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Mitsotakis earns space to govern with big win, Tsipras limits damage
PoliticsGreek Politicsand exit polls indicated that SYRIZA would gain less than 30 percent of the vote. The result means... with KINAL rather than taking a more radical approach. He will have noticed that when added together
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Mitsotakis mixes old hands and technocrats to stamp reformist bent on cabinet
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe 51 ministers sworn in on Tuesday are more than the small, flexible team many expected, the 21 mostly... than a technocrat, he can boast that the November 17 terrorist organisation was arrested under his
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Building permits increase by 14.6 pct in April
EconomyMacroeconomyby 1,478 permits. However, the total for the year is roughly 84 percent lower than the 2005 peak. Much of the current building activity also centres around refurbishments rather than new builds. The most
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ND puts changes in education and justice system high on agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicsto show that it is a much safer pair of hands than its predecessor. It is also a test for Kerameus... ND’s bid to attract more investment to Greece. This is likely to be a more painstaking process than
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Lenders urge new government to meet fiscal targets as Athens issues 7-year bond
EconomyProgrammeDemocracy wants to adopt a different policy mix than SYRIZA. After meeting Finance Minister Christos... than 3.5 percent. The result of this first round of exchanges between New Democracy
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Tsipras aiming to guide SYRIZA towards new territory in opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicswill stand unopposed. Should Tsipras win, it will give him an even stronger mandate than SYRIZA’s better than expected result in the national elections to shape the party as he sees fit. It seems certain
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New Democracy starts rolling out its first three bills
PoliticsGreek Politicsand placed under the leadership of general directors from within the civil service, rather than... the general directors appointed by the previous government. The general directors, rather than ministers
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New government aims for extensive changes to education system
Societyeducation system was plagued by a culture of low effort and the penalisation rather than rewarding... in which a student must finish their course. The creation of courses in languages other than Greek
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Staikouras strikes note of caution on fiscal space and tax cuts
EconomyProgrammegrowth rates than those when they came in office. On the economic front, a stable tax regime... billion euros and carries an interest of more than 5 percent. The health of the banking system
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Increase in car sales slows markedly in July
EconomyMacroeconomypercent of car sales in July. More than half of all passenger cars sold were registered in Attica... 2019, a total of 136,260 car sales were noted. Of the total, more than 79,000 were new vehicles
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