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How Greece sleepwalked off a cliff in 2009, in black and white
Agorareasonable doubt to declare that there was no effort to control spending. The report stresses that although....” Uncontrolled spending and a ballooning deficit with a heavy dependency on market access, which was soon
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Pensions spending stable but early retirees burden system
EconomyMacroeconomyThe Labour Ministry's Computer Centre for Social Security Services (IDIKA) recently published a report from the Unified System of Control and Pension Payments (ILIOS), which estimates pension... population and heavy burden have often been cited as cause for concern in the future. Research from
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Tsipras prepares line-up for European elections as Mitsotakis tries to woo investors
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat SYRIZA does not suffer a heavy defeat on May 26, thereby setting the tone for the months to come... for the control of key cities, such as Athens and Thessaloniki, as well as the main governorships
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Name protests, scandal allegations inflame SYRIZA-ND rivalry
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the right and this is causing the far-right organisations to be beyond control.” The conservatives... of the Macedonia name deal. SYRIZA has clearly taken a heavy blow in northern Greece due to the settlement
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Tsipras vows to cancel reduction of tax-free threshold as SYRIZA seeks way back
PoliticsGreek Politicssituation that SYRIZA is in after its heavy defeat of almost 10 points in the EU vote on May 26... accusations from his opponents that SYRIZA is trying to control the judiciary after the government
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Newsletter 209 -07/06/2019
of the desperate situation that SYRIZA is in after its heavy defeat in the EU vote on May 26.... In the municipal elections, New Democracy also won control of Athens via Kostas Bakoyiannis, the nephew of party
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Newsletter 228 -15/11/2019
centres and will step up control of Greece’s borders by hiring 400 more guards. He also assured... on university premises, though critics have called the measures too heavy-handed. shooting by police
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Deadly floods raise questions about ND's civil protection pledges as Covid-19 accelerates
PoliticsGreek Politicsin eight deaths. Heavy rain on Saturday appears to have caught the authorities unprepared as no flood... as “provocative.” It also blamed the regional authority, which is under ND’s control, of failing to conduct
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Low expectations for progress in new round of UN-led Cyprus talks
PoliticsForeign Policypassports” in the Cyprus Republic have also cast a heavy shadow on the international image and credibility... to indirectly control more than just the northern part of the island. This option, however, goes beyond
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Teachers threaten revolt over education bill as opposition gears up for summer confrontation
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told his cabinet to prepare for a working summer as they were briefed on a reform-heavy legislative agenda on Wednesday. Many of the proposals are already facing... reservations to any measures which set out to control teachers. Some teaching groups have objected
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