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The Parable of the Populists and the Contemplatives
Agoraof new debt that they have taken on board to pay for this machine. The net worth, or wealth... to depleting the resources of the country, debts are being accumulated to pay for additional (over-)spending... the production of the toxic residue is not costed. That would cause much lower profits and it would
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Newsletter 88 - 16/09/2016
The single property tax (ENFIA) due in 2016 stands at 3.18 billion, 2.2 percent lower than last year’s... burden is lower, equal or up to 10 euros higher than that in 2015. However, almost 57 percent of companies are due to pay a higher property tax for this year. The breakdown for individuals showed more
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Tough choices ahead for Mitsotakis, as reforms risk irking voters
PoliticsGreek Politicsactivist Zak Kostopoulos. Critics of the move argue that the directive violates the constitutional
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Newsletter 160 -04/05/2018
to the previous quarter, leading to a considerably lower carryover effect for this year. For 2018, EC concedes... forecast and next year’s is also lower from the 1.2 percent that was expected a few months ago... “as it was partly achieved through lower-than-expected spending and a number of temporary factors
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Newsletter 68 - 01/04/2016
in the excise tax on fuel and natural gas, a rise in the levy on mobile telephony and pay TV, higher taxation... intends to pay state arrears of 7 billion euros to the private sector by the end of the year... it. Maybe this is the price Greece has to pay to ensure that its citizens’ democratic right
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Golden Dawn trial begins against complex political backdrop
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMore than 18 months after rapper Pavlos Fyssas was murdered by Golden Dawn member Giorgos Roupakias near Piraeus, the Neo-Nazi party’s leader, MPs and numerous members are going on trial. A total of 69 people, including Golden Dawn chief Nikos Michaloli...
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Paris attacks change backdrop for Tsipras visit to Turkey
PoliticsForeign PolicyPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras' first official visit to Turkey (November 18-19) has suddenly turned into perhaps the most crucial visit of a Greek premier to Greece's neighboring country, as it takes place a few days following Paris' terrorist attacks. T...
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Androulakis positions PASOK as alternative to leading parties against phonetapping backdrop
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPASOK leader Nikos Androulakis used his maiden speech at the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) on Wednesday to hit out at both the ruling New Democracy party and its main rival SYRIZA, in an attempt to position the socialists as a distinct and reali...
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The rise of a "Spanish SYRIZA" transform’s country’s politics
Agorainterventions of its leader, Pablo Iglesias, on several TV talk shows– contrasted with the huge support... of online followers has soared while its presence on TV has exponentially risen to an extreme... in a TV debate. As a result, Iglesias has 100,000 more followers on Twitter than the Spanish prime
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Tsipras gives air of resistance but leaves door ajar for agreement
PoliticsGreek Politicsminister, though, reportedly told the opposition party chief that the government would not pay the 1.6... at New Democracy, where Antonis Samaras insists on not stepping down. A GPO poll for Mega TV made... the leftist party by 12.1 percentage points. GPO poll for Mega TV SYRIZA 35.1% New Democracy 23 Potami 6 G
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