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ND wrong-foots SYRIZA with call to lift expat vote restrictions
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe expat vote has become the latest pretext for a flare-up between the New Democracy government and opposition SYRIZA, as a new bill proposes to open up remote voting to the Greek diaspora... for their own version of the expat vote. The initiative is staunchly opposed by Communist Party KKE
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Loosening of restrictions on expat vote fails to secure Parliament's approval
PoliticsGreek Politicsand diaspora Greeks alike, tabled the legislation after SYRIZA’s spokeswoman on expat affairs made
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Newsletter 235 -17/01/2020
. The centre-right party is proposing a sliding scale that could lead to the victorious party earning up... was 2.82 billion, municipalities spent 1.12 billion, social funds 166 million and 859 billion
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Parties take another look at granting vote to Greek expats
Societypermitted in person, so in order to vote an expat would have to return to their home voting district... no residence conditions in connection to voting rights, while others require expat voters to have lived.... The bargain The issue of the expat vote appears to have climbed up the political agenda as the result
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Greece and Albania seek to leave Beleri case behind in 2024 after year of turmoil
PoliticsForeign Policyup his duties.” Albanian Foreign Minister Igli Hasani admitted last week that “there are negotiations, ideas, and commitments from both sides to find a solution.” Hasani denied that Tirana and Athens
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Economic sentiment picks up in Oct, consumer confidence sliding again
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s economic sentiment (ESI) improved in October, with the index at 107.5 points, from 106.2 in the previous month, according to European Commission figures released on Thursday. Over the rolling 12-month period, October’s ESI was marginally up by ...
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Greek pensions laid bare
Agorapensions amounts to 884 euros. Note, though, that for around 45 percent of pensioners their monthly... and they receive on average monthly pensions of 771 euros. This is below the overall average of 884 euros since
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Governing party MPs rally around ex-transport minister to fend off opposition attacks
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat she received the digital file containing the data in January from New Democracy’s head of expat... a statement asking who else in the party had access to the data of thousands of expat voters. Several
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Privatisation chief sees gradual progress but revenues remain unclear
Economythat the preferred bidder as well as the two substitute candidates, namely CASA (Corporation America)–METKA
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Feb budget primary surplus confirmed at 840 mln, as revenues overperform
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance for the first two months of 2022 was confirmed to be a surplus of 840 million euros, compared to a deficit of 1.5 billion euros during the same period last year, according to the final Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution d...
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