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Ankara tension tops govt agenda, overshadowing social dividend and primary residences
PoliticsGreek Politicssocial dividend. The weekend saw a range of ministers answering questions from the local media regarding the spat with Turkey over its signing of an agreement with Libya regarding the delimitation... is in control of all of Libya, and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reportedly told Turkish President
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Newsletter 470 - 11/07/2025
—spurred by a diplomatic debacle in Libya. On Tuesday, a high-level EU delegation, including Greece’s newly... on curbing Mediterranean boat crossings. But the meeting with General Khalifa Haftar, eastern Libya’s de... the Tempe train tragedy. PASOK and Course of Freedom saw smaller shifts—PASOK rising 0.5 points and Course
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Greece and the euro: The flight of Icarus
Agorahas threatened to destroy the euro, pull apart the European Union and cause global financial havoc..., as some of the people in the audience today will know very well. Greece saw joining the euro as part... meant structural factors were overlooked. A period of belt-tightening before euro entry saw Greece’s
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Newsletter 360 - 25/11/2022
while their left-wing rivals advanced by 0.3 pct. Socialists PASOK-KINAL in third place saw... on Monday the final budget for 2023 which, despite the global challenges, sees the Greek economy growing... budget, with inflation also revised up to 5 pct, from 3 pct previously. The global uncertainty
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Greece aligns with EU on Israel-Iran conflict, keeps close watch on Turkey as Ankara submits maritime plans
PoliticsForeign Policyas the importance of safeguarding maritime security for the sake of global peace. In essence, Greece... the impact on global energy markets, and the threat posed to trade if Iran or its allies seek to disrupt...-Libya memorandum, which provoked tension with Greece. Athens reacted to the publication of Turkey’s MSP
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Eighteen core goods led exports during crisis, NBG study notes
EconomyFeaturesGreek export products saw their global market share decline slightly from 0.16 percent in 2009... the crisis years to hold a 2 percent global market share. Across the years of the crisis, basic commodities retained their market share with an average global presence of around 2.5 percent. In the same
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Newsletter 459 - 11/04/2025
is critical for regional and global stability – at the crossroads of three continents. We have... called for united action from all 27 member states of the European Union. He added that he saw.... Mitsotakis also argued that the changes in the global economy mean that Greece has to find new
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Athens expands survey area off Crete, signs MoU with Egypt
PoliticsForeign PolicyExclusive Economic Zone. In 2019, before signing its memorandum with Turkey, Libya reacted against...). This was calculated by moving its median line northwards. After the signing of the Turkey-Libya memorandum in 2019, new data was generated and Libya could argue that the entire area south of Crete
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Greek banks see Eurosystem funding drop to lowest level since 2009 in September
EconomyMacroeconomyCentral Bak funding. ECB funding came in at 42.57 billion euros at the end of September from 44.57
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Newsletter 504 - 15/05/2026
choke point for global energy and trade still in place - as the Strait of Hormuz remains essentially... of global trade and is not yet reflected in other critical components of household spending..., while animal output saw a more modest 0.6% increase. Input prices reflect this upward pressure
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