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Newsletter 400 - 03/11/2023
it first came to power in 2019, New Democracy’s respect for Greece’s institutions has come under scrutiny... of first instance prosecutors that had been working on the probe in the previous months. The file has been..., as the government has argued. Also, last week Rammos spoke to MEPs about his concerns regarding
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Mitsotakis's predecessors launch caustic attacks against PM's leadership, government policies
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat has been heard so far from within the ruling party. Antonis Samaras and Kostas Karamanlis spoke... that the party has lost touch with its ideological roots and “politics has taken a back seat to communication and TikTok.” This was not the first time that Samaras has raised the alarm about New Democracy
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Newsletter 457 - 28/03/2025
. Mitsotakis is hoping to follow up on the increase to the minimum wage, which has risen by more than 30 pct... to this subject and that it could serve as a way to win back much of the support it has lost over recent... Voridis has already been outlining what is touted as a new dogma on migration, involving faster
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Government’s effort to revive economic success story narrative heavily reliant on RRF execution
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the major projects, particularly regarding infrastructure, that his government has overseen in northern... pct, though both below the EU average. Given that the government has been through a challenging year, which has included its economic “success story” narrative becoming somewhat tarnished
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Newsletter 499 - 20/03/2026
PoliticsGreece being drawn towards war it wants to stay out ofFor a country that has spent years... that role in real time. The Iran war, which is now entering its fourth week, has pulled Athens... involvement and deliberate restraint has defined the week in Athens. The turning point came on Thursday
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Iran war creates turbulence for Greek tourism outlook
EconomyFeaturesThe Iran war has introduced a level of volatility into the Greek tourism sector not seen since... doubled, pushing airfares higher, while the paralysis of Middle Eastern aviation hubs has severed... has been either closed or restricted, forcing airlines to reroute flights or suspend services
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Newsletter 501 - 03/04/2026
ministers and the party secretary on the list has forced the government to prepare for a targeted reshuffle... has disrupted the government’s pre‑election choreography and revived questions about institutional... pressure ahead of the postponed parliamentary debate on the rule of law. PASOK has demanded
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Spain’s economic recovery languishes amid graft scandals
Agora, has rebuffed opposition criticism over his economic policies by pointing to a trade balance surplus, January’s three-year bond yield falling to a record-low and a declining risk premium that has... they would not be hiring extra employees for another year or two, a Deloitte-El País survey has shown
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Troika returning to Greece but key decisions still months away
PoliticsGreek Politics. The completion of the review, though, is just one piece of the Greek jigsaw that has to fall into place over....” The troika has fully adopted the OECD’s recommendations and made it clear to the Greek government... recommendations,” an e-mail from the troika to Development Minister Costis Hatzidakis in January read. Greece has
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Newsletter 21 - 27/03/2015
budget. SYRIZA has pledged to replace ENFIA with a tax on large properties, after a downward... SYRIZA had initially predicted the new tax would return 2 billion less in revenue and has refrained... unclear. That said, Energy Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis has repeatedly ruled out the privatisation
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