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Manufacturing and electricity supply help keep industrial production buoyant in Sep
EconomyMacroeconomyon Wednesday. IPI has been on the mend since November last year, with the most notable rise of 22.7.... These were partially offset by a 0.3 percent drop in water supply. Up to September, the IPI has increased... confidence increased by 5.3 points to 8.6. Since the start of the year industry confidence has increased
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SYRIZA squeezes govt over relationship with media
PoliticsGreek Politicsread Kathimerini daily. Filelftheros continues only in an online form, Liberal.gr. SYRIZA has also... the pandemic and vaccinations by information they have picked up online. However, ESIEA has called... (KINAL). Loverdos is one of the frontrunners for the party leadership and has made no secret of his
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New Omicron measures met with exasperation by business and scepticism from opposition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlarming new data on the spread of the Omicron variant in Greece has led the government to announce... case load to generate the peak hospitalisations of the Delta wave. Although the government has... of the requirement for Covid passes which has been in force since November. In light of demands from
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Govt searches budget for space to adopt more Covid and energy relief
PoliticsGreek Politicson Thursday to make a case for reconsidering the measures. The minister, however, has already threatened... The pressure on the government to stick to its decarbonisation targets amid the energy crisis has hit.... PPC has denied that the phase-out is under threat by the exemption, which was granted by the Energy
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Athens ponders US scepticism about EastMed gas pipeline
PoliticsForeign Policyto its economic/commercial viability. It is a matter that has been under scrutiny from the moment... of this giant project has been the subject of some scepticism and was the reason put forward by Italy... reportedly underlined the special importance the EU has attached to the project. For Athens any
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KINAL leader intent on forging separate path for centre-left party
PoliticsGreek Politics-left grouping. Although the new party president has placed an emphasis on renewal, and has already..., and that this allowed SYRIZA to capitalise on the situation. Androulakis has identified the renewal
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Athens trying to step up Western Balkans engagement to counter Turkey's influence
PoliticsForeign Policyfrom the Western Balkans Dendias has been arguing against Turkey’s increased influence in the region... though Kosovo has recently stated that it needs to reconsider its participation in this US supported... in the last couple of months. This progress has been hailed by the EU and the US, and seems much
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Greece aiming to complete post-bailout monitoring this summer
PoliticsGreek Politicselectricity lines below ground has begun, although work still remains to be done before... as part of its latest post-programme review and has its sights set on completing the monitoring.... On the fiscal front, Greece has to reduce its primary deficit from 7 pct to 1 pct of GDP. If it manages
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SYRIZA calls for vote of no confidence, as PM's apology over storm chaos fails to chime
PoliticsGreek Politicsof an apology for the mishandling has been followed by a call for a vote of no confidence in the government... taken by the prime minister. SYRIZA has been clear from the outset that it lays the blame... to continue to face criticism over its handling of storm “Elpida”. The backlash has not come only from
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Opposition cries foul on government's tax priorities
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis’s announcement of a permanent cut to the controversial ENFIA property tax has... of snowstorm Elpida and the pandemic. While a shake-up of property tax and the zoning system has been... is due to kick in in April when ENFIA bills are issued in April, has been interpreted by some
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