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Controversial labour law set to usher in radical changes to employment practices
PoliticsGreek Politicsup until this point, with attention focussed on the aftermath of the Thessaly floods and the SYRIZA... leadership is becoming increasingly acrimonious in the lead-up to the second and final round of voting
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Travel balance to July soars by 19 pct, reaching almost 9 bln
EconomyMacroeconomy, up roughly 15 percent year-on-year. Travel payments rose by 36 percent to 261.4 million euros. Arrivals were 6.11 million in July, up roughly 16 percent from 2022. EU arrivals were 3.88 million
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Tension peaks as SYRIZA candidates enter last stages of contest
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat Kasselakis has not set out any tangible policy ideas and that he cannot back up his slick social media... leader, and might not turn up in the second round. There have been intimations that some of those who
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Budget overperformance in Aug fuelled by VAT and income tax, spending significantly contained
EconomyMacroeconomybudget, came to 32.12 billion euros. Net revenues came to 43.12 billion euros. The budget balance up... received 1.72 billion euros from the RRF, with 450 million euros spent up to August, which is 1.38 billion
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Weak demand and adverse weather reflected in Sep PMI, barely in expansion territory
EconomyMacroeconomyto up their selling prices as they passed through greater input costs, following an uptick... with higher energy and fuel costs pushed up input prices. The overall business confidence was dampened
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ND targets eye-catching wins in local elections as SYRIZA officials agree tentative truce
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPASOK, and ultra-nationalist Greek Solution, whose backing is up to 6 pct. On the local front, apart... municipalities: Athens, Piraeus and Thessaloniki. Although there are 332 mayorships up for grabs in total
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PM struggling to fulfil same-sex marriage pledge, prompting opposition pressure
PoliticsGreek Politicsmarriage, also called for the law regarding adoption by gay couples to be cleared up so that the children... to feed the notion that Kasselakis compares favourably when put up against Mitsotakis. It is worth
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Few bright spots for opposition candidates in local polls, ND confident for second round
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy is claiming that total dominance over municipal and regional government is within reach, as the results of the first round of elections served up few unpleasant surprises... Agorastos secured 41.4 percent of the vote in the first round over runner-up left-socialist candidate
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Reconstruction funds at centre of local elections, as ND makes final push for second round
PoliticsGreek Politics. Bakoyiannis faced off the runner up of the first round, Haris Doukas, in a televised debate on Wednesday... bid for the leadership. However, the decision to stir up internal controversy on the eve of local
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Internal resistance keeps Kasselakis on his toes, while ND focusses on local vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsrubber-stamped by the party membership, which will increasingly be made up of supporters loyal to the new... to establish himself and his alliances within the party, as well as to drum up support from the grassroots
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