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Opposition questions true scale of PM's handouts, as speculation grows about snap polls
PoliticsGreek Politics, left-wing opposition SYRIZA has responded by accusing Mitsotakis and New Democracy of fiddling... of the interventions just announced, has focussed political commentators on the timeline between now and May 2022... at the Thessaloniki International Fair. The government laid out a raft of tax cuts and spending measures totalling
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OECD sees Greek economy most at risk from Covid-19, with impact reaching up to 35 pct of GDP
Economyand house purchases, restaurants and cinemas that are shut, non-essential construction work that has... that evaluates the initial impact on economic activity of containment measures taken around the globe against... on those restrictive measures by analysing sectoral output and consumption patterns across economics
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Nightmare on Democracy Street
Agorathere. The attack took place on a road named after democracy – the very same democracy that has been pushed... for the ruptures now appearing in Greek society. Division has been at the heart of Greek history, dating back... disintegration has also torn apart its society and fragmented its political system. Now, though
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Greece stuck in the long tunnel of political transition
AgoraThe staggered demise of New Democracy and PASOK, which has caused the disappearance of the centre in Greek politics, has forced the country into a political transition whose duration and outcome... elections and build a decisive lead over New Democracy. The leftist party has hit a ceiling in terms of its
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Tsipras and the binary opposition
Agoraa gold medal-winning balancing act on the political high beam. Tsipras has so far executed this routine with aplomb and this has allowed him to savour the more appealing side of his referendum victory..., a large part of the Greek public has gradually distanced itself from the country’s media
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Athens encounters problem in effort to foster Greek-Albanian talks
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Greek Foreign Ministry has issued a new statement in response to Albanian Foreign Minister... a dialogue on bilateral differences. Wednesday's statement also notes that Athens has not tabled... that Athens has agreed to discuss along with other bilateral matters the “Cham issue.” He has also said
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Newsletter 149 -2/02/2018
a composite name being agreed. SYRIZA has tried to highlight the contradictions within New.... saying he would accept a composite name for Greece’s neighbour. However, the demonstration has... at this stage. While the ANEL leader has to play to his small, nationalist gallery, it is also clear
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Newsletter 150 -26/01/2018
pharmaceutical company has fanned fresh flames in Greece’s parliament. Party – to side with the prime... with FYROM. It is certain, though, that SYRIZA has a political battle on its hands after the two large... and eight former ministers as having received under-the-table payments. It has been known since last year
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Skopje moves ahead with name deal ratification as Athens watches closely
Foreign PolicyGreek Politicsis moving a step closer to completion. The ratification of the Prespes Agreement in Skopje has.... Article 49, Paragraph 3 refers to "the Macedonian people living abroad." Athens has expressed objections... of FYROM's citizens with those living abroad. Athens has not publicly put any pressure or asked
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Newsletter 189 -11/01/2018
break-up of their administration, which has been in power since January 2015, as a result of different... that the talks with Tsipras might not take place if the parliament in Skopje has not completed its work. Since last year, Kammenos has been insisting that he will walk out of the government when
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