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ELSTAT survey finds 2013 household budgets devastated, inequality persists
Societyin the rural than the urban areas. The average monthly expenditure in the urban areas fell 7.1 percent in 2013 and 28.6 percent since 2009. In contrast, the figures for the rural areas posted almost the half... is consistently above that in rural areas, yet the deviation significantly narrowed over the past
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EU-Turkey refugee agreement: A life saver or a dud?
AgoraAn average of around 2,200 refugees and migrants have arrived on the shores of Greece’s eastern Aegean islands every day this year. Before being piled into rubber dinghies and other unsuitable vessels for the crossing, they purchase life vests from shop...
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EP president visit and winding up of rail crash inquiry cast spotlight on rule of law concerns
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAn official visit to Athens by the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola gave Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis an occasion to hit back at the recent resolution passed by European lawmakers expressing concerns about the rule of law in Gr...
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Polls prompt ND to crunch coalition numbers as Tsipras turns attention to policy
PoliticsGreek Politicsa clear lead and sees Tsipras's ELAS (Greek Left Alliance) consolidating second place ahead of PASOK... of the projected vote. A week since the party’s launch, ELAS garners 13.2 pct of voting intentions... Parliament, the latter sinking to 1.1 pct (1.3 pct). ELAS draws most heavily from former SYRIZA
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Newsletter 514 - 24/07/2026
ELAS completing its organisational architecture ahead of its first national campaign, and SYRIZA... confidence that Samaras will found a party. ELAS and SYRIZA While ND calibrates its strategy, ELAS... bureau and local coordinating bodies remain to be established. ELAS officials say these structures
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Newsletter 29 - 05/06/2015
of how not to negotiate The fatigue factor and frustration among eurozone member states towards Greece... and highly intrusive monitoring of implementation road maps. The fatigue factor and frustration among... in 2018. The new targets are lower than those in the current memorandum (which were binding
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French entry into cable project reframed as geopolitical win amid recycling tenders scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicsquestioned whether Tuesday's signing changes anything on the ground. Tsipras's ELAS said the government... of Mitsotakis towards Turkish "provocations". ELAS called on the government to produce a clear plan... a demand, first made after surveys were suspended in 2022, for a binding implementation timetable
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Ministers defend fiscal package as opposition, professional and social groups push back
PoliticsGreek Politicsas a “cold shower”. ELAS argued that the 2027 pension increase is already legislated and below... with liquidity while leaving vulnerable borrowers exposed. ELAS challenged ND to submit its... flank. All of this weakens ND’s chances of winning an outright majority at the next elections
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Lethal firebomb attack on homes of ND officials cuts through pre-election season
PoliticsGreek Politicshave no place whatsoever in a democracy”. The sentiment was echoed by ELAS leader Alexis Tsipras.... Opposition parties, particularly ELAS and SYRIZA, appear aware of this framing and have been moving... the imputed collective responsibility. ELAS responded directly, accusing Kyranakis of "choosing
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Tsipras breaks August quiet, prompting ND and PASOK to intensify attacks
PoliticsGreek Politicsrhetoric reflects ELAS’s broader strategy: a more measured, pragmatic tone aimed at centrist... by an announcement that ELAS will present its economic programme on September 2 in Thessaloniki - a deliberate move... had copied PASOK’s proposals on PPC, inflation and housing, and mocked his claim that ELAS
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