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Coalition battles it out with opposition over ammunition sale
PoliticsGreek Politicsthey wanted to 100,000, no money changed hands. This is one of the key difficulties the opposition has... for 300,000 shells when the Saudi officials who visited Athens in August allegedly said that they only wanted
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Athens resumes contact with Ankara as interest in FYROM referendum grows
PoliticsForeign Policy] Tsipras, [Defense Minister Panos] Kammenos and [Foreign Minister Nikos] Kotzias wanted to present... said. He added that the WikiLeaks release shows Skopje wanted to use its constitutional name “Macedonia
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Bad news
Agora. But even if this was a case of unclear audio or expression, anyone who wanted to verify what was said..., it appears that few, including New Democracy, thought (or wanted) to double-check what was said
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PM sees progress on lasting dispute with Albania after Tirana visit
PoliticsForeign Policyare facing legal complexities. However, he wanted to emphasise that there has been progress on an issue... wanted to send strong messages regarding Athens’ constant support for Albania’s EU integration. Eyeing
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PM gathers funds to deal with aftermath of floods as political problem grows more acute
PoliticsGreek Politicssomething from the meeting. The EU wanted to show solidarity towards Greece following yet more natural disasters in the country, while the Greek PM wanted to show to his domestic audience that he is doing
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PASOK, SYRIZA leaders show little appetite for touted alliance of progresives
PoliticsGreek Politicsin a way to “send a message” to the government. Of those, 40 wanted to show their frustration... ultrantionalist Greek Solution said they did so because they wanted to express their disapproval
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Newsletter 447 - 17/01/2025
off any announcement pending Mitsotakis’s decision. The social democrats wanted to see first... that could unsettle the global outlook and raise geopolitical tension. They also wanted to avoid any
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Are hirings in the public sector out of control?
EconomyFeaturespermanent public sector staff and 15,000 contractors, at a cost of 600 million euros. These accusations... contractors. Their numbers have swelled from 3,413 in 2012 to 15,601 at the end of 2017. By far the largest
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Public sector staff trends survive MoU exit, change of government
Societyin early summer. In June 2019 the number of public sector contractors was 103,213 and in June 2020 it had... in the latter part of 2019, however there was no corresponding fall in the number of contractors. New record
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Honey, I shrunk the Greeks
Agoraby one of the many middle-aged ladies that were handing out surgical masks and asked us if we wanted
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