MacroPolis

Show/Hide Search

Search

Results 271 to 280 out of 1994. RSS

  1. Submarine deal resurfaces, threatening new political divisions

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    there were stability problems with the first, German-made, submarine. The legal stand-off between Greece... but with European elections coming up in May and speculation that general elections might not be far off

    11%

  2. A fierce political clash over medicine prices in Greece

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    as off patent, and which are cheaper than branded ones. The new legislation goes a step further by taking... to this if it is cheaper than the off patent medicine. Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis claims

    11%

  3. For Greek families, electricity goes from given to must for survival
    Photo by Harry van Versendaal

    Society

    that had been cut off from the power grid due to being unable to pay their bills. It also promised..., the Public Power Corporation (PPC) revealed that it was cutting off electricity to about 30,000 homes

    11%

  4. Greece in danger of repeating familiar mistakes with Golden Dawn
    Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]

    Agora

    Dawn could be scrubbed off the Greek political map overnight. The reasons for the party’s rise..., wean them off Golden Dawn’s poisonous populism. Can anyone do it? So far, the answer has been

    11%

  5. Troika returning to Greece but key decisions still months away
    Photo by Harry van Versendaal

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    comments at Monday’s Eurogroup that any discussion about more loans for Greece has now been put off until... also been put off until the summer. “The debt has to be reduced. The question is who does it and how

    11%

  6. Greece agrees with troika, looks to tranche release and redistribution of surplus
    Photo by MacroPolis

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    million will be given as a “social dividend.” The latter mainly involves one-off handouts to 1... and pushing for an early primary surplus is paying off. On Tuesday, Samaras claimed that Greece

    11%

  7. Eurogroup clears next bailout tranches for Greece, sets new goals

    EconomyProgramme

    for debt servicing and to undertake some one-off spending in 2014 to bolster social cohesion.” Following... involves one-off handouts to 1 million Greeks with low incomes and a temporary boost for members

    11%

  8. Return to bond markets to buoy coalition, may leave SYRIZA floundering
    Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    as the debt reduction talks have been put off until after the European elections even though the primary... ahead of the European elections on May 25, when New Democracy will be hoping to hold off SYRIZA's

    11%

  9. Local elections in Greece a precursor of European vote
    Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    . If not, then the two leading candidates go into a run-off vote the following Sunday. The second... has been organised by local officials and opponents of the sell-off, a significant rejection

    11%

  10. First round of local elections leave Greek politics finely balanced
    Photo by MacroPolis

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    that Greek politics is heading in. SYRIZA’s pulled off surprising results in Athens but made little... held off conservative hopeful Yiannis Ioannidis. In Piraeus, another key municipality, New

    11%