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New Parliament set for fractious opening session after Mitsotakis curtain-raiser
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe parties in Greece’s newly elected Parliament will have the opportunity to set out their agendas in the opening debate starting on Thursday, ahead of the vote of confidence scheduled for Saturday.... A series of announcements are expected along the lines of the programme set out in New Democracy’s
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PM set to avoid kneejerk reaction to poor EP poll result as centre left mulls next move
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the vote, which was well short of the target the PM had set, at around 33 pct. He told Alpha TV... the target he had set. He argued that the party had connected with some groups of voters during the campaign
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Kasselakis set to be excluded from SYRIZA leadership bid after row over assets
PoliticsGreek PoliticsStefanos Kasselakis’s bid to win back the leadership of SYRIZA looks set to be stymied by his opponents via the party organs in the latest twist in the drama that has consumed the main opposition party over recent months. A row over the ousted leader’s personal wealth set in motion the process
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Government pledges more reforms, but economy set to prove deciding factor in 2025
PoliticsGreek Politicsin Parapolitika weekly over the weekend, State Minister Akis Skertsos set out the government’s key aims..., will be the key to shaping the government’s fortunes on what is set to be a crucial year
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Dispute with farmers set to escalate as government offer rejected by holdouts
PoliticsGreek Politics, and are set to vote on Wednesday on a motion to take their protest to Athens. Mitsotakis is still... Minister Kostas Tsiaras are set to meet farmers in central Macedonia to discuss issues relating
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Greece continues to edge up in "ease of doing business" rankings despite persistent problems
Economyin absolute terms in this particular area, Greece’s relative ranking deteriorated to 52 from 36 a year... permits (88 from 66), getting electricity (80 from 61) and paying taxes (59 from 53). The Global
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Crisis weakens confidence in Greek representative institutions
Societyand 36 to 13 percent for the latter. After peaking last year with a confidence rating of 63 percent... in the office of state president is now at 51 percent, a significant drop from the 88 percent
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Court ruling on pension cuts could create new problem in talks, fiscal plans
EconomyProgrammethe country’s tight fiscal and liquidity position. The retroactive amount was due to be paid in 36... sector pensions stood at 2.35 billion euros in March. The bulk (more than 88 percent) involves main
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Court orders 2012 pension cuts to be reversed, costing up to 1.5 bln
Economy. The retroactive amount was due to be paid in 36 monthly installments, with the cost of 415 million... at 2.35 billion euros in March. The bulk (more than 88 percent) involves main pensions of a total amount
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Majority of Greeks now view EU in bad light, survey indicates
Societyfound. Greece is followed by Cyprus (41 percent), Austria (37 percent) and the UK (36 percent... separating Luxembourg, where 88 percent of the population say that the situation of their national economy
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