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Covid measures extended despite govt optimism, as inflation causes political tension
PoliticsGreek Politicson keeping in place all the measures introduced over the Christmas holidays, despite earlier hints... a civil mobilisation order to bolster frontline care. Last week, the health minister also announced
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New Democracy leadership headed for showdown with right wing over migrant labour bill
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe seeds of its implementation. It also hints that a similar path may beckon for other initiatives... by the economy with over 37 percent. Recent incidents of hooliganism and violent crime have pushed public order
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Cyprus cable dispute and Crete mafia case cast fresh clouds over TIF reset agenda
PoliticsGreek Politics. The former minister, who withdrew from frontline politics after losing the 2019 elections, also hints... Democracy’s persistent attempts to present itself as a guardian of law and order and a scourge
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Tsipras delivers SYRIZA's first, tempered message of Greek election campaign
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras delivered his first major election campaign speech on Saturday at a SYRIZA party congress in Athens. There was little new in what Tsipras had to say as he essentially went over the policy points he set out in September during a speech at ...
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Greek pensions laid bare
Agorapensions amounts to 884 euros. Note, though, that for around 45 percent of pensioners their monthly... and they receive on average monthly pensions of 771 euros. This is below the overall average of 884 euros since
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Government opts for modest tax relief, but who will benefit?
EconomyFeatures, and have been the subject of negotiations between Athens and the European institutions in order... billion euros of additional fiscal space will need to be found in order to end both these taxes... reductions, funded by a broadening of the property tax base to include formerly rural areas and resorts
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Newsletter 241 - 28/02/2020
. Images in the media of riot police confronting citizens in rural communities are causing disquiet, even... enjoyed a degree of approval for its use of the police in support of its “law and order” stance against... is already in the order of 60-70 percent, and is expected to rise. While prior to the outbreak industry
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If you think it's bleak for Greece now, wait until tomorrow
Agoraproductivity growth since 1970 has been averaging 0.7 percent, by far the lowest in the euro area, which
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Greek train firm TRAINOSE attracts just one bid, no interest in rolling stock
Economyin 2005 as a subsidiary of the Greek railway company (OSE), which was founded in 1970 and is wholly owned
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Demand for cost-of-living measures intensifies as opposition backs strike
PoliticsGreek Politicsrights in Greece. However, a meeting scheduled with American Israeli lobby group AIPAC was called off
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