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PM under fire for foreign policy handling after Erdogan snub
PoliticsGreek Politicsincluded a one-to-one with the President of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides to clear the air over... and president of one the families’ associations, accused the minister of not being truthful. A group of 85... of the bereaved families and the government’s refusal as “one more attempt to bury the truth
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Newsletter 478 - 03/10/2025
challenge for New Democracy. Security and foreign policy add to voter unease. Seventy-one percent... in the short-term rentals market. It is a segment that exceeds one million offered beds, beating the total... million people. The rate for women improved by over one point year-on-year to 10.6 pct, while
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Government fears losing momentum to new Tempe backlash as GSI tensions rise
PoliticsGreek Politicsuncertain outcome. Portraying his party as one of responsibility and his opponents as dangerous populists seems to be one of the tools that Mitsotakis wants to use to build back support for his administration. One of the triggers behind this latest drive is the publicity surrounding the hunger strike
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Newsletter 483 - 07/11/2025
government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis likened post offices to obsolete technologies: “No one rents VHS tapes anymore - why should we keep post offices no one uses?” He insisted that 92% of pensions and 90... democracy, not a technocratic one.” Shipping Minister Vassilis Kikilias added that the state should
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OECD report highlights stark contrasts in health system
Societycomplaints, one of the highest rates in the OECD. Greece continues to battle entrenched lifestyle risks. Daily smoking rates are alarmingly high - nearly one in four adults light up daily, with 31 pct of men... Greeks skipped dental care, and more than one in six missed medical care. To tackle long waiting lists
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Newsletter 489 - 19/12/2025
cent, followed by KKE on 7.3, Course of Freedom on 6.3 and SYRIZA on 4.7. One in five voters remained.... A Pulse survey for Skai TV showed New Democracy slipping one point to 23.5%. PASOK was marginally... and the reimbursement of one month’s rent, up to €800, for tenants. Announced in spring but implemented
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SYRIZA leader renews call for progressive unity as party’s drift to margins continues
PoliticsGreek Politics, and in need of at least one coalition partner. One way to read these numbers is to see them as a sign... by Karystianou would perform better in the elections than one with Tsipras at the helm, whereas 23 pct... for 2025, with 24.3 pct of respondents picking her as one of up to three choices. Tsipras figured in fourth
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New frigate arrives to much fanfare as spotlight falls on Dendias, minister's aspirations
PoliticsGreek Politics. The ship’s appearance also put the spotlight on Defence Minister Nikos Dendias, one of the government... is one of the few areas where New Democracy’s ratings are still relatively buoyant. Georgiadis snipes.... During the conservatives’ time in power, he has consistently been one of the most popular ministers
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Poll upends opposition landscape and triggers fresh unrest in PASOK
PoliticsGreek Politics. The most arresting figure, however, is the one that does not correspond to any ballot paper. A full... who still place that hope in PASOK under Nikos Androulakis. One in five, meanwhile, say no party... existed for a Tsipras‑branded comeback seems to be ebbing. The broader political mood is one
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Predator ruling reopens scandal that government hoped had been buried
PoliticsGreek PoliticsOne of the scandals that has haunted Greece’s centre-right administration over the last few years...‑agenda debate in Parliament and a fresh request for a parliamentary inquiry, arguing the previous one... what SYRIZA “denounced from day one”: that Predator and EYP were not parallel systems but parts
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