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Newsletter 269 -16/10/2020
Turkey forces way back on agenda PM heads to Brussels with Ankara’s moves on his mind as GD trial divides at home Trouble with Turkey resurfaced this week for the government, while the political turbulence caused by the Golden Dawn trial refused to subside. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis flew
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Mitsotakis targets inflation on path to elections in 2023
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe Omicron wave will subside in the next few weeks and that the country’s health system will be able
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Newsletter 323 - 14/01/2022
. Given that the government believes the threat from the pandemic is likely to subside in the days
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ND suffers ratings blow after train crash, hopes time is on its side
PoliticsGreek Politicssubside over the coming weeks and the party ratings could look different after Greek Orthodox Easter
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Cabinet reshuffle rumoured as scale of flood reconstruction task begins to dawn
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAs the floodwaters in Thessaly subside, the enormity of the economic impact of the disaster is gradually becoming clear, putting the onus on the government to deliver a support package commensurate to the task. The prime minister’s office is pondering how to manage the political fallout
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Government and opposition poised for new confrontation over Tempe probe
PoliticsGreek Politicssome of the bitter sentiment over the Tempe issue subside in recent weeks, leading to his party edging
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Newsletter 464 - 30/05/2025
PoliticsGovernment faces scrutiny over farming subsidy scandalThe Greek government is under growing pressure following revelations of a widespread farming subsidy fraud scandal, threatening to become... reported that fraudulent subsidy claims may have amounted to as much as €45 million per year. While legal
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Short-term fix for electricity bills leaves open questions for green transition strategy
Societyto support renewable generation. The government’s solution has been to announce a new subsidy scheme for PPC’s low voltage customers, who consist of households and small businesses. The new subsidy... to a certain extent. In the first instance, the subsidy comes to supplement measures already put in place
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Finance Ministry costs new support package, but questions remain over electricity subsidies
Economy” for vulnerable households worth 496 million euros and essentially doubling the heating subsidy to 300 million euros, from 174 million. In September, the energy subsidy cost the budget more than one... will stop the current subsidy scheme, exploring options of a scaled subsidy that will include an incentive
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OPEKEPE scandal remains sore point for government despite wayward inquiry
PoliticsGreek Politicssubsidy scandal by broadening the scope of the parliamentary inquiry so it dates back to 1998... away from the all-important 2022–2023 audit gap. The absence of audits during the 2022–2023 subsidy... corruption at the agency, which was responsible for making subsidy payments to farmers. On Thursday, the four
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