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Inquiry into surveillance scandal begins as ND feeds speculation about change to election law
PoliticsGreek Politicshas already accused New Democracy of trying to play off Androulakis’s phone-tapping against previous... to be an option. Interior Minister Makis Voridis blamed the centre-left party for taking this option off the table
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Economic sentiment recovers 3.4 pts in Sept, buoyed by rise in services
EconomyMacroeconomyin September, still staying well off the recent high of 21.3 in December. The sector sentiment... partially by 2.5 points to -29.4. Construction is now 31 points down from October last year and off
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Sept economic sentiment drops to early 2021 levels, consumer confidence down by 6.7 pts
EconomyMacroeconomyby 11.3 points to 11.5, still staying well off the recent high of 21.3 in December. The sector... and off the recent high in positive territory of 1.1 points in March.
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ND banks on public apathy in face of surveillance revelations
PoliticsGreek Politicsby the Supreme Court challenged the right of debt servicers who have bought bad loans off the banks to auction off foreclosed properties. The opposition, however, is warning that the cost-of-living crisis
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Energy measures reassure public, as govt scrambles to keep lid on other household costs
PoliticsGreek Politics. Among the smaller parties, leftists MeRA25 and Golden Dawn spin-off Greeks have gained 0.5 pct... of the measure as “champagne socialists”. Mitsotakis also sought to head off opposition complaints
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ND views SYRIZA's Parliament walkout as a pre-election gift
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the move will not pay off for SYRIZA because it shows a disregard for the democratic process on Tsipras’s part and this will be a turn off for the kind of politically moderate voters that the opposition
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New Parliament set for fractious opening session after Mitsotakis curtain-raiser
PoliticsGreek Politics. First, Kyriakos Mitsotakis will kick off his second consecutive term as prime minister... that his government intends to pay off the remaining crisis-era loans two years early, with a view
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SYRIZA inches towards electing new leader, keeps up attacks on government
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the contest. Should none of them gain more than 50 pct of the vote, a run-off ballot will take place... in the meantime. The cut-off date for applications is September 2, when SYRIZA will hold its
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Floods force Mitsotakis to postpone policy speech amid political fallout from ferry death
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe unfolding disaster caused by Storm Daniel has forced Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to call off his annual speech at the Thessaloniki International Fair to focus on the stricken areas... cut off from the emergency services by deep floodwaters and destroyed roads and bridges. Ferry death
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Reconstruction funds at centre of local elections, as ND makes final push for second round
PoliticsGreek Politicsis facing a run-off. The conservatives are aiming to gain control of all 13 regions on Sunday, as well.... Bakoyiannis faced off the runner up of the first round, Haris Doukas, in a televised debate on Wednesday
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