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Name protests, scandal allegations inflame SYRIZA-ND rivalry
PoliticsGreek Politicsoff. A climate in which the government are accused of “selling out” or “betraying” Greeks in the north could well work in favour of Golden Dawn or even the new far-right nationalist party, Greek
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IMF maintains outlook for economy, Athens readies scheme for unpaid taxes and contributions
EconomyProgramme-March. The IMF sees the Greek economy growing by 2.4 percent in real terms this year, and marginally... on Friday. The issue that is expected to top the agenda is Greece’s bid to pay off some of its almost
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SYRIZA seeks to bolster post-MoU narrative with early IMF repayment
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the Fund’s European Department, Poul Thomsen, on Friday. Reports suggest that the Greek minister... Yiannis Sgouros. The leading two hopefuls on May 26 will compete in a run-off vote a week later
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Tsipras tries to entice voters with VAT cuts and pension bonuses
PoliticsGreek Politicsalso said that the timing of the decision was down to “the trustworthiness of the Greek economy being...-off nature, the government could be accused of trying to entice voters. He stressed, though
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Tsipras targets pensioners with final pledge as Mitsotakis woos undecided voters
PoliticsGreek Politicsat the polls. If it is approved by the Greek people, no technocrat can cancel it. A defeat of our social... Kyriakos Mitsotakis is rounding off his campaign in northern Greece, with his final speech due
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Tsipras bids to maintain unity after heavy defeat for SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicsfrom. This is also important with respect to the future of the Greek centre-left and whether SYRIZA... and Giorgos Patoulis as governor of Attica. All three came first on Sunday and will be in the run-off vote
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PBO sees fiscal target being reached despite expansionary measures
EconomyProgrammefor fiscal space in the region of 0.6 percent of GDP for this year, which allowed the Greek government..., are adamant that the measures will throw this year’s budget off track. These concerns are likely
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Tsipras vows to cancel reduction of tax-free threshold as SYRIZA seeks way back
PoliticsGreek Politicsof opponents. He dismissed rumours that he has been rethinking the idea of calling off the snap elections and insisted that he will go the Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos to ask for Parliament
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ND ready to flesh out its policy agenda, with focus on tax plans
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMore details about the new Greek government’s intended policies are due to be revealed this weekend, with most of the focus on what steps New Democracy plans to take to fulfil its pledges on tax cuts... plans to spin off part of the electricity firm, known as the “small PPC” scheme. Other policy areas
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New Democracy starts rolling out its first three bills
PoliticsGreek Politicsone-off programmes of its kind in the future. The second tax bill is expected in October, once... project for the Greek economy but also in terms of the message that New Democracy wants to send
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