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Employment and wage data explains why Greeks struggle to see growth dividends
The Greek government’s economic narrative, built around growth that exceeds 2 pct and unemployment in single digits for the first time since the debt crisis, continues to be tested by non-headline data and the everyday reality faced by most Greek households.
Contributor: Yiannis Mouzakis
Categories: Economy (341), Society (149), Greece (519)
Podcast - The life and legacy of Costas Simitis
Costas Simitis, who served as Greece's prime minister between 1996 and 2004, died at the age of 88 on January 5. He left behind a bountiful legacy, which included Greece's entry into the euro and a raft of infrastructure projects.
Contributor: Agora Podcast
Categories: Politics (407), Economy (341), Society (149), Greece (519)
Podcast - Budgeting for the future: How robust is the Greek economy?
Greek Parliament is about to vote on the 2025 budget, so The Agora is looking at what the government's economic plan entails, while also examining the bigger picture as far as the country's economy is concerned.
Contributor: Agora Podcast
Categories: Economy (341), Greece (519)
Podcast - Party people: SYRIZA vs Kasselakis
SYRIZA, the leftist party that experienced a stunning rise to power from the fringes of Greek politics, has elected a new leader but will it be enough to rescue it from its slide back to the sidelines?
Contributor: Agora Podcast
Categories: Politics (407), Greece (519)
Greek politics goes from stability to state of flux
Less than 18 months since New Democracy, Greece’s ruling centre-right party, won a comfortable victory in the general elections, leaving the two main opposition parties of the left, SYRIZA and PASOK, so far behind that dominance for many years seemed almost a certainty, the country’s politics is in flux again.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (407), Greece (519)