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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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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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Effort for Greece and Albania to resolve diplomatic differences goes on back burner
PoliticsForeign Policywith Efimerida ton Syntakton newspaper that: “I think the Greek people are gradually learning to support.... Albanian President Ilir Meta is also creating obstacles to any agreement on the delimitation of maritime... in the past due to political disagreements within Albania. President Ilir Meta appears reluctant
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Mitsotakis, Tsipras criss-cross Greece as support for main parties edges up
PoliticsGreek Politicsmonths as a result of the dip in support for the ruling conservatives and the rising popularity... Greece in a bit to drum up support ahead of the May 21 elections as some voters seem to be moving... Democracy due to fears that rising support for right-wing parties will draw support away from
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Opinion polls show drop in support for ND, continuing concern about inflation
PoliticsGreek Politics. MRB Another poll, by MRB for Open TV, also showed a dip in support for New Democracy. In terms...Two opinion polls published on Thursday indicate that there has been a rare decline in support... of the movements that have taken place over the last month as its support went up from 5.9 pct to 6.6 pct
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Support for ND and PM ebbs, but SYRIZA still floundering
PoliticsGreek Politicstheir support dip slightly (by 0.3 points) to 19.7 pct during the same period. The trend matches...A new opinion poll published on Thursday is the latest to show a significant drop in the support... has lost 3.1 points since July. This has brought overall support for the conservatives down to 30.8
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Broad support in Parliament for handouts amid mixed signals from polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsmove indicated in the University of Macedonia poll has not translated into a dip in SYRIZA’s rating... lead over SYRIZA, support from the conservatives edged down from 31 percent in October to 30.5... percent think it can do so by drawing support from SYRIZA. The poll shows support for Democratic
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Waning support in opinion polls generates concern for government
PoliticsGreek Politicssupport dropping by around 5 percentage points. The Metron Analysis poll for Mega TV shows that 24.6 pct... is around 4 points lower than in the poll conducted by the same company a month ago. Support... projected support at 34.4 pct, up slightly from 33.9 pct. SYRIZA has enjoyed a significant rise from last
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Govt readies targeted support for energy bills in bid to contain cost of living crisis
PoliticsGreek Politicspandemic support. Despite a recent dip, Greece has registered the highest prices for wholesale... in a few weeks”, adding that “what we can do is support households”. Opposition SYRIZA has also been
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Greece voices support for Ukraine as govt counts cost of war's impact on economy, public finances
PoliticsGreek PoliticsCommission should table proposals to support Europe’s consumers against a sharp rise in energy prices.... There is now a real possibility that the government will have to dip into the state budget to provide.... One leads to higher spending on support and the other to lower revenues. According to reports
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