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Turkey closes borders, Greece keeps up pressure
PoliticsForeign PolicyAnkara decided on Wednesday to close its borders with Greece and Bulgaria in an attempt to slow... Ankara’s decision to wave refugees and migrants towards the Greek-Turkish borders. Turkey’s decision... issued by the Interior Ministry, the private Dogan news agency reported. The Greek government
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Athens assesses new Turkish government, potential impact on imminent drive for fresh talks
PoliticsForeign Policyin Ankara includes new finance and foreign ministers. The makeup of the new government in Turkey seems... prerequisite for any engagement in new discussions with Ankara involves Turkey setting aside... controversial statements regarding the West, like Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu, have been removed
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Newsletter 438 - 25/10/2024
for fear of stoking tension with Ankara. The minister’s response, which deflected responsibility... flirting” with Ankara. Both the PM’s comment and the response from the Samaras camp underline the tense... details of overseas voters from the Interior Ministry and use them for campaign mailshots. The party
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Samaras finger wagging at troika a sign of pressure on Greek government
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Antonis Samaras took the unusual step of criticising the troika on Tuesday, an indication of how frustrated the government feels as it is squeezed between lenders’ demands and domestic political pressures. Among the quotes that stood out ...
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Budget deficit of 6.38 bln in Aug confirmed; target beaten due to one offs
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance was confirmed at a deficit of 6.38 billion euros in the first eight months of 2021, compared with a deficit of 5.48 billion in the same period last year, the final Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data showed on Monday....
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VAT and income taxes buoy revenue performance as primary surplus target is beaten in Sep
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance in September was confirmed at a surplus of almost 6 billion euros, compared to a surplus of 52 million euros in the same month of 2022, according to the final Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data released on Wednesday....
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Government hopeful of weathering subsidy scandal despite public’s finger of blame
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlmost all Greek voters believe that the government has political responsibility for the OPEKEPE scandal, according to a new opinion poll that will compound New Democracy’s concerns about the potentially lasting impact of the farming subsidy affair. The...
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Tear gas instead of vaccines
AgoraStevanovic, and musician and rapper Zlatan Čordić Zlatko, who spoke at the protest, were arrested... who take to the streets en masse every Wednesday, constituting one of the most massive demonstrations
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Storm fallout sweeps PM to crucial juncture early in second term
PoliticsGreek Politicsin Thessaly as only four of the 12 Super Pumas that Greece possesses are in a condition to fly
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Finance Ministry seeks solutions to address growing housing problem
EconomyKyriakos Mitsotakis announced the launch of the “Stegasi” platform, which brings together various
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