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Newsletter 448 - 24/01/2025
days to expand on his social media post welcoming Trump to the White House. He focused on where he saw... and the Council published the joint employment report for the EU, measuring member states against 17
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New asylum law comes up against old failings
Agoraof a policy paper written by the European Stability Initiative (ESI) think-tank last January titled..., the ESI argued that if a similar system is adopted in Greece, the EU-Turkey agreement could be applied... it wants to put in place. “That won’t work,” the head of the ESI, Gerald Knaus told Kathimerini recently
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Economic sentiment improves marginally in Aug, consumer confidence takes 7-point tumble
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s economic sentiment (ESI) recorded a 0.7-point rise in August, after a 1-point increase..., dropping to 84.4. Over the rolling 12-month period, the ESI in August was 6 points up from the 105.7 points of September 2022. The EU average ESI stood at 92.9 points in August, down from the 93.5 points
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Greece's labour market is austerity's biggest casualty
Agoraplan to address the issue of unemployment. The construction sector saw its peak in employment... complicated by the fact that are they tightly linked with the old economic model in Greece. A model where... a wealth effect. Changing the economic model built up over decades does not happen overnight and while
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The "King of the North" seeking to heal a fractured kingdom
Agoraof governing principles he calls “Manchesterism”. It is his attempt to articulate an alternative model - one... buses are not nationalised; they are operated by private companies under public control. The model... to The Observer, adding that one of the problems of “Blairism” was that it “saw the market as always
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Samaras shoots, Samaras scores!
Agora“Samaras rescues Greece” – it’s the headline the prime minister and many in his office would have cherished. But Giorgos Samaras, the striker without a club, has beaten premier Antonis to the title... that also saw them through the game with Ivory Coast. At a time when Greek society is so deeply divided
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ND on spot over police raid but opinion poll ratings provide comfort
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat they were beaten and arrested for supposedly impeding the police’s work after refusing to give access... rise for SYRIZA, which saw its backing rise to 25 pct. There was hardly any movement among
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Newsletter 387 - 30/06/2023
PoliticsMitsotakis re-elected, Tsipras beaten and far right resurgentSunday’s election delivered a comfortable majority and a second four-year term for Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, dealt... into 158 seats in Parliament. Main opposition party SYRIZA saw its support dwindle even further
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Second round of local elections deliver worrying results for PM, glimmer of hope for opposition
PoliticsGreek Politics. However, he was soundly beaten by Dimitris Kouretas, a candidate put forward by centre-left PASOK... on social media. It should also be noted that the Communist Party (KKE) saw its candidates win six
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Newsletter 488 - 12/12/2025
others saw them as legitimate pressure. The findings highlighted the government’s dilemma: appearing... MPs vented frustration at Tsiaras, warning they were being “beaten up out there” and even feared
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