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Food delivery boycott prompts SYRIZA to argue against labour deregulation
PoliticsGreek PoliticsOpposition leader Alexis Tsipras has seized upon the recent controversy surrounding a popular food... reform agenda, and one of the areas where the opposition has found grounds for attack..., which his party has come to refer to as the “mother of battles”, and the efood controversy lent
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PM presents warship, mutual defence deal with France as game changer
PoliticsGreek Politicsjets, taking the total it has ordered to 24. In his comments at the signing ceremony, Mitsotakis... as bolstering Greece’s navy. “The decision to arm the Greek fleet with modern French frigates has... it strengthens our common defence industry. It also has Euro-Atlantic characteristics because it involves two
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Economic sentiment drops off in Sept as consumer confidence falls for fourth month
EconomyMacroeconomythis year, recovering from 90.7 points in January. Since the start of the year, the ESI has increased... points, after a drop of 2.2 points in August. Since the start of the year, consumer confidence has improved by 6.4 points. Consumer confidence has been falling since the previous high of May when
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New pension legislation aims to speed up operations at overwhelmed EFKA fund
PoliticsGreek Politicsof about 90 percent of the country’s labour force, has been struggling to clear a backlog of pension... into force in 2022 has created a surge in new applications. As many as 15,100 public sector... enhanced surveillance report, the institutions noted that the issuance of new pensions has virtually
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MEP takes comfortable lead over former PM in advance of KINAL leadership run-off
PoliticsGreek Politicsa greater level of support. In the days following the result, Papandreou has betrayed his irritation... Papandreou has sought to challenge Androulakis’s claim to be a force for the renewal of the party by claiming... the backroom negotiations. Papandreou’s fumble has allowed Androulakis to claim the higher ground
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Polls boost for KINAL after leadership vote, as Androulakis rolls out key appointments
PoliticsGreek Politics. KINAL (Movement for Change) has almost doubled its ratings with a gain of more than 5 percentage... a role the new leader himself has played in the swing. Androulakis is named third most popular leader... has dropped 3 percentage points since the start of the year. Androulakis gets the approval of 42 pct
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ND and SYRIZA exchange broadsides, KINAL catches some flak
PoliticsGreek Politicsit, to show that the current administration has had to navigate numerous crises, including natural disasters and the Covid pandemic, but has managed to do so with “minimal losses”. His comment appeared... and intimidating Labour Ministry staff. Fourthiotis has recently taken to publishing on his social
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SYRIZA reproaches PM and ministers over wealth declarations, loans
PoliticsGreek Politics) has sparked a reaction from main opposition party SYRIZA, which is attempting to portray Prime... as together with his wife he has almost 1.3 million euros in outstanding loans, according to his pothen esches... to the pothen esches process, which was launched in 2003 but has not really improved the level
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Spying scandal triggers high-level resignations, serious questions for government and PM
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy has seen ministers, MPs and other officials forced to step aside since it came to power.... Dimitriadis denies any involvement with Predator and has filed SLAPP lawsuits against... in December last year. It has been noted that EYP’s wiretapping was launched around the same time
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Political impact of spying revelations unclear, as drip-feed of information continues
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor its support of the government, cited confidential reports that EYP has had 7-8 politicians under..., who have consistently demanded to know how widespread EYP’s surveillance has been among... formed cyber unit within EYP which has access to classified procurement budgets. Unnamed government
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