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Resurfacing of Prespes Agreement troubles PM as poll picks up on protest vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsby dramatically tearing up the text of the agreement in Parliament on Wednesday. Velopoulos... the government’s nervousness about losing votes to far-right and ultranationalist parties on the run-up to June’s.... Undecided voters make up 18 pct, and a projection based on this portion gives ND 32.3 pct
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Q1 travel receipts point to bumper tourism season, balance up 25 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyto 277.5 million euros in 2023, up 34.2 percent year-on-year. Travel payments rose by 52.1 percent to 235.6 million euros. The number of arrivals in March reached 874,000, up 31.2 percent in 2023. Arrivals... million, up 30.3 percent, bringing the travel balance to 366.6 million euros, a significant increase
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Growth in vehicle registrations slows in May, up 7.7 pct in first five months
EconomyMacroeconomyby 6.2 percent annually and used cars had a decrease of 10.2 percent. The remainder was made up of lorries (2,198) down by 10 percent and buses (398) up strongly by 199.2 percent. Motorcycle sales... risen by 7.7 percent annually. Passenger cars were up by 9 percent, lorries decreased by 4 percent
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Kasselakis warns of SYRIZA shake-up, as ND ousts former minister over assault video
PoliticsGreek Politicsopposition party SYRIZA looks set for another shake-up after several days of public wrangling which revealed... to be the last for these organs, as Kasselakis has already indicated that he plans to follow up... the party’s parliamentary team. Lefteris Avgenakis, who served as agriculture minister up until last
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Current account balance continues to deteriorate as deficit up to May exceeds 9 bln
EconomyMacroeconomy3.99 billion in May 2023. The impact of fuel picked up again as the oil balance reached a deficit... in 2023. The goods balance showed a deficit of 15 billion euros, up from 12.64 billion euros in 2023. The oil deficit moved up from 2.9 billion in 2023 to 3.33 billion euros in 2024. Excluding
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Tourist arrivals up by 15.5 pct in H1, average spend down by 3.1 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyin 2023, up 7.7 percent year-on-year. Travel payments rose by 20.2 percent to 253.3 million euros. The number of arrivals in June reached 4.68 million, up 8.8 percent. Arrivals from the EU totalled... increased by 12.2 percent to 6.92 billion euros. Payments also increased to 1.37 billion, up 22.9
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Support for ND edges up in new polls as voters' concerns persist
PoliticsGreek Politicssupport for his New Democracy party edging up since last month, although both soundings confirm... Solution on 7.2 pct. SYRIZA’s backing edged up from 5.7 pct to 6.2 pct. The only smaller party showing any significant movement was Zoe Konstantopoulou’s populist Course of Freedom, whose support shot up
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Athens concerned but silent as Trump administration criticises Europe, lines up Ukraine talks
PoliticsForeign Policy, not by complaining that you might, yes or no, be at the table, but by coming up with concrete proposals, ideas, ramp up [defence] spending’,” Kellogg said. Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis participated... defense”. “We will soon come up with new initiatives to take this forward,” she said. French
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Political tension ramps up as Tempe anniversary approaches
PoliticsGreek PoliticsOpposition attacks over the Tempe rail crash flared up again in Parliament, prompting a furious... cover-up. SYRIZA leader Sokratis Famellos raised the subject in Parliament on Tuesday evening... at the insinuation that the government could have been involved in murder and cover-up. His colleague
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Travel surplus shrinks up to Feb as payments rise sharply
EconomyMacroeconomyfor the month were 297.1 million euros, compared to 295.5 million euros in 2024, up 0.5 percent year... to 154.9 million euros. Average expenditure per trip was up by 1.2 percent to 409 euros from 404 euros... million euros. Payments also increased to 421.8 million, up 24.3 percent, bringing the travel
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