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SYRIZA ploughs own furrow as farmers head to Athens for protest
PoliticsGreek Politicson farming fuel tax, frontload compensation for last year’s natural disasters and lock in cheap... secretariat, with high-ranking officials expressing dismay that Kasselakis would by-pass them... of the SYRIZA officials who have been highly critical of Kasselakis’s approach are considered loyal
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Government lines up bills on education and housing, mulls social media controls for minors
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the aftermath of floods which closed major roads and a major sports venue in the southern suburbs of Athens... avenue and damaging a major sports venue. The mayor of Alimos, the one of the seafront municipalities... into the sewage pipes. The storm also flooded the SEF sports arena, which plays host to major basketball
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Gov't adopts patchwork of measures to overcome liquidity problems
EconomyProgrammeOvercoming a lack of liquidity and covering its funding needs until June are fast dominating the governments economic policy agenda. Deputy Prime Minister Yiannis Dragassakis said in an interview... in February. According to the latest official data, the previous government had used cash reserves of gg
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Newsletter 38 - 07/08/2015
in June. According to the latest official ECB data for 2013, the total number of cards issued... privatisation, fund. In terms of pensions, the key difference appeared to be over how fast the phasing
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Newsletter 49 - 30/10/2015
to the institutions. It is understood that the KYSOIP announcement related a priori to the fast-track... percent VAT rate. Citing official sources, media reports claim that the government has looked
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Athens seeks clarification from UN envoy as Cyprus talks head for dead-end
PoliticsForeign Policyofficial’s move was seen by some as a surprise, by some as “the end of the process” and by others...? Many supporters of reunification worry, however, that the window of opportunity is closing fast
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Check, please: How much Alexis Tsipras's first months cost Greece
Agoraand 2020, mostly to appease the fiscal concerns of the International Monetary Fund. Fast forward one year... the negotiations to the wire was the absence of disbursements from Greece’s official creditors, which led
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Parliament re-opens for business amid calls for greater scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicsafter being put through a fast-track public consultation during the March lockdown. The bill covers... to be fanned by both main parties, despite recent official denials. In a TV interview yesterday, a junior
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PM hails Covid certificate but concerns mount in tourism sector
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe much-advertised official opening of the summer season by Tourism Minister Haris Theoharis. Apart... doses). “We are proceeding at a fast pace towards our target: Freedom!” tweeted the prime minister
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Labour bill vote fans climate of polarisation
PoliticsGreek Politicsis changing fast”. He used the same formula to attack centre-left KINAL, describing leader Fofi Gennimata’s... of appointment cancellations, official data quoted in the media show only 1,000 cancellations out of 488,000
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