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Short-term fix for electricity bills leaves open questions for green transition strategy
Societymix - and more under certain critical conditions. In response, the government has announced... in the generation mix has increased over recent years as the country has invested in natural gas... polluting lignite for power generation. Although the contribution of brown coal to the generation mix has
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PM stands firm on Covid rules as health data deteriorates fast
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis insisted on Monday that his government has no intention... restrictions could be adopted for unvaccinated Greeks. New Democracy has made it clear that it believes... population has been fully vaccinated so far. This approach has drawn criticism from the opposition
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Newsletter 327 - 11/02/2022
has pledged since the start of the energy crisis last autumn to 2 billion euros. Finance Minister Christos Staikouras noted that the government has very limited room for manoeuvre as far... virtually all the fiscal space has been taken up by the recent reduction to the ENFIA property tax
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Newsletter 331 - 11/03/2022
. The New Democracy government has been promising to extend the subsidy on household energy bills introduced in September for as long as high prices persist. It has been clear for some time, however... budget, while the opposition has been pressing for more radical interventions. The publication
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Greek-Turkish relations at standstill as Athens counters Ankara's claims
PoliticsForeign PolicyTurkey has completely cut off bilateral talks with Greece following a relevant decision... wanted a foreign policy that “had strong character”. Ankara has not only cut off bilateral talks... on the further enhancement of bilateral trade, economy, and tourist projects due on June 24 has also been
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Newsletter 396 - 06/10/2023
ND was handed a convincing win in this summer’s elections. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has... flooding in the region of central Greece following Storm Daniel. Mitsotakis has personally endorsed... in support following this summer’s elections are the Communist Party (KKE), whose support has risen
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Mitsotakis's predecessors launch caustic attacks against PM's leadership, government policies
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat has been heard so far from within the ruling party. Antonis Samaras and Kostas Karamanlis spoke... that the party has lost touch with its ideological roots and “politics has taken a back seat to communication and TikTok.” This was not the first time that Samaras has raised the alarm about New Democracy
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Newsletter 457 - 28/03/2025
. Mitsotakis is hoping to follow up on the increase to the minimum wage, which has risen by more than 30 pct... to this subject and that it could serve as a way to win back much of the support it has lost over recent... Voridis has already been outlining what is touted as a new dogma on migration, involving faster
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Government’s effort to revive economic success story narrative heavily reliant on RRF execution
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the major projects, particularly regarding infrastructure, that his government has overseen in northern... pct, though both below the EU average. Given that the government has been through a challenging year, which has included its economic “success story” narrative becoming somewhat tarnished
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Newsletter 499 - 20/03/2026
PoliticsGreece being drawn towards war it wants to stay out ofFor a country that has spent years... that role in real time. The Iran war, which is now entering its fourth week, has pulled Athens... involvement and deliberate restraint has defined the week in Athens. The turning point came on Thursday
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