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Early goals set as new cabinet gets to grips with tasks for ND's second term
PoliticsGreek Politics. It was introduced in February, in what some saw as another bid by New Democracy to gain favour with voters... Stournaras fuelled the debate about this issue when he noted more than two weeks ago that Greeks
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New labour law set to cause friction, as surprise candidate launches SYRIZA leadership bid
PoliticsGreek Politicsaimed at the elusive centre space. Last week saw the publication of a draft labour bill which...” employment contracts. The provision allowing workers to hold more than one job at a time has also been
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Our cruel summer
Agoravaluable than anyone else’s. And the kind of cynicism that creates the sense that non-Greeks can... in this summer’s devastating wildfires. Once more, the fragility of our existence was revealed to us. We saw how
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Parties ponder next steps as dust settles following local elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsrepresentative of the public mood than the run-offs, in which the party lost five out of six contested regions... not significantly alter the balance of power nationally. For social democrats PASOK, the results which saw
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Building activity resilient, permits higher by 11.1 pct up to July
EconomyMacroeconomy(ELSTAT) on Friday. Permits have been growing annually this year except in February, which saw the first annual decline since July last year. July growth is also less than half the 15.8 percent rise
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Hiring balance up to August improves by 43,573 jobs YoY
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s employment balance stayed negative in August, with 15,826 more departures than hires, according to data from the Labour Ministry’s Ergani information system. The hiring balance in August last year saw -32,966 more departures, suggesting a year-on-year improvement of 17,140 jobs. Total
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Amendment for migrant workers passes amid turmoil for government
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is hoping to move on swiftly from Tuesday’s vote in Parliament, which saw MPs approve an amendment that permits the Greek authorities to issue migrants who have..., rather than a private gallery. Given the consulate is a building of the Greek state and one where
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Dependency on tourism highlighted by negative hiring balance of 82,463 in Nov
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s employment balance stayed negative in November, with 82,463 more departures than hires, according to data from the Labour Ministry’s Ergani information system. The hiring balance in November last year saw 83,627 more departures, suggesting a year-on-year improvement of 1,164 jobs. Total
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Opinion polls show drop in support for ND, continuing concern about inflation
PoliticsGreek Politics. PASOK has overtaken SYRIZA, with support of 10.7 pct against 10.5 after the leftists saw their backing... think that the government has adopted fewer measures than it is capable of, underlining that New
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PM hopes to contain farmers' protests, seeks to close other open fronts
PoliticsGreek Politicsand that communication lines remained open. The weekend saw an escalation in protests, with farmers from across..., the PM’s team believe they have managed to secure more than 100 votes from among the party’s 158 MPs
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