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Tsipras pitch for progressive opposition presents New Democracy with new adversary
PoliticsGreek Politicswith notable support. The former PM used the closing remarks of the second conference organised by his..., ultraconservative Niki with 3 pct, nativists Voice of Reason with 2.8 pct and New Left with 2.2 pct
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Newsletter 467 - 20/06/2025
remarks to begin what amounts to a long campaign for the 2027 elections. He announced plans for ongoing... CPI at 2.5 pct and Eurostat’s HICP was at 3.3 pct, when the EU relevant index was at 2.2 pct and 1.9
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Newsletter 480 - 17/10/2025
of criticising the current government directly, though many interpreted his remarks as a veiled rebuke..., and exports grew by 2.2 percent. Imports remained unchanged. In constant 2020 prices, real GDP
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Newsletter 488 - 12/12/2025
of democracy. Their remarks suggested that the farmers’ mobilisation is part of a wider narrative... if Q4 is to accelerate towards the finance ministry’s annual growth target of 2.2 pct. The ministry
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Newsletter 494 - 13/02/2026
Chios. Journalists’ unions, Reporters Without Borders and an MEP all condemned the remarks... at an average annual rate of roughly 5% since 2017. Projections point to continued growth of 2.2
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Newsletter 62 - 12/02/2016
department, in a blog post published on Thursday evening. Thomsen reiterated the remarks by IMF chief... at the moment, it has to adopt measures (such as VAT rises, pension cuts and income tax increases
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Parties pick from energy policy menu as EU response opens up more options
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe opposition has been pressing for more radical interventions. Mitsotakis pledged in his opening remarks... by SYRIZA includes cuts or freezes to fuel levies and VAT on basic goods, price caps on energy bills
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Newsletter 478 - 03/10/2025
remarks challenge the government’s claim that it has done everything to clarify both cases...% support VAT cuts - a measure championed by the opposition but rejected by the PM. The announcements
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VAT gap of 30.1 pct in 2018 keeps Greece among worst performers in EU
EconomyFeaturesThe European Commission's VAT Gap report has revealed that the European Union lost an estimated 140 billion euros in Value-Added Tax (VAT) revenues in 2018, equal to a total revenue loss of 11 percent across the EU, with Greece ranking among the worst performers. The VAT gap is a measure of VAT
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Italian support over Libya buoys Athens as it looks to build broad East Med alliance
PoliticsForeign PolicyJurisdictions Memorandum that Turkey signed last November with the UN-backed government in Libya... signed by Libya and Turkey on the delimitation of the continental shelf is unacceptable, infringes... on the issue of Libya. Government spokesman Stelios Petsas confirmed on Tuesday press reports that Greece
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