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Tsipras opts for modest changes to cabinet rather than renewal
PoliticsGreek Politicsbe said of the other high-profile cabinet appointment, which saw former Democratic Left (DIMAR
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Newsletter 86 - 02/09/2016
by 0.2 percent quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) in the second quarter (Q2), a rate slightly lower than the 0.3.... Nominal GDP recorded a better performance than the real figure, edging up by 1.3 percent QoQ... rates remain 250-350 bps higher than the euro area average. In the household lending sector
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Impact of EP elections continues to reverberate across main parties
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the June 9 elections, where it garnered just 28.3 percent of the vote rather than the goal of 33 percent... 15 percent of the vote rather than the 20 percent he had said he aspired to. The tone of the posts...” from his predecessors and would prefer to rationalise spending rather than seek bank loans or dark
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Newsletter 509 - 19/06/2026
say they lived better in 2019 than today. Tsipras unveiled a package of five cost‑of‑living pledges... as a credible governing alternative rather than a protest movement. The centre‑left debate was further stirred... will take place in 2027, “closer to June than January”. He argued that ND’s internal polling makes
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BoG outlines factors hampering affordability in Greek housing market
EconomyMacroeconomyfor apartments older than five years growing by 8.1%, while those for newer units (up to five years... estate averaged €1.6 billion per year. However, 2025 saw a 25% decrease in these flows, partly..., with more than 207,000 properties registered for short‑term leasing in 2024. Fragmented ownership
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Eurobank gears up for crucial but contentious capital increase
EconomyBanking), to sell its shares in the lender at not only less than it bought them last year but less than... and PASOK veteran Apostolos Kaklamanis also refused to support it during the March 30 vote. Papandreou
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PM and SYRIZA deaf to calls for compromise over president so far
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat he was expressing a personal opinion rather than a party position. Another PASOK lawmaker, Nikos... opens a discussion about a compromise deal he will probably have to give more ground than he wants... Bakoyannis, Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Nikitas Kaklamanis) to start publicly suggesting that the government look
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SYRIZA rebels poised to launch new group after split
PoliticsGreek Politicscontinues to be dogged by the same-sex marriage issue, rather than become embroiled in a battle... main opponent rather than their former party. This will be a tricky line to tread as their former... comment prompted New Democracy MP Nikitas Kaklamanis to argue that any minister not willing to vote
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Mitsotakis tours ministries as government looks for measures to improve public mood
PoliticsGreek Politicsto political stability due to its stance on the Tempe issue than the opposition, while 30 pct think... Nikitas Kaklamanis, an ND lawmaker, rejected calls from the opposition for the inquiry to be chaired by a cross-party presidency rather than just by MPs from the ruling party. PASOK representative Milena
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New Democracy rejigs key party posts as Spartiates expulsion leaves gap in Parliament
PoliticsGreek PoliticsParliament was left with 297 MPs rather than the full complement of 300 after the Electoral Court ruled... experts, as well as the Speaker, Nikitas Kaklamanis, leading the party to revise its stance in later statements. By law, Parliament can function as long as it has more than 200 sitting members, however
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