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PASOK candidates set out their stalls as SYRIZA sinks further into mire
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe six candidates vying for the leadership of centre-left PASOK put their cases to the party’s central committee over the weekend as the first round of voting on October 6 approaches. Opinion polls, which pollsters are very guarded about because of the...
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Strong set of 2024 fiscal data provides space for voter-friendly handout package
EconomyMacroeconomyELSTAT published on Tuesday the latest fiscal data for the 2021 to 2024 period, recording a significant primary surplus that was accompanied by an announcement from PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis of a surprise handout package worth 1.1 billion euros in support ...
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PM set on sharing out more economic benefits in bid to recover support
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government’s efforts to turn the media and public’s attention away from the Tempe issue, which dominated the agenda during the first quarter of the year, continues with the promise of more voter-friendly measures to come. After announcing 1.1 billio...
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Clarity over fiscal space clears way for next set of relief measures
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s fiscal outlook has become clearer along with the ability of the Greek government to implement more voter-friendly policies as it attempts to restore its relations with the electorate. The European Commission last week activated the national esc...
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Housing costs, food prices set limits to impact of tax cuts
EconomyThe Greek government’s efforts to shift the narrative and change its political fortunes are crashing against the realities on the ground as reflected in the frequent data releases from Eurostat and ELSTAT. Months of communications build-up around the Th...
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OPEKEPE, Predator and Ankara tension set tone for post-Easter politics
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA compressed, post‑Easter political week opens in Athens with the government facing simultaneous pressure on two domestic fronts - the OPEKEPE case files and the revived surveillance affair - while also navigating a sharp rhetorical clash with Ankara an...
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Prior actions, pending actions and milestones along the bumpy road
Agorawho are prepared to invest political capital and mobilise the administrative capacity to engage..., but time is a luxury. The second SYRIZA-led government will have to engage in repair work on its
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Greek-Turkish rift puts strain on Cyprus reunification talks
PoliticsForeign Policythat Athens and Ankara are not likely to engage in a constructive dialogue over security and guarantees... on Cyprus, Espen Barth Eide has already begun to engage in talks with Athens and Ankara in an effort to lay
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Erdogan makes forceful start to visit, catches Athens off guard
PoliticsForeign Policycompounded the feeling that the Greek government would have preferred Pavlopoulos not to engage... on stronger bilateral ties to engage with Ankara. However, the start to Erdogan’s trip suggests
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EU Council sidesteps sanctions, puts focus on constructive Greek-Turkish talks
PoliticsGreek Politics, and calls on Turkey to accept the invitation by Cyprus to engage in dialogue with the objective... and Cypriot courts, calling for Athens to engage with Ankara in exploratory talks over the delimitation
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