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SYRIZA lines up more relief measures to entice voters
PoliticsGreek Politicsopinion polls currently suggest. Tax-free treshold Similarly, the prime minister pledged in a TV... threshold agreed with the institutions. This prompted a reaction from New Democracy, which pointed... Eurogroup. “Mr Tsipras has signed the reduction of the tax-free threshold, which we voted against
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Athens displeased with EU Council outcome, faces pressure for talks with Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyto engage in a dialogue. Arms embargo Following the Greek side’s failure to secure the inclusion... to an arms embargo and countermeasures/sanctions per sector over Turkey’s violation of the EU-Turkey... of the arms embargo, Mitsotakis explained in his press conference on Friday in Brussels
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Coalition's attempt to defend handling of fatal blaze fails to stem criticism
PoliticsGreek Politicsin Kinetta and Mati being the product of arson. The officials also explained that the speed with which the Mati blaze, which caused so many deaths, advanced due to gale-force winds made efforts to evacuate...), the effort to combat several large fires around Athens at the same time and the fact that Mati
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Is a lack of spending hampering Greece's firefighting capabilities?
Societythe Mati fire now holds the record of the deadliest peacetime disaster in Greece... week’s fire at Mati was on a different scale. It was very brief in duration, according to the most..., and the 10 whole days that the most severe blazes raged in 2007. The Mati fire burned in all 12.7
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Tsipras tries to take lead in fire response amid picture of confusion
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAs the investigation into the Mati fire proceeds and more reports of the apparent mishandling... to the bottom of the “how and why” of the Mati tragedy and to ensure that it would not happen again. Echoing... latched onto over the past days, Tsipras highlighted the role played in the Mati disaster by illegal
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Greek pensions laid bare
Agorapensions amounts to 884 euros. Note, though, that for around 45 percent of pensioners their monthly... and they receive on average monthly pensions of 771 euros. This is below the overall average of 884 euros since
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Budget continues to perform strongly with 3.64 bln surplus up to May
EconomyMacroeconomyinstalment from Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), amounting to 884 million, initially estimated.... Overall, the PIB was virtually in balance. Greece has also received 884 million euros year-to-date from
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Parties return to campaign trail after Easter lull
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor what they describe as opportunism. ND’s press spokesman Nikos Romanos described remarks made... and the political system. In other remarks, Kasselakis demanded a halt to the privatisation of ports... the decision to keep the investment threshold for property on the smaller islands at 400,000 euros while
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To Potami takes next step in mission to become key political player in Greece
PoliticsGreek Politicssigning Greece’s first bailout agreement in 2010. Liberal parties such as Drassi and Dimiourgia Xana
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Greek current account deficit widens by 32.4 pct in November despite services surplus
EconomyMacroeconomyNavarino by a Cyprus-based company owned by the Olayan Group. For the 11-month period, non-residents
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