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Greece stands on fault line between vicious and virtuous cycles for 2016
Agorawill be challenging in a Greek political landscape that is allergic to consensus and where mistrust... Tsipras significant capital given that his calls for a generous write-off are still fresh in the memory
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Candidates vie for votes as New Democracy leadership race enters final stretch
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy’s protracted leadership race has entered its final stretch ahead of Sunday’s run-off vote between interim leader Evangelos Meimarakis and former administrative reform minister Kyriakos.... The northern Greek city has become the battleground for the leadership race. Both Meimarakis
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Challenges mount for Tsipras as pension reform leads into make or break period
PoliticsGreek Politicsare all having an impact on the Greek political landscape. The SYRIZA-Independent Greeks coalition... forward its own pension reform plan and it may be the case that the government will try to play off
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A year on, Tsipras's SYRIZA in need of morale boost
PoliticsGreek Politicsoff the floor and convince them that there are better days ahead for SYRIZA and the country... SYRIZA as the underdog who has had to battle against the Greek and European establishment but is now
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Coalition opens up new political front with tender for TV licenses
PoliticsGreek Politicsover the TV licenses feeds into a number of key issues in the Greek political agenda. The first... for New Democracy and PASOK to shake off the impression that they have been involved in corrupt exchanges
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As SYRIZA's sparkle fades is there a centrist alliance in the making?
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the vote, comfortably seeing off his only rival, Oxford University law professor Pavlos... that there are prospects for the parties close to the centre of Greek politics finding common ground. In his speech
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Gov't under scrutiny over relationship with judicial system
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe government’s relationship with the Greek judiciary has come under increasing criticism and scrutiny over the past few weeks. PASOK waded in over this issue on Thursday, when it revealed... that Papangelopoulos tried to take her off the case. The deputy minister has admitted asking Tsatani to hand
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Greece and lenders edge closer at Eurogroup but standby measures, debt relief not resolved yet
PoliticsGreek Politicswill be defined and legislated. It appears that Greek proposal for a mechanism that will trigger automatic cuts across the board once the programme is found to be off track may be adopted. Athens
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Reshuffle speculation mounts as offshore law sparks new political row
PoliticsGreek Politicsa temporary bone of contention in the Greek political arena, before attention moves on to another subject, especially as the government is hoping that it can tick off in the coming days the adjustments
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Beleaguered coalition makes quick attempt to dampen offshore controversy
PoliticsGreek Politicsand the lack of transparency in Greek politics. However, the new draft provision also provoked... so the bailout review can close. The change in mood from an apparent stand-off between the two sides
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