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Newsletter 60 - 29/01/2016
is that it is practically impossible to “control” a sea border, as Frontex spokeswoman Ewa Moncure recently highlighted... islands to prevent them simply moving on en masse to other parts of Europe. On this subject, a lot
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Search for solutions, not scapegoats in EU's refugee crisis
Agoraspokeswoman Ewa Moncure recently highlighted. There are few people crossing Greece’s land border with Turkey... refugees and migrants arrive on its islands to prevent them simply moving on en masse to other
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Amid risk of 2015 re-run, Greece searching for deal with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the negotiators parted on bad terms, with European Stability Mechanism managing director Klaus Regling
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Learning the lessons of Greece's toxic decade
Agoraseemed like the end of the MoU era. In the meantime, SYRIZA had parted ways with the radical side
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PM appoints new national security advisor as talks with Turkey hang in balance
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Tuesday the appointment of Thanos Dokos to the post of national security advisor, with a mandate to formulate national security strategy and build the National Security Council, a new body created by the p...
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Re-opening plans hang in balance due to unrelenting virus
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government does not seem set to abandon its hopes of further relaxing restrictions on economic activity next week even though the Covid-19 data continues to look alarming. On Tuesday, a record 4,340 new coronavirus cases were recorded as the number ...
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Greece prepares for next stage in Covid relaxation as tourism hopes hang in balance
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe next steps in Greece’s gradual emergence from a six-month lockdown are set to be confirmed on Wednesday, although Covid-19 numbers have eased only marginally and there are doubts about the tourism sector’s ability to capitalise on the official reope...
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Implementation snags hang over ambitious post-Covid recovery plans
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece’s national plan to allocate EU Recovery & Resilience funds is moving apace at the planning stage, but appears to be stumbling at implementation. With the post-covid stimulus package emerging as more key to economic recovery than ever in light of ...
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ND tries to swerve fresh graft claims as EP scandals, phonetapping hang over budget debate
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Qatargate scandal centred on PASOK MEP Eva Kaili may have given ruling New Democracy some respite from defending its administration against mounting evidence of a domestic spying operation, but an investigation by the EU prosecutor into one of its o...
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Budget primary surplus at 3.16 bln in December, missing target for full year by 443 mln
EconomyMacroeconomybillion euros and was below target by 611 million. Net revenues came to 50.96 billion euros, under... expenditure came to 44.20 billion, below target by 611 million euros. Interest payments declined YoY
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