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Government and opposition poised for new confrontation over Tempe probe
PoliticsGreek Politicsagain troubling Greek voters more than anything else. However, the arrival of the Tempe case file... that Karamanlis or officials working for him were involved in felonies, rather than misdemeanours, the socialists
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Fiscal data impressive but details suggest caution still required
EconomyMacroeconomytaxation for self-employed. The latter is estimated to have brought in more than half a billion euros... tax rate of 44 pct applying to incomes higher than the current level of 40,000 euros.
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Parties gear up for fresh tug-of-war over Tempe investigation
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinister Kostas Karamanlis be lifted so that he can face felony, rather than misdemeanour, charges... than in the first months of this year. Although PASOK has the minimum of 30 votes needed
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Opposition calls on PM to change tack over Gaza as ND faces new corruption probe
PoliticsGreek Politicsparties in Greece. New Left went as step further than PASOK in condemning Israel’s actions... the Mitsotakis administration more exposed politically withing Greece than it has been since the war in Gaza
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Solid taxes and restrained spending push primary surplus to 5.15 bln by Apr
EconomyMacroeconomyin 2024. The overall balance is better than the target by 3.26 billion euros. Revenues Net revenues... million above the target. Income tax revenues came to 7.6 billion euros, 655 million higher than
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Hoping to continue poll recovery, PM tries to put lid on subsidy scandal
PoliticsGreek Politicsmatters and be seen as fraud at a relatively low level rather than grand scale corruption... rather than more of the same.
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Seeking to shore up right flank, Mitsotakis unveils steps to tackle campus violence
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor national broadcaster ERT found that less than 60 pct of respondents aged 17 to 34 were... more percentage points to elect more than 150 seats. According to the MRB poll, 3.3 pct of respondents
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Quarterly unemployment edges up to 10.4 pct in Q1 on back of seasonal factors
EconomyMacroeconomyof long-term unemployed (more than 1 year) came to 247,600 people, representing 50.7 percent of the total unemployed. Alarmingly, the largest portion, 113,100, has not worked for more than four years
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New Democracy rejigs key party posts as Spartiates expulsion leaves gap in Parliament
PoliticsGreek PoliticsParliament was left with 297 MPs rather than the full complement of 300 after the Electoral Court ruled... statements. By law, Parliament can function as long as it has more than 200 sitting members, however
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Clarity over fiscal space clears way for next set of relief measures
EconomyMacroeconomythan the rise in 2024 as percent of GDP and, also, the increase cannot be more than 1.5 pct of GDP
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