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Newsletter 505 - 22/05/2026
understand Greek concerns about Turkey’s revisionist rhetoric, instability in Libya and migration flows... with unusual bluntness. Responding to reports that Turkey is preparing a “Blue Homeland” law codifying
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Study indicates bias in German media coverage of Greek crisis
Societycoalition – in five daily newspapers (Welt, Bild, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung,Süddeutsche Zeitung... against the Greek government, compared to just under half (49 percent) in the Süddeutsche Zeitung, 35 percent in Spiegel Online and a third in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Percentage
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Athens takes plunge on gas exploration, sees hope in Israel-Lebanon deal
PoliticsForeign Policyand the island of Crete. "We want to make an opening with Libya as a whole, so that we can finally... located in the area between Greece and Libya," Mitsotakis said in an interview with ANT-1 TV, last Monday. It appears that Athens has decided to begin surveys in response to the recent Turkish-Libya
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Are Chinese investments starting to hit a wall in Germany?
Agora: ‘Alle Wege führen nach China’, in: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 22nd February 2018. [ii] See: ‘Chinesen greifen... Zeitung, 29th January 2019. [vi] The decision-making process by federal German authorities when...’, in: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 21st January 2019. [vii] Huawei’s outreach activities in Germany extend
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Athens expands survey area off Crete, signs MoU with Egypt
PoliticsForeign PolicyExclusive Economic Zone. In 2019, before signing its memorandum with Turkey, Libya reacted against...). This was calculated by moving its median line northwards. After the signing of the Turkey-Libya memorandum in 2019, new data was generated and Libya could argue that the entire area south of Crete
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Feb budget primary surplus confirmed at 840 mln, as revenues overperform
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance for the first two months of 2022 was confirmed to be a surplus of 840 million euros, compared to a deficit of 1.5 billion euros during the same period last year, according to the final Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution d...
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Primary budget deficit at 1.69 bln euros in Q1 as tax revenues continue to overperform
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance for the first three months of 2022 came to a deficit of 1.69 billion euros, compared to a deficit of 3.41 billion euros in the same period last year, according to the preliminary Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data re...
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March budget primary balance short of target, but taxes continue to overperform
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance for the first three months of 2022 was confirmed at 1.65 billion euros, compared to a deficit of 13.4 billion euros during the same period last year, according to the final Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data released...
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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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