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Budget primary surplus confirmed at 831 mln in Feb
EconomyMacroeconomyby 257 million euros. On an aggregate basis, gross revenues came to 8.28 billion euros, lower than... compared to the relevant period last year by 305 million euros. This was mainly due to lower additional
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Newsletter 286 - 26/02/2021
Covid-19 wards in the Greek capital are in short supply again. More than 90% were taken up this week... was negative with a 305 million-euro drop in lending, compared to an increase of 1.65 billion euros
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Holding out for a (reformist) hero
Agorain a political battle with the leftist party rather than implement the measures being demanded... Lula, rather than Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez. However, this bubble also burst when Tsipras decided... in its most recent review (summer 2014, more than a year after Mitsotakis was appointed
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Opposition parties continue to pursue wiretap claims, as surveillance bill passes first hurdle
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe intelligence service EYP to the operation of the Predator spyware via a government contractor... from invoices and bank statements pertaining to the activities of EYP contractor Krikel, which..., transactions totalling 5.3 million euros linked to the government contractor appear to have escaped
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Impact of EP elections continues to reverberate across main parties
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the June 9 elections, where it garnered just 28.3 percent of the vote rather than the goal of 33 percent... 15 percent of the vote rather than the 20 percent he had said he aspired to. The tone of the posts...” from his predecessors and would prefer to rationalise spending rather than seek bank loans or dark
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Newsletter 509 - 19/06/2026
say they lived better in 2019 than today. Tsipras unveiled a package of five cost‑of‑living pledges... as a credible governing alternative rather than a protest movement. The centre‑left debate was further stirred... will take place in 2027, “closer to June than January”. He argued that ND’s internal polling makes
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Eurobank gears up for crucial but contentious capital increase
EconomyBanking), to sell its shares in the lender at not only less than it bought them last year but less than... and PASOK veteran Apostolos Kaklamanis also refused to support it during the March 30 vote. Papandreou
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PM and SYRIZA deaf to calls for compromise over president so far
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat he was expressing a personal opinion rather than a party position. Another PASOK lawmaker, Nikos... opens a discussion about a compromise deal he will probably have to give more ground than he wants... Bakoyannis, Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Nikitas Kaklamanis) to start publicly suggesting that the government look
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SYRIZA rebels poised to launch new group after split
PoliticsGreek Politicscontinues to be dogged by the same-sex marriage issue, rather than become embroiled in a battle... main opponent rather than their former party. This will be a tricky line to tread as their former... comment prompted New Democracy MP Nikitas Kaklamanis to argue that any minister not willing to vote
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Mitsotakis tours ministries as government looks for measures to improve public mood
PoliticsGreek Politicsto political stability due to its stance on the Tempe issue than the opposition, while 30 pct think... Nikitas Kaklamanis, an ND lawmaker, rejected calls from the opposition for the inquiry to be chaired by a cross-party presidency rather than just by MPs from the ruling party. PASOK representative Milena
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