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Govt scurries for effective Covid-19 response as opposition finds more holes to pick
PoliticsGreek Politicsand political problems. Monday’s announcement, which means that a 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew... less than 48 hours after Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis informed Greeks that a month-long set... from midnight to 5 a.m. In contrast to the nationwide lockdown earlier this year, schools
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Govt hopes opening of cafes and bars marks next step in return to normality
PoliticsGreek Politicsp.m., after having been set at 9 p.m. for months. Speaking to the local media on Monday, Development... 3 million jabs had been issued. According to Mitsotakis, this figure could rise to 5 million... due to the Easter celebrations. The authorities are hoping that from May 5, the scheme will step up
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Newsletter 316 - 12/11/2021
saw support for the two main parties drop by a combined 5 points, appears to be centre-left KINAL..., which was set to include a revised growth estimate for this year expected to be in the region of 7 pct... recovery in the third quarter, with sales up by nearly 43 pct, just short of 5 billion euros
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Newsletter 320 - 10/12/2021
looks set to win the run-off vote for the leadership of Movement for Change (KINAL) this Sunday... who intend to vote for Papandreou. The turnout in the first ballot on December 5 exceeded 270,000... has been above 5 billion euros since Q4 2020 and was 5.87 billion in Q3 2021. Exports of goods
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Handling of energy crisis under fire as gas interruption tests supply security
PoliticsGreek Politicsmeasures, as an interruption of gas supplies from Russia is set to provide a first crash test... aims to shorten the lead time for licensing of RES projects from 5 years to 14 months by reducing the number of steps from 7 to 5 and digitising the application procedure. It also introduces a much
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Newsletter 355 - 14/10/2022
and the slow down next year is only attributed to comparisons with the high base set in 2022. Additionally... contributed roughly 5 percentage points to the annual growth, electricity was up 30.5 pct annually... rise in manufacturing, offset by drops of 9.7 percent in mining and quarrying and 5 percent in water
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Our cruel summer
Agora, changed overnight. On September 5, 36-year-old Antonis Karyotis attempted to board the Blue Horizon ferry as it was about to set sail from Piraeus to Crete. CCTV footage shows he was confronted by several.... As Storm Daniel dumped months’ worth of rain in Thessaly on September 4 and 5, causing almost 20 deaths
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Great Expectations: Is Greece 2.0 hitting the target?
EconomyFeatureswith the rest of the EU to 5 percent as set out in the budget. A recent report by the Parliamentary..., the government secured an additional 0.795 billion in grants from the REPowerEU programme and 5 billion
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PM's target for EP elections is in sight, according to new polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has set as a target for the June 9 European Parliament elections... along the way, such as his comment about SYRIZA pledging to spend the equivalent of 5 pct of Greek... by 5 pct. Nevertheless, SYRIZA officials feel that the tour was a success as he had the opportunity
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Newsletter 515 - 31/07/2026
businesses to submit proposals for 5% to 20% cuts on basic goods between late August and December... criticism of the Fire Service’s staffing shortages, ageing equipment and safety gaps. The deaths set... in the previous month. Consumer confidence had a remarkable recovery by 5 points to -47.8 in the month. Industry
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