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Greece 57th in WEF's Global Competitiveness Index based on new methodology
EconomyFeaturespillar, Greece stood at number 129 globally for venture capital availability, and at number 137... in the pillar of Infrastructure, where the country ranked number 1 for its electrification rate. Under the pillar of Institutions, Greece scored 87 overall. The worst scoring sub-components within
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PASOK seeks to carve out own space as Mitsotakis speech dominates agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicspanel on demographic trends, outlined a three-pillar plan aimed at reversing population decline, supporting families, and rebalancing regional development. The first pillar focuses on reversing the brain... of talent and encourage a more balanced population distribution. The second pillar centres on harmonising
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Underlining stress on Greek society, suicide rate doubled in first years of economic crisis
SocietySince 77-year-old Dimitris Christoulas put a gun to his head a few metres from Greek Parliament and shot himself in April 2012, suicides gained a prominent and painful place in the narrative of the Greek crisis. In a suicide note, Christoulas decried the government and its austerity policies. His
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Samaras, Venizelos opt for earlier presidential vote in high-risk strategy to save coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicson Monday night to liken the government’s move as a “gun to the head.” He said he would vote “no” in all... nominee. It is highly unlikely that there will be an en masse move of these MPs to the government’s
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Greece: After a deal, work on a solution
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Agora– and not outside pressure. Support for reform will always be grudging if it is done at the barrel of a gun
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Tsipras takes big risk by axing public revenues chief Savvaidou
PoliticsGreek Politicsis at an early stage, adding to the sense that Tsipras has jumped the gun or that he was looking
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PASOK leader seeks alliances to improve party's footing
PoliticsGreek Politicsleader seems to have jumped the gun as her counterpart at Potami, Stavros Theodorakis, showed no great
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Tussle over arms deal sets tone for polarised politics
PoliticsGreek Politicsintensified the suspicion surrounding the deal, which was not executed, but no smoking gun
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Football chairman's actions threaten to blow coalition off course again
PoliticsGreek Politics, with a holstered gun, means that more questions are likely to be asked, including from opposition parties, about
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Coalition struggles to contend with fallout from football crisis
PoliticsGreek PoliticsToumba Stadium on Sunday with a gun strapped to his waist to protest a refereeing decision
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