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Centre-left parties jockey for position ahead of EP elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsas Mayor of Athens in the recent municipal elections has given many in the space hope that joint action... but has carved out a name for himself in the EP by pursuing an environmental agenda. He was joined
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Current account deficit drops sharply to 14.13 bln in 2023 as energy effects moderate
EconomyMacroeconomy, from 4.48 billion in December 2022. The impact of fuel has moderated as the oil balance reached... billion euros, down from 39.56 billion euros in 2022. The oil deficit has nearly halved, from 13.25
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Unemployment rate climbs back above 10 pct in Jan
EconomyMacroeconomythe 10-percent mark, these are the lowest jobless rates Greece has seen since the second half of 2009..., a drop of 6.5 percent. Unemployment has over the recent months fallen below the half million-mark after
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Greece and Turkey edging forward with political dialogue
PoliticsForeign Policy, and the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tereza Aggelatou. Each party has nominated two members, while a group of nine academics has been invited to attend the meetings as experts.
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Athens pleased about new EU-Egypt deal, seeks closer ties with Cairo
PoliticsForeign PolicyEast that has highlighted the importance of the largest Arab country but also tested its resilience... playing a leading role," the same source notes. Indeed, the 7.4 billion deal with the EU has a strong
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Podcast - Between investment grade and rule of law: Greece's contrasting images
Agoraprospects. However, while this has been happening, there has been growing concern about the rule of law
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Jan current account in surplus, trade balance worsens as exports drop again
EconomyMacroeconomybillion euros, from 4.4 billion in January 2023. The impact of fuel has stabilised as the oil balance... of 32.41 billion euros, down from 39.56 billion euros in 2022. The oil deficit has nearly halved, from
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Strong demand for 30-year benchmark bond, yield of 4.24 pct double 2021 rate
Economyspread. The Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA) has now drawn 7 billion euros from the markets via... liquidity across the yield curve. Greece has now executed some 70 pct of its total annual strategy of circa
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Mitsotakis raises bar for EP vote success as fringe parties and abstention hold key to result
PoliticsGreek Politicsto former rivals PASOK. Mitsotakis’s campaign rhetoric has been targeted at discouraging the protest vote... the conservative leader has also been warning against abstention, calling it a “threat to democracy”. Pylos case
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Parties get salty over cheese prices as cost of living debate heats up
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe clash between the government and the opposition over the cost of living has reached new, and idiosyncratic, heights during the last few days as New Democracy and SYRIZA have been arguing over... has proposed a package of measures it argues would help bring down prices. They include capping
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