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Bumper results for banks add to frustration over interest rates, fees
EconomyBankingduring Greece’s membership of the euro area. It has only slightly moderated since then, to 5.63 pct... tills with POS, the segment has grown significantly for Greek lenders. In 2023, income from fees and commissions exceeded 1.8 billion euros, while in H1 it has already surpassed 1 billion euros
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Mitsotakis seeks to end squabbling as ND heads to anniversary in pole position
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary this Friday. All has not been well within the ranks.... The threat from such events has not disappeared despite the weather cooling. A fire in Corinthia... 50 years since it was founded – five decades during which it has been a dominant force in Greek
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SYRIZA's ongoing drama creates space for winner of PASOK leadership vote
PoliticsGreek Politicswill lead the centre-left party, which has cemented second place in recent opinion polls. In his final TV interview before the decisive ballot, Androulakis told Mega TV on Friday that the leadership vote has underlined PASOK’s strengths as a party, showing that it has many capable figures
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Newsletter 437 - 18/10/2024
the party based on what it has to offer in terms of policies, rather than tacking on other political... party. The government has recently started being more outspoken and direct in its criticism... the vote in June, New Democracy has gradually turned its focus towards the parties to its right
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Newsletter 442 - 22/11/2024
, but this week New Democracy found itself consumed by the actions of its former president, who has... will use the opportunity to launch another attack on Mitsotakis. So far, there has been no sign from.... The candidate named in the interview, former PM Kostas Karamanlis, although not a natural ally of Samaras, has
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Government comes out swinging as tense week, building up to Tempe protests, begins
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe government under further pressure over the deadly accident, for which nobody has yet been held... Georgiadis is one of the members of the cabinet that has done the heavy lifting over the past few days... aside. Although the PM’s popularity has taken a hit over the last few weeks and he is under growing
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Newsletter 455 - 14/03/2025
that the Mitsotakis administration has dealt with Greece’s deadliest rail disaster. However, it appears... this week has caused a stir because it shows the far left populist party of Zoe Konstantopoulou... has translated into significant gains for her party, which is largely a personal vehicle
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PM pledges higher wages for armed forces in bid to win over voters, own party
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMitsotakis has revealed that there will be an additional increase to the salaries of members of Greece... Greece has the necessary military personnel is as important as securing the appropriate equipment... within the ruling party. There has been unease among New Democracy MPs since last summer’s European
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Doubts about GSI resurface as Turkey raises objections over electricity cable
PoliticsForeign Policy, Cyprus and Israel faces headwinds again. Greece has firmly stated that the project will proceed, but has kept the timeline for resuming research operations under wraps amid increasing pressure from..., a Navtex for the operation has been delayed, reflecting the sensitivity of the situation, which is further
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ND directs fire at PASOK over Tempe as ruling party’s MPs grumble over land decree
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy has taken advantage of the Tempe issue moving back to the top of the political agenda... of a proposed change to the legal status of land in small settlements around Greece. It has been noticeable over the last few days that PASOK has been the main target for New Democracy’s Tempe-related
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