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Podcast - Long live the revolution: The legacy of Greece's 1821 war of independence
AgoraGreece is celebrating the 200th anniversary of its war of independence, which began in 1821 and allowed Greeks to free themselves of Ottoman rule and oppression, and form their own nation-state. To mark this occasion, we spoke to Sakis Gekas, the Hellenic Heritage Foundation (HHF) Chair of Modern
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Polls provide PM with some comfort, spell out size of task for opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicsperiod for the ruling centre-right party. The fracturing of support among the parties of the centre left... of Freedom, the populist party led by Zoe Konstantopoulou, saw its support shoot up during February... in third place. The social democrats saw their backing dip from 12.8 pct to 12.4 pct. Although the gap
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U.S. and China are still in reconnaissance mode, but for how long?
AgoraTaiwan. By and large, among Chinese analysts publishing on Sino-American relations under Trump 2.0... migrants and get grocery prices down. A spat with Jerome Powell is out in the open, as the Fed chair has not given in to Trump’s call for lower interest rates. And the U.S. president may have
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Helped by trading gains, Eurobank posts 305 mln in Q1 profits
EconomyBankingEurobank posted an adjusted net income of 305 million euros in the first quarter of 2022 (Q1), compared to a profit of 72 million euros last year. Core pre-provision income (PPI) rose by 10.4 percent year-on-year (YoY) in Q1 to 240.4 million euros, with 62.1 million euros of loan loss provisions
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Newsletter 305 - 16/07/2021
to be announced by Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias on Tuesday. The low vaccination rates among frontline... a targeted The low vaccination rates among frontline hospital staff have been a cause for concern from... October are thought to have exacerbated the second Covid wave in Greece. Wednesday saw the first mass
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Lowest income groups in Greece saw wages drop and taxes rise most during crisis
SocietyLower income groups in Greece saw their tax burden increase by 337.7 percent from 2008 to 2012.... Among its main findings is that while wage-related income per household fell on average by 10.9 percent from 2008 to 2012, the bottom three income groups saw their earnings from wages sink the most
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Newsletter 279 - 05/03/2021
that this lack of trust is particularly prevalent among young voters. According to the survey, 55... among older voters, whereas the younger vote is evenly split. Forty percent of voters over the age of 55 back ND versus 27% for SYRIZA. ND’s share of the vote among Greeks aged 35 to 54 drops to 28
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Newsletter 5 - 28/11/2014
behind his idea of making PASOK the basis of a new centre-left grouping, which he would like to call... of their respective European trips this week. This week saw Greek politicians clock up air miles to European... heard from the opposition party delegation. The “SYRIZA leaks” do not make for pleasant reading
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Polls show drastic erosion of trust in institutions, but ND retaining political dominance
PoliticsGreek Politicscaptures a pattern of dramatic erosion, in some cases reversal, of trust in public institutions among... widespread among the public at large than the government is generally willing to acknowledge. Opinion..., ahead of Communist Party KKE with 8.5 percent. Among the smaller parties, Zoe Konstantopoulou’s
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Alpha Bank posts net profits of 48.1 mln in Q1, Greek NPE formation turns slightly negative on write-offs
EconomyBanking-on-quarter (QoQ) to 305 million, mostly reflecting a drop in operating expenses following... of 300 million. During the conference call, management noted that around two thirds of new entries.... During the conference call, management reiterated that it expects NII to stay flat in the course
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