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PM adds minimum wage hike to pre-election promises, with hints of more to come
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe turn of the year gave Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis an opportunity to reinforce the message that the government will continue to provide relief for hard-pressed households, as elections loom ever closer on the horizon. In what has become a patt...
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Opposition irate over watchdog briefing as govt hints at "rogue network" behind surveillance
PoliticsGreek PoliticsOpposition MPs stormed out of a meeting of the parliamentary committee handling the surveillance affair over what they claim is a concerted attempt by the government to cover up a politically motivated spying operation on domestic targets including jour...
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Kasselakis offers more hints of a positive narrative for SYRIZA's post-Tsipras era
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSeveral months after his surprise election to the leadership of SYRIZA, Stefanos Kasselakis has started sketching out the first lines that will distinguish his era from that of party founder Alexis Tsipras. Buoyed by encouraging signs from recent polls ...
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Mitsotakis hints at post-election policy tweaks to address economic concerns
PoliticsGreek PoliticsWith the cost of living and the economy dominating much of the public debate in the run-up to next week’s EP elections, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has started to sketch out several specific interventions that the government is mulling for after ...
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Budget exudes fiscal stability, but hints at political complications
EconomyMacroeconomyLast week’s five-day debate on the 2025 budget concluded on Sunday without any complications for the government, and the economic plan is certainly in line with the Greek authorities’ narrative that stabilising the economy is one of the current administ...
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Tsipras hints at June launch for new party as poll suggests disruption potential
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFormer PM Alexis Tsipras took a significant step towards forming a new political party with a public speech on Monday, in which he hinted at a June launch. Tsipras addressed an audience at a gathering organised by a northern Athens citizens' initiative ...
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ND snared in row over jobless benefits as Kasidiaris hints at return after prison release
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government’s efforts to promote the measures Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis set out recently at the Thessaloniki International Fair, while trying to also pick apart those put forward by its main opponents – PASOK and ELAS – suffered a setback th...
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EC forecasts slower growth, higher inflation as energy shock strikes
EconomyMacroeconomyis forecast to decline from 2.1% in 2025 to 1.8% in 2026 and 1.6% in 2027. In the previous autumn forecasts... recently revised down its growth outlook to 2% for 2026, in line with the Bank of Greece estimate... to rise sharply in 2026 due to the energy price shock before easing in 2027, while unemployment
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DBRS leaves rating unchanged at 'BBB', ups outlook to positive
EconomyMacroeconomyof 4.0% of GDP in 2026 and 3.7% in 2027. The moderate decline reflects expansionary measures including... 2026, compared with an 88.9% euro‑area average. The EC forecasts debt to fall further to 140.7% in 2026 and 134.4% in 2027, supported by strong nominal GDP growth, sizable primary surpluses and early
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Revenues at 4.77 bln in Oct, beating target for fourth straight month
EconomyThe final budget execution to October confirmed preliminary figures, released by the Ministry of Finance (MoF) on November 13, showing revenues beating monthly targets by 763 million euros for the fourth straight month. The year-to-date previous revenue shortfall, which peaked to 1.61 billion euros
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