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Data for 2022 confirms tourism's full recovery, with nearly 30 mln visitors
EconomyMacroeconomyThe Bank of Greece released on Tuesday the summary travel data for 2022, re-affirming that last year came close to recovering all losses suffered from the pandemic with travel receipts reaching 17.68 billion euros, just half a billion short of the 18.18...
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Fresh elections on the cards as SYRIZA reluctantly confronts full scale of defeat
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece is headed for a re-run of last Sunday’s elections after the two main parties turned down the opportunity to start coalition talks. New Democracy failed to secure an outright majority despite a last-minute landslide at the polls, and with no allia...
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Full agenda, topped by Turkey, for new Foreign Ministry team
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe new government in Athens faces a number of foreign policy challenges over the coming years. Kyriakos Mitsotakis appointed former State Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis as his new Foreign Minister. He is a professor of constitutional law at Athens Unive...
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Kasselakis returns as SYRIZA squabble turns into full-blown infighting
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA president Stefanos Kasselakis is due back in Greece on Wednesday after a personal trip to the USA and can expect to find a party at war with itself and utterly divided over his leadership, with a permanent split now looking like it is just a matt...
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Podcast - Full of energy: How Greece (& Europe) is handling the green transition
AgoraThe Agora hosts a discussion on how Europe, and Greece specifically, have been handling the green transition, addressing questions like how the pivot away from natural gas is going. The basis for our discussion is three articles written by MacroPolis fe...
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Industrial production ends 2024 in growth, up 5.2 pct in full year
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s Industrial Production Index (IPI) picked up pace in December with a 5.8 percent year-on-year (YoY) rise, after a downward revised 3.3 percent increase in the previous month, according to Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data released on ...
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Government hails rising wage data, but full picture tells more complex story
EconomyMacroeconomyThe issue of wages resurfaced in the public debate last week after the government launched a communication offensive and briefed the Greek media that, based on Eurostat data, incomes in Greece have significantly improved. According to government officia...
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Tsipras conducts varied reshuffle in further bid to revitalise coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsbe leaving the Interior Ministry to become SYRIZA’s secretary, several other frontline officials... role is Alexis Haritsis. The 41-year-old was appointed interior minister, replacing the outgoing... is one of the few cabinet members to emerge with his reputation relatively intact. The Interior
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PM makes limited, cautious changes to cabinet after election disappointment
PoliticsGreek Politicsat ministerial level in five departments: Development, Migration, Interior, Labour and Agricultural... as Interior Minister. Kostas Tsiaras, once a justice minister under Mitsotakis, becomes the new agriculture minister. Niki Kerameus is being moved from the Interior Ministry to the Labour Ministry
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Newsletter 428 - 21/06/2024
: Development, Migration, Interior, Labour and Agricultural Development. The new head of the Development Ministry is Takis Theodorikakos, who has previously served as Interior Minister. Kostas Tsiaras... is being moved from the Interior Ministry to the Labour Ministry, where she is replacing one of the few
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