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The one question SYRIZA needs to answer
AgoraWith the coalition in Greece getting only 160 votes for its presidential candidate in the first ballot, falling short even of the most conservative estimate, based on the currently available information it seems that the number of deputies that will vot...
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One in two Greeks thinks life was better 50 years ago, poll suggests
SocietyOver half of Greeks think that life was better in Greece 50 years ago compared to today, according to a new survey released by the Pew Research Center. The survey looked into attitudes across 38 countries, surveying around 43,000 respondents in the proc...
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Budget deficit of 6.38 bln in Aug confirmed; target beaten due to one offs
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance was confirmed at a deficit of 6.38 billion euros in the first eight months of 2021, compared with a deficit of 5.48 billion in the same period last year, the final Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data showed on Monday....
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Tsipras repeats call for elections with one eye on rising KINAL
PoliticsGreek PoliticsOpposition leader Alexis Tsipras has gone on the offensive against the government’s positive narrative, questioning New Democracy’s record of crisis management and calling for early elections. The SYRIZA president has also signalled the end of the grace...
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Import prices reach one year of contraction with 6.4 pct drop in Jan
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s import price index stayed in contraction in January, falling by 6.4 percent year-on-year (YoY), after dropping by 8.7 percent in December, according to data released by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) on Thursday. The consecutive ne...
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Producer prices drop 1 pct in Apr, in contraction for over one year
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s Producer Price Index (PPI) remained in contraction in April, dropping by 1 percent year-on-year (YoY), after falling by 0.1 percent in March, ELSTAT data showed on Thursday. The index has been in contraction since March last year, although some...
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Our cruel summer
AgoraFor decades, jumping onto a ferry at the last minute as it prepared to leave for one of the islands... crew members, one of whom pushed the passenger three times, causing him to slip and fall... in it, are being breached one by one, like the flood barriers in the Thessaly plain and on Mount Pelion
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Honey, I shrunk the Greeks vol. 2
Agorato the official claims and as such no one is willing to lend to that country and market access is not achieved... was charged in 2010 to ensure getting loans from one’s Eurozone partners would not be a particularly pleasant... that one solution could be for the eurozone to promise that something will be done in 10 or 15 years
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ND wrong-foots SYRIZA with call to lift expat vote restrictions
PoliticsGreek Politics. On Monday, Interior Minister Makis Voridis tabled a bill in Parliament lifting restrictions on Greeks voting... voters has so far gathered 300 registrations, out of what the Interior Ministry estimates
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Parties gear up for vote on bill permitting private universities
PoliticsGreek Politicsbefore receiving an email from the Interior Ministry regarding the postal vote. The inference... available and does not contain contact information. The Interior Ministry issued a statement denying
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