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Tsipras tries to put PM on spot by pushing for 800-euro min wage
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras has gone on the offensive against the government, calling for the minimum wage to be raised to 800 euros and for the consumption tax on fuel to be lowered as counter-measures to confront the wave of inflation troubling Greek...
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Series of failures provide opposition with platform to put pressure on PM
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlthough it is still largely absorbed by its leadership contest, which is not due to conclude until early September, recent events have prompted SYRIZA to take a more aggressive stance regarding Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s premiership. The left-wing party was...
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State braces for losses as bank divestment plan is put into action
EconomyBankingThe Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (HFSF) formally launched last week the process of divesting its small participation in the share capital of Eurobank. This set in motion HFSF's plan to dispose of its holdings in the four systemic banks, bringing to...
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Athens not put out by Turkey-Egypt rapprochement, but watching closely
PoliticsForeign PolicyAthens is assessing the results of the historic meeting between Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday, in Ankara. The two leaders discussed ways to further repair the long-frozen ties between the...
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Covid measures extended despite govt optimism, as inflation causes political tension
PoliticsGreek Politicsare expected to report for duty at hospitals in central and northern Greece after the government issued... duty on fuel, an intervention in the pricing policies of power utility PPC and a partial write-off
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Tsipras repeats call for elections with one eye on rising KINAL
PoliticsGreek Politicsto implement the MoU. The SYRIZA leader reiterated his party’s proposals to cut fuel duty and VAT on basic goods, rebate fuel duty for farmers, and raise the minimum wage to 800 euros. Responding
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Greece and Turkey launch latest round of talks, building up to Ankara visit by Mitsotakis
PoliticsForeign Policy. “We all have a duty; we have a duty towards society and future generations. For me, the easiest
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PM embarks on persuasion exercise as political veterans pick up on public discontent
PoliticsGreek Politicsmedia the government sees it as its duty to “listen to society and work persistently to solve people’s everyday problems”, adding, “this duty is all the weightier, as in an unstable global environment
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Small rise for Greek manufacturing PMI in November
EconomyMacroeconomy. The improvement in vendor performance is the longest such sequence for almost five years. Producer prices also
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Greek PMI edges up in March but exports, factory output fall
EconomyMacroeconomya rise in vendor lead times, partly attributed to stock shortages in the supply chains, the most
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