Search
-
Second round of local elections deliver worrying results for PM, glimmer of hope for opposition
PoliticsGreek Politics. However, he was soundly beaten by Dimitris Kouretas, a candidate put forward by centre-left PASOK...The results of the second round of local elections, held on Sunday, put a substantially different complexion on the political picture that had been formed following the first round, as New Democracy
16% -
Government being tested on multiple fronts
PoliticsGreek Politicscome from the private University of Nicosia in partnership with private equity firm CVC Capital Partners regarding the creation of a private medical school in Greece. CVC is already invested in the Greek
16% -
Change to date of local elections adds to expectations of May national vote
PoliticsGreek Politics-government sentiment and prevent a damaging result for SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL... of SYRIZA and ANEL in the general elections. Both Skourletis and Tzanakopoulos insisted... that general elections could also be held on the same day as the two other ballots. ANEL leader Panos
16% -
Learning the lessons of Greece's toxic decade
Agorathe second programme, called Independent Greeks (ANEL) managed to exceed 10 percent despite having... nationalists ANEL instead of the centrist liberals of To Potami, which had come fourth and had more seats..., to be the next Greek president. Tsipras thought that he would put New Democracy under pressure by choosing
16% -
Budget deficit of 6.38 bln in Aug confirmed; target beaten due to one offs
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance was confirmed at a deficit of 6.38 billion euros in the first eight months of 2021, compared with a deficit of 5.48 billion in the same period last year, the final Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data showed on Monday....
16% -
VAT and income taxes buoy revenue performance as primary surplus target is beaten in Sep
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance in September was confirmed at a surplus of almost 6 billion euros, compared to a surplus of 52 million euros in the same month of 2022, according to the final Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data released on Wednesday....
16% -
New Democracy and PASOK ponder next moves after election defeat
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDefeats for New Democracy and PASOK in Sunday’s elections look like triggering developments in both parties over the next few weeks. Despite Antonis Samaras’s attempt to put on a brave face when... (with 4.68 percent it was beaten by Independent Greeks into seventh place among the seven parties
15% -
Rifts in New Democracy as Samaras vows to stay as leader
PoliticsGreek Politicsconference but not an emergency congress where ND’s leadership could be put to a vote. This position... challenge following her failed attempt in 2009, when she was beaten by Samaras. One of the interesting
15% -
The men who would be prime ministers
Agora2004. He was undeterred by the fact that when the snap polls came in 2007 his party was beaten again... not been completed and the refugee crisis is in full flow? Being put in charge of these twin crises would
15% -
Newsletter 83 - 22/07/2016
percent to 22.39 million. It is worth noting that revenues have steadily beaten targets over the past... more unpredictable, with less experienced officers being put in charge. Perhaps, though, the biggest
15%