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Polls provide little comfort for opposition parties ahead of EP elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor SYRIZA and 12.1 pct for PASOK. Greek Solution is in fourth place on 9.9 pct, ahead... points. Support for ultranationalist Greek Solution has fallen by 0.6 points, which will be welcome... opposition parties appear to be making any great progress. Greek Solution was the party making the biggest
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Slow pace at which RRF funds reaching firms a growing issue
EconomyA regular note on the Greek economy published by the Bank of Greece has highlighted concerns about..., the need to meet tight milestones and the legacies of the decade-long crisis, which has dented Greek... that have ownership of specific approved projects. The pace at which funding is reaching Greek
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Greece courts danger
AgoraThis could go down as the week that Greek justice took over from Liz Truss as the world’s briefest... is the latest example of the worrying way this case has been handled by the Greek authorities since... developments by professing absolute faith in the Greek justice system and arguing that one
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Athens not put out by Turkey-Egypt rapprochement, but watching closely
PoliticsForeign PolicyEthiopia. Greek reaction Athens is monitoring the Turkey-Egypt rapprochement and will assess in detail... sources confirm. For the Greek side, the most concerning issue would be whether Cairo would accept... in the region especially in terms of domestic security. The Greek government however acknowledges Cairo’s need
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GDP up by 1.1 pct QoQ, needs 2.8 pct growth in H2 to reach annual forecast
EconomyMacroeconomyAuthority (ELSTAT) revealed on Friday. The Greek economy has been growing continuously QoQ now since Q2.... To reach the goal of 2.5 percent annual growth the Greek economy in the second half of the year... Commission in its spring forecasts sees the Greek economy growing by 2.2 percent in 2024. In its
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Data underlines Greece still has big wage gap to bridge
EconomyMacroeconomyin Greece to 1,500 by the end of the term, currently standing just above 1,200 euros. The Greek... in income brackets above 1,200 per month have barely moved. Essentially, 60 pct of Greek wage workers... of Greek workers under significant pressure, especially after the inflation wave of recent years
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Draft budget maps out narrow fiscal path for coming years
EconomyMacroeconomyThe new fiscal reality that the Greek government will have to deal with was set out in black... the pandemic, the Greek authorities are expected to overdeliver on the primary surplus this year, which... was in full swing, the Greek government initially expected 22.2 billion euros in 2023, but ended up
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Latest IMF forecasts see solid fiscal performance, poor growth beyond RRF
EconomyMacroeconomy. The IMF is broadly in line with recent estimates for the Greek economy that were published by the Greek... conservative view of the IMF on the growth potential of the Greek economy. It is notable that a similar growth outlook was recently adopted by the Greek Finance Ministry in the latest Medium-Term Plan
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Role of inflation in US elections gives government food for thought
EconomyMacroeconomyprices and the runaway cost of living. The Greek government finds itself in a similar situation, where headline figures point to strong economic developments while close to 70 pct of the Greek public... pressing matter for Greek households. PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis already got a taste of this challenge
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PASOK tries to chip away at New Democracy's record on economy
PoliticsGreek Politicsthis week that global indices paint a dire picture of Greek wages, with the OECD ranking the country... an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Asked whether Greek authorities would... Cohen was due in Athens to sign a bilateral treaty on energy with his Greek counterpart Theodoros
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