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Newsletter 393 - 15/09/2023
of the centralisation of power in the “executive state” model of governance favoured by the Mitsotakis administration, while the model of direct awarding of contracts has been criticised in the case... was at 102.2 points in Q3 2008. Old apartments - those over five years old - saw their prices increase
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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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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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Greece and the euro: The flight of Icarus
Agora, as some of the people in the audience today will know very well. Greece saw joining the euro as part... meant structural factors were overlooked. A period of belt-tightening before euro entry saw Greece’s... economic model in which the state was omnipresent. The two-party system that had dominated Greek
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Can the Green Transition be just?
Agoraby soaring fossil gas prices, puts forward a specific model of resource use. The energy crisis bore... Development Fund and the Recovery and Resilience Fund. This model of resource use can help mitigate... for a longer period. Secondly, and more importantly, this model based on subsidy policies does
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Are Chinese investments starting to hit a wall in Germany?
AgoraAllgemeine Zeitung, 20th December 2018. [ix] See Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie (BDI... industry federation – the Federation of German Industries (BDI) - published a 54-point plan in which
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BoG report highlights economic challenges, proposes way forward
Economyslightly outpace imports. The BoG reaffirms the strong fiscal performance over the last years, which saw... out a set of policies that will transition Greece towards a “sustainable, extroverted growth model led... into an export-oriented model with high and sustainable growth rates. Greece’s central bank concludes
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Greece takes first round against Covid-19 but fight continues
AgoraIn the wake of the devastating impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Europe, Greece has emerged as an unlikely role model, with international media referring to the “Greek model” of crisis management.... It is to the credit of the decision-makers involved that they recognised their predicament and saw
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