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ND tries to stay on top of wildfire as court battle looms over Competition Commission
PoliticsGreek Politics, including last summer’s devastating fire in Mati, near Athens. Apart from returning from his holidays... predecessor paid for the deaths in Mati and elsewhere. The government was also quick to stress... worse, New Democracy may be in a position to show that it has brought an improved level
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Wildfires rekindle longstanding political battle as heatwave forces agenda change
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the deadly Mati fire in 2018, which claimed more than 100 lives and played a significant part in the left... on the beach.” The centre-right government’s response was to refer back to SYRIZA’s handling of the Mati fire.... This summer may lead to a change in how high up the list climate action features as the parties look
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Crunch time nears for health system as Covid surge meets staff suspensions
PoliticsGreek Politicsdeaths, a new high since the end of May. Hospitalisations are also soaring. The number of patients... administration it was a botched evacuation effort which led to dozens of deaths during the Mati fire of 2018... of burnt land, in the other we counted coffins”. Mati is ND’s trump card against SYRIZA
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Glimmer of hope for efforts to negotiate over tax-free threshold, but not primary surplus
EconomyProgramme. The change would also eat into the extra income that employees gained through the 11 percent increase... the government and opposition may have been encouraged by what Dombrovskis had to say about the tax-free
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OECD sees Greek economy most at risk from Covid-19, with impact reaching up to 35 pct of GDP
Economyand not the indirect effects that may arise. Also, this is just the impact on the output levels. The wider... on clothing, footwear, household goods and package holidays. Consumers around the globe will also not eat
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Greeks less optimistic in face of second Covid-19 wave, survey finds
Society(76.3 percent) said that they go to fewer social events. Almost 63 percent said that they eat out... out may be due to the frustration felt at the lack of progress being made in successfully tackling
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Newsletter 334 - 08/04/2022
that it may not be able to deliver on its commitment to remove coal from the energy mix on the ambitious... prices eat up real wages, as well as forcing changes to travel plans due to the conflict. A factor
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SYRIZA looks to eat further into ND's poll lead in final week of campaign
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe last week of campaigning ahead of Sunday’s European Parliament and local elections promises to be intense as opinion polls suggest that SYRIZA is closing the gap on New Democracy in the wake of the adoption of the latest package of so-called positiv...
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Newsletter 277 -11/12/2020
PM rebuffs Covid-19 criticism Mitsotakis defends govt stance but is forced to extend some measures until Jan After being forced to extend Covid-19 restrictions into January, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis tried to defend this week his, and his gover...
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Crisis sees Greeks change eating habits, cut back on eating out
Society. In particular, 39.7 percent of respondents said they do not eat outside the home, compared to 25.3% in 2011. In addition, the percentage of consumers who eat out once a week fell from 37.6 percent in 2011 to 31 percent in 2016. Similarly, the share of the population that does not eat fast food
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