Search
-
Deal or no deal? Greece wrestles with the Macedonia issue
AgoraAnyone who has tried to approach the Macedonia name issue with an open mind since it surfaced... history, complicated geography and ugly politics. This maelstrom has been at its fiercest over the last... kills off chances for reasoned discussion. But to compound matters, the public debate in Greece has
2% -
Newsletter 195 -22/02/2019
officials have indicated that Athens has much work ahead of it if the March 11 Eurogroup is going... to be launched, which suggests that either the existing law has to be extended or there has... surveillance period. One eurozone official told Reuters that the report “is likely to say that Greece has
2% -
With June EU Council looming, ND clarifies stance on North Macedonia and Albania
PoliticsForeign Policy. But the developments so far are not positive since France has already sent a clear message that Paris... Zaev of treachery in regard to the Prespes Agreement. For Greece, which has always favoured EU..., Kyriakos Mitsotakis has many times publicly described the compromise as "shameful." ND’s stance has
2% -
Newsletter 202 -12/04/2019
to tap markets Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos has travelled to Washington with the aim of clinching... of the second post-programme review, the Greek government has identified the early repayment of some... owes to the IMF has an interest rate of nearly 5 percent. From a debt sustainability and fiscal
2% -
What will it take to reverse the Greek 'brain drain'?
SocietyMitsotakis has spoken of tempting recent emigrants back through “lower taxes and contributions, more... capacity to achieve even a limited objective. While there has been a great deal of public debate on the subject, informed by a wealth of studies and surveys, very little has been advanced in the way
2% -
On lockdown: The moments that will remain
AgoraEuropean countries, death and suffering from Covid-19 has been limited in Greece. This gave us... will be the tokens to fire up our memories when the absurdity of our current predicament has long.... In these moments, we resembled Dr Rieux, the narrator of The Plague by Albert Camus, a book which has found
2% -
PM denies asylum-seeker pushbacks, argues Covid-19 under control
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMediterranean. The Greek PM insisted that Turkey has been acting provocatively... Times, which alleged that Greece has been conducting illegal pushbacks of asylum-seekers from... of the reporting, linking it to a Turkish disinformation campaign, and stressed that Greece has always
2% -
Public's disenchantment grows as ND struggles with Covid-19 challenge
PoliticsGreek Politicsin terms of the Greek public’s overall support, the government has been losing the confidence of voters... then, support for SYRIZA has inched up by 0.7 points, while ND has shed 0.2 points. Beneath the headline... party. For instance, over the last few months there has been a dramatic change in the proportion
2% -
Turkey: Fires expose how Erdogan's regime is descending into farce and caricature
Agoraof President Tayyip Erdogan is in decay. It has also shown how dysfunctional his much vaunted executive presidential system has become, reinforcing the sense that the country is approaching the end of Erdogan’s era. The economic toll of the fires has yet to be assessed, but it is likely to be severe
2% -
Fresh reshuffle speculation as ND centres on migration threat, response
PoliticsGreek Politicsadministration to draw a line under what has been a far more difficult summer than it had expected. The devastating wildfires have undermined the image of competence and efficiency that New Democracy has tried.... The destruction inflicted on forests and property (an estimated 130,000 hectares has been burned and 1,800
2%