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European Parliament vote delivers blow to PM as rise of far right, low turnout dominate
PoliticsGreek Politicsof retaining its support among right-wing voters. The momentum which the far-right has built after... saw an increase in the overall share of the vote for the far-right parties in Greece
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More than half of small businesses saw turnover dive by at least 50 pct due to capital controls
Economyexceeding 70 percent. Overall, nine out of ten companies saw a decline in their revenues with the overall
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The year that Greece (nearly) saw it all
Agorathe eurozone many more. They saw SYRIZA come to power from virtually nowhere a few years earlier
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Fresh turbulence at SYRIZA as opposition parties take aim at bank deal
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the circle of dissenters remaining within the party is widening. Among those expressing misgivings... interjected angrily in the conference call, urging “everyone who doesn’t like it” to “leave the party... patched up, there is a growing suspicion among observers that Kasselakis’s behaviour is calculated
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VAT gap of 30.1 pct in 2018 keeps Greece among worst performers in EU
EconomyFeaturespercent across the EU, with Greece ranking among the worst performers. The VAT gap is a measure of VAT... on the economy. Out of the European Union countries surveyed, Greece continued to fare among.... Despite still remaining high, the VAT compliance in Greece showed a significant improvement in 2018
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New Democracy sticks by snap polls call as gov't looks to probe, tender for relief
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMitsotakis on Tuesday to call on Tsipras to resign and snap elections to be held if necessary marked... two-party administration does not survive much longer. New Democracy, though, stands by its call
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KINAL and To Potami snub Tsipras's call for progressives to pull together
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe fluctuations on the left-wing of the Greek political landscape ahead of the general elections later this year are prompting as much a rejection of SYRIZA’s call for cooperation...) and centrist To Potami, to throw their weight behind SYRIZA. Tsipras’s call comes in the wake of his
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Mitsotakis-Erdogan call seen as first step to possible thaw in relations
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe telephone call last Friday between Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is seen by diplomatic sources in Athens as a first step for both sides to overcome... that “diplomacy is not exercised via third parties”. It seems that the telephone call was initiated
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Tsipras repeats call for elections with one eye on rising KINAL
PoliticsGreek PoliticsTV to call Mitsotakis a disastrous manager and said his party was issuing an urgent call
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Newsletter 307 - 10/09/2021
that are heavily reliant on tourism services and saw their economies suffer last year as international travel... and secutirisations. Trade The trend that saw the trade deficit start to widen from March this year, just... and beverage sector saw prices increase by 3 pct. There were hikes in various food stuffs, ranging
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