chairman and CEO at Attica Bank. One of the nominees was Gerasimos... backed by Kalogritsas was one of the four successful bidders. This means a series of events... that the government-appointed members of the board of directors at Attica Bank resign as part
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