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Newsletter 343 - 24/06/2022
Mitsotakis calling snap elections appeared to shoot up this week as he announced more measures aimed... as the Fuel Pass. The latest initiative offers around 3 million Greeks the chance to claim up to 100... to begin preparations, which include appointing a panel to draw up the candidate lists. Former
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Parties get into campaign mode as ND mulls possible election dates
PoliticsGreek Politicsare believed to be weighing up potential election dates, as the speculation about early polls seems to have... without catastrophic wildfires, open hostilities with Turkey or a flare-up in the pandemic, while it would also be helped by an expected 1 billion euros in revenues from what is shaping up to be a bumper
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Producer price index quickens pace in Oct with 8.1 pct monthly rise
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s Producer Price Index (PPI) growth picked up pace again in October, rising by 35.4 percent.... The index was in negative territory for most of 2020, and up until March 2021, when it grew annually... sold in the domestic market reached 36 percent annually, led by electricity and gas up 67.5 percent
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Election campaign moves into gear, opinion poll data still equivocal
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe campaign for the May 21 elections is heating up as party leaders zip around the country to drum up support and the government exchanges increasingly harsh words with the opposition. Meanwhile... to 48 pct. The second highest response was corruption and transparency issues, which were up nine
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Newsletter 401 - 10/11/2023
than 1 point behind them at 12.7 percent, up from 11.8 percent in September. Communist party KKE has also picked up a point, rising from 7.6 to 8.6 percent. Kyriakos Mitsotakis continues to be the most... line of the four systemic lenders up to September came close to 3 billion euros, suggesting
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Newsletter 403 - 24/11/2023
sustainability. The Finance Ministry sees growth of 2.9 pct in 2024, up from 2.4 pct this year. Once... that there is a big investment gap in Greece – a legacy of the debt crisis - and the pent-up activity will respond..., as the Finance Ministry sees total revenues at 68.38 billion euros, up from 65.2 billion euros
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Parliament starts debating censure motion as poll captures falling support for government
PoliticsGreek Politicsof concealing the dangerous state of the railways in the run-up to the deadliest accident on the Greek network and subsequently making a concerted effort to cover up the causes of the crash in which 57... of the accident to be cleaned up before a proper forensic investigation could take place, interfering
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Latest Tempe report kicks off political storm as government claims vindication
PoliticsGreek Politicsaccusations of a cover-up which have dogged the government and boosted the ratings of populist... that the claims of a cover-up had collapsed. Marinakis claimed that the findings dealt the final blow to what... the political debate which flared up at the start of the year, around the second anniversary
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Newsletter 467 - 20/06/2025
mainstream parties have seen marginal gains. SYRIZA lost 1.7 points, and undecided voters now make up 17.7%, up from 16.1%. Polls also reveal deep voter disillusionment. Nearly half (43%) say they will skip... up slightly to 25%. Meanwhile, 53% say no opposition leader presents a credible alternative. Voter
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How Greek banks could cut 2014 financing gap with a bond rollover
Economyenhancement of up to €5bn in the form of bank preference shares, while the second involved guarantees up... of the liquidity pillar was later increased up to €85bn and is currently the key collateral Greek banks use... on July 18, 2011. The preference shares, issued by banks and taken up by the Greek state, entailed
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