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From pipe dreams to power cables: the changing map of Greece's energy ambitions
Agora-fired power generation only reinforced the national policy doctrine of using natural gas..., the intention to move towards using cross-border interconnectors to ship out excess electricity from
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New Democracy faces claims of dark funding after revelation of links to internet campaign group
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe governing party and the group, which it accused of using public funding to bankroll character assassination... Asimakopoulou had a fine of 40,000 euros upheld for using voter registration emails by overseas Greeks to send
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Greeks on AI: Interest, anxiety and a desire to "remain human"
Societyreport using AI. Usage is also higher among the economically active, professionals and students. When... aged 40–54 and among highly educated professionals. Staying away If the reasons for using AI
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The wit and will of men
Agorasome clarity about what interventions will be made in the coming years so the country’s debt is put... of them could be put at risk by further procrastination over the debt issue. Wrong turn If events take... to be put on hold. Athens saw these two developments as vital to its ultimate goal of lowering
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Privatisations in Greece: A win-win that's difficult to achieve
Agorafallout signals the potential for self-imposed roadblocks. The AIA concession extension... roadblocks, the negotiations concerning the AIA concession extension could quickly turn into a defining
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In hindsight it would have been nicer
Agorasimply reflects tactics being adjusted as the firewall and others measures were put in place... require additional financing that no one in the eurozone was willing to put up. In the meantime... in bailing in creditors who subsequently might themselves have to be bailed out." Simply put
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Troika returning to Greece but key decisions still months away
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinister Antonis Samaras put the figure at around 1.5 billion euros. Olli Rehn acknowledged... comments at Monday’s Eurogroup that any discussion about more loans for Greece has now been put off until... the funding gap for 2015 at 6.5 billion euros. Latest reports put the total figure for the three years
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Eurogroup leaves Tsipras with difficult but not impossible deal to sell at home
PoliticsGreek Politicsfrom the Left Platform, to accept. It appears to put a halt to a number of the party’s pre-election... but it seems likely that the government will put the vast majority on hold at least for the next... forward with Friday’s agreement, it will also put an end to speculation about whether capital controls
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SYRIZA's left wing ups pressure on Tsipras but PM retains authority for now
PoliticsGreek Politicsat the end of the two days of deliberations in a central Athens hotel. The first was on a proposal put... of clash that could put Greece’s position in the euro in question. Tsipras also won by a clear... to issue more T-bills. The final document also incorporated a brief text put forward by the 53+ movement
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Lenders' reaction to pension pledge leaves Tsipras short of options
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMechanism revealed that it has put on hold the implementation of short-term debt relief measures... process has been put on hold as the institutions are examining whether Tsipras’s pledge to give 617..., would put him on a collision course with the lenders. Approval of the handouts would be seen
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