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Newsletter 131 -15/09/2017
Macron’s visit and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s appearance at the Thessaloniki International Fair..., Tsipras relied heavily on the positive atmosphere during French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit last... “Grexit” into “Grinvest.” This motto summed up the tone of Tsipras’s speech as the emphasis was on how
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Spying scandal triggers high-level resignations, serious questions for government and PM
PoliticsGreek Politics, the government was rocked on Friday by the resignation of the Prime Minister’s general secretary..., in what is shaping up as the biggest scandal yet during Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s tenure. Although New... on Thursday, which claimed commercial links between Dimitriadis, also Mitsotakis’s nephew
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Greek position on Kosovo scrutinised after Council of Europe vote
PoliticsForeign PolicyRecent developments have put Greece’s position on Kosovo under the spotlight, although Athens insists that it has not changed its stance on the matter. Kosovo’s membership application was approved... the way to forward the issue to the organization’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE). However, the decision
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Newsletter 487 - 05/12/2025
PoliticsFarmers’ ire drowns out PM’s stability mantra as Tsipras takes to stagePrime Minister... blocked, and farmers pouring milk in town squares — actions that seemingly undercut the PM’s efforts...: no longer Europe’s “problem child” but a reform‑driven partner, fiscally disciplined
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Newsletter 3 - 14/11/2014
Following a week in which the government’s relationship with its own MPs as well as Greece’s lenders... strong criticism at Finance Minister Gikas Ahead of February’s presidential election, the government can... increases the potential revenue for the state. The government had reportedly estimated next year’s
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Newsletter 11 - 16/01/2015
SYRIZA closes in on victory Overall majority may be out of reach A dramatic reduction in SYRIZA’s..., meaning the opposition party’s lead had narrowed by just 0.5 percent compared to a week earlier. A Macedonia University poll for Skai TV suggested SYRIZA’s lead over the conservatives had not changed over
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Newsletter 55 - 12/12/2015
a positive impact on upgrading the country’s tourism infrastructure. Developments are also expected... in OLP include the Chinese COSCO, the Danish APM Terminals and ICTS from the Philippines. OLP’s... for the 16 percent stake, the Belgian Fluxys and Spain’s Enagas consortium and the Italian Snam. Due
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Newsletter 94 - 04/11/2016
his government’s plummeting fortunes, increase the breadth of political representation and improve its capacity for implementing the reforms demanded as part of Greece’s bailout programme. It comes... of the institutions and the visit of US President Barack Obama in mid-November. The government’s
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Newsletter 95 - 11/11/2016
It did not take long for Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s cautious reshuffle to be overshadowed... for US President Barack Obama’s visit to Athens next week, the Trump bombshell landed. The election of the Republican candidate in the American election puts a serious damper on Obama’s visit, which
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Newsletter 149 -2/02/2018
Macedonia rally a potential catalyst Sunday’s demo is expected to draw crowds and increase pressure on government All eyes will be on Sunday’s demonstration in Athens over the Macedonia name issue... increasingly split over how to approach the issue. Some within the party, such as the party’s vice president
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