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Pension outlay still falling, 40.4 pct of main monthly payments below 500 euros
EconomyMacroeconomyeuros a month stood at 310 individuals. From the total pension claimants, roughly 1.2 million... outlay that may threaten to derail plans to maintain a primary surplus of 3.5 percent of GDP until
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Rival parties interpret Novartis settlement differently, serving own ends
PoliticsGreek Politicsstatement, the opposition party noted that 310 mln dollars from the settlement, the overwhelming... having been provided. For instance, some Greeks may wonder whether – regardless of whether
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Covid-19 puts pressure on health system, forces govt into more restrictions
PoliticsGreek Politicsand its environs, which accounted for 197 of the 310 Covid-19 cases registered on Tuesday. Until.... They provide an indication of the concern within the government that it now may be faced
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PM pledges handouts amid discontent and gripes over coronavirus strategy
PoliticsGreek Politicsreached 310. Mitsotakis’s chief of staff, Akis Sketsos, indicated that the government will monitor... in opinion since the pandemic began. In May, for example, 84 pct were satisfied and 15 pct were unhappy
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First vote for president leaves coalition with uphill task to avoid snap elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA total of 160 MPs backed the government's presidential candidate, Stavros Dimas, on Wednesday..., Christos Aidonis, Spyros Lykoudis, Grigoris Psarianos and Katerina Markou – voted in favour of Dimas... to with the government. In a rather garbled explanation afterwards, Melas said that he would back Dimas
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Final presidential vote likely to segue into snap elections for Greece
PoliticsGreek Politicsit is unlikely that its candidate, Stavros Dimas, will be elected and that snap national elections will have to be called. The 168 votes that Dimas gathered in the second ballot provided some hope that he... from “present” to support Dimas. Nine of the remaining 25 independent MPs have been clear
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Could Democratic Left (DIMAR) hold the key to the Greek presidential election result?
PoliticsGreek Politicsbroadcaster ERT in June 2013. The party’s poor showing in the European Parliament elections in May... of the 24 independent MPs will not back the coalition’s candidate for president, Stavros Dimas
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Government touts upgrades to civil protection amid early start to wildfire season
PoliticsGreek Politicson May 1. The announcement came as 25 fires were recorded over a period of 24 hours earlier this week... medallist Pyrros Dimas with 28.5 pct and the current head of the party’s EP team Vangelis Meimarakis
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Farmers threaten more action after inconclusive meeting as Karystianou courts controversy
PoliticsGreek Politicsindependence from mainstream parties may appeal to disillusioned voters, but her remarks on abortion have... this as part of her party’s commitment to transparency and citizen involvement. However, the remarks were.... But by introducing abortion into her platform, she risks alienating potential supporters who may sympathise with her
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Amid signs of split over Tempe probe, government plays down EU prosecutor’s remarks
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government attempted to put a positive spin on the pointed criticism delivered by European Chief Prosecutor Laura Kovesi during her visit to Athens but Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s administration continues to be dogged by some of the issues ...
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