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ND struggles to shift spotlight away from wiretapping fallout
PoliticsGreek Politics. The conservatives’ attempts to shift the focus onto other matters was undermined on Thursday by one..., a former leading judge and one-time justice minister, to stoke conspiracy theories and play... underlined that achieving the end of the post-programme monitoring regime had been one of the government’s
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PM brushes aside spying scandal, lowers expectations for handouts
PoliticsGreek PoliticsInternational Fair (TIF). This was one of the main messages to emerge from the meeting as Mitsotakis told... was under the aegis of the Prime Minister’s office, was spying on one of Mitsotakis’s main rival... officials feel it would be wise for Mitsotakis to change the electoral law again, overriding the one his
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Newsletter 349 - 02/09/2022
Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, but enough of one to diminish his and his party’s hopes.... A total of 142 opposition MPs voted for the centre-left party’s motion (one was absent). Only 120... that he is due to announce in a few days at the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF). This was one
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Tailor-made Maastricht criteria for Greece?
Agora, while the stock of debt should not exceed 60 percent of GDP. One of the first violations... numbers are based on “ongoing” fiscal operations, not including such one-time effects. Such an unusual...). In the multiple discussions on reforming the Maastricht Criteria, one guideline that almost all analysts
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Turkey's new Libya MoU prompts swift reaction from Athens, which mulls further moves
PoliticsForeign Policyand Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, the leader of one of two competing governments in divided Libya. He said.... “No one can ignore geography. No one can create a virtual world.” Shukry said that Dbeibah’s..., commenting on the Turkey-Libya memorandum. He also said that one of the principles of international law
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Record FDI flow into Greece raises bar, but is it sustainable?
EconomyFeatures, there is only one instance of a single area of economic activity exceeding one third of total FDI... a more mature inward investment market, less dependent on one-off injections, less susceptible.... A recent study estimated that golden visa-linked purchases in 2018 accounted for one third
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ND turns tables on SYRIZA over sleaze, tweaks stance on ex-king's funeral
PoliticsGreek Politics. There have been claims that Pappas encouraged businessman Christos Kalogritsas to bid for one... to respond and to explain why he continues to support Pappas, once one of his closest associates.... Pappas denies the claims and said he would be taking legal action. The Kalogritsas case is one that has
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Machinations intensify as announcement of election date approaches
PoliticsGreek Politics. The government’s focus on the handouts aimed at combatting the cost-of-living crisis is one..., for which 650 million euros has been set aside, and a one-off stipend for pensioners who did...” with Greek democracy. “Those who say such things, starting with Mr Tsipras, have one goal: To create
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ND aiming to capitalise on conviction for leading ex-SYRIZA minister
PoliticsGreek Politics, the secretary of businessman Christos Kalogritsas, who submitted a bid for one of the TV licences... and ensure that at least one TV channel would favour the left-wing party in its coverage. According... that Alexis Tsipras and his team, of which Pappas was one of the most prominent members, could
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ND poll losses reignite discussions of post-election coalition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy officials to acknowledge the prospect of a coalition with one of the opposition parties... personnel followed safety protocols. During one heated exchange which took place on camera, the minister.... Political implications The most recent sounding by Alco for Alpha TV found that over one in two Greeks did
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