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EBRD reports highlights demographic headwinds Greece has to navigate The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Transition Report 2025-26, "Brave Old World," identifies Greece as a rapidly ageing economy facing mounting demographic challenges, necessitating bold policy responses centered on extending working lives, boosting productivity through technology, and facilitating targeted labor mobility.
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PASOK seeks to carve out own space as Mitsotakis speech dominates agenda The government is hoping to follow the long build-up to this Saturday’s speech by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the Thessaloniki International Fair with a public relations blitz as it strives to turn around the decline in its popularity. This poses a challenge for the opposition parties, which have found it difficult to gain a foothold in the political discourse in Greece since New Democracy came to power in 2019.
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Government tests cross-party consensus with postal vote amendment New Democracy’s surprise decision to extend its proposal on postal voting to national elections has made opposition parties reconsider their support for the reform.
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Latest census data shows demographic challenge is here as population shrinks, ages The demographic challenge facing Greece, and several other European countries, is widely acknowledged and has been presented in detail in the ageing reports published by the European Commission.
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PM broaches demographics issue, stresses role of migration Kyriakos Mitsotakis broached a pressing national issue – demographics – on Wednesday, but also one that is somewhat sensitive for his party, particularly when it comes to the issue of migration.
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New study shows Greek population more than halving by 2100 A study by the Lancet has shown that Greece’s population is set to shrink to levels as low as 4.7 million people by 2100, less than half of the recorded population in 2017.
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EU report sees Greek population shrinking, ageing over next decades The European Commission (EC) has released its first report on the impact of demographic changes across the bloc.