Search
-
Measures set for a comeback as Covid cases climb
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAs the date approaches for the reopening of indoor dining and entertainment, the continuing surge in Covid-19 cases is widely expected to lead the government’s advisory committee to call for the reintroduction of some containment measures over the comin...
42% -
Wildfires and pandemic set political agenda as parties prepare for return to business
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe suppression of the previous week’s catastrophic wildfires and the traditional end of the Greek summer holiday season is giving the country’s political forces an opportunity to regroup and prepare the agenda for the return to business. For the govern...
42% -
ND set to carry Covid, wildfires baggage into September
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIn his first press briefing since being appointed as the government’s new spokesman, Yiannis Economou revealed on Thursday that a new framework aimed at limiting the spread of Covid in the autumn would be presented next week. However, the local media al...
42% -
Debt strategy for 2022 set to continue along this year's steady path, assisted by PEPP
EconomyMacroeconomyFollowing two years during which the pandemic forced the Greek authorities to provide extensive support packages that pushed up the debt both in nominal terms and as a percentage of GDP, the draft 2022 budget anticipates the debt-to-GDP ratio resuming a...
42% -
Hooliganism poses familiar set of challenges for government
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis chaired a meeting with several key ministers on Friday to discuss the government’s approach to hooliganism after the recent death of a football supporter in Thessaloniki posed the latest challenge to New Democracy’s la...
42% -
Govt mulls more tools against inflation as cost of living set to soar
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe markets’ reaction to conflict in Ukraine has sent the government in search of additional policy tools to shield consumers from galloping inflation. On Wednesday EUROSTAT released its inflation figures for February, including a reading of 6.3 pct for...
42% -
ND and SYRIZA prepare to set out on campaign trail
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe two main parties are planning their next moves on the electoral chessboard as the campaign for the 2023 vote gets underway, albeit unofficially. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis attended the inauguration of three new metro stations in Athens on Mo...
42% -
Tsipras on alert for snap elections, but Mitsotakis looks set to stay course
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras has suggested that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis could call snap elections early next year, several months before the government’s four-year term expires, but the chances of such a move appear slim for the time being. T...
42% -
Leaders set out priorities, survey suggests many voters open to coalition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis has announced what appears to be his last handout on the path to the May 21 elections, while his rival Alexis Tsipras focusses on creating a more friendly environment for homeowners should SYRIZA come to power. A new opinion poll ind...
42% -
Parties hope to set tone as they start unveiling election candidates
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe main parties have begun announcing their candidates for the upcoming national vote, with ruling New Democracy stressing that it is putting many young hopefuls, who are first-timers in Greek politics, up for election. Announcing the candidates, who a...
42%