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Health insurance costs and energy bills provide new avenue for opposition attacks
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe opposition has stirred up a debate about rising insurance costs. On Tuesday, PASOK tabled an amendment which... to go up by as much as 15 percent in the coming year. PASOK has called the rises, which affect over... snap drove up demand. PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis wrote to European Commission President Ursula von der
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Despite lower spend per trip, record arrivals push travel balance to 18.77 bln in 11M
EconomyMacroeconomy, compared to 426.9 million euros in 2023, up 44.7 percent year-on-year. Travel payments rose by just 0.5 percent to 198 million euros. The number of arrivals in November reached 1.28 million, up 23.6... per trip was up by almost 21 percent to 438.2 euros from 362.4 euros in 2023. For the eleven months
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Opposition parties bring Tempe issue back to Parliament after mass protests
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMitsotakis is prepared to stand up and be counted. Marinakis stuck to the government’s main line of defence... in a cover up. As a result, Mitsotakis can expect to face questions over the circumstances of the crash... up the pressure on the Mitsotakis administration, he accused the broadcaster of intentionally playing
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Under pressure from public opinion, Mitsotakis concedes mistakes on Tempe
PoliticsGreek Politicscover-up, stating that he did not believe it to have been “Parliament’s finest hour”. The government... him from justice. Triantopoulos oversaw the clean-up operations at the crash site, which the families described as an attempt at a cover-up after critical evidence was found to have been disturbed
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U.S. and China are still in reconnaissance mode, but for how long?
Agoracomes up with grandiloquent statements, versus a buttoned-up Xi Jinping who never veers away from his.... The Chinese supremo did not turn up, but his deputy Han Zheng served as an envoy for him, the first...% tariff, not as steep as the menacing “up to 60%” Trump spoke about while on the election trail
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Government hopes new train footage helps stem support for parties on political extremes
PoliticsGreek Politicsand that this liquid caused the fire that broke out after the crash, leading to up to 30 of the 57 victims... has been involved in a cover up in the comments he made after the video of the freight train... trying to cover up from the start what really happened in Tempe or that it discovered during
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Conclusion of presidential vote hands Mitsotakis victory amid ongoing controversies
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the parliamentary cover-up of Tempe, the surveillance affair and the Pylos shipwreck” and said the party’s 11... shouted “no to the cover-up” during the roll call. PASOK and SYRIZA each voted for their respective... racked up 14 votes. For New Democracy, Tasoulas’s election will provide some relief. Even though
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Reshuffle rumours doused as Androulakis tries to increase pressure on PM over Tempe
PoliticsGreek Politicsis showing no signs of wanting to let up on the Tempe issue, despite constant accusations from... that the government is trying to shirk its responsibility for the crash and is involved in a cover-up... explained that his allegations of a cover-up are based on three factors: The government’s attempt
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Fringe parties gain from Tempe furore as judiciary becomes embroiled in row
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat 71 pct of respondents feel that the government is trying cover up what happened at Tempe... up to 68 pct. There has been a similar trend in the view of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis... pct after edging up by 0.2 points. The Communist Party (KKE) is in fourth on 7 pct, after also
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Growth of travel receipts in 2024 slows to 5.4 pct as arrivals go past 35 mln-mark
EconomyMacroeconomyfor the month were 435.1 million euros, compared to 326.4 million euros in 2023, up 33.3 percent... in December reached 882,400, up 15.3 percent. Arrivals from the EU totalled 436,000, of which 335,100... to 187.2 million euros. Average expenditure per trip was up by 16 percent to 478.8 euros from 412.6 euros
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