There has been growing public and political pushback against the Greek government's position regarding Israel and the war in Gaza over the last few days, putting Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in an awkward position given that he has been cultivating Greece's relationship with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and his administration since the former came to power in 2019.
A few days before Greece emerges from the political lull of August, the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) is rapidly becoming the focal point of a high-stakes autumn. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is due to unveil a sweeping relief package aimed at easing the cost-of-living crisis, which has proved a source of concern and frustration for voters throughout the last few years.
Vehicles going into circulation for the first time rose by 2.8 percent year-on-year (YoY) in July, after an increase of 13.4 percent in June, according to Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data released on Friday.
Greece’s Industrial Production Index (IPI) returned to growth in June with 0.5 percent year-on-year (YoY) rise, after a fall of 2 percent in the previous month, according to Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data released on Friday.
Greece’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) accelerated further in July with a rise of 3.1 percent year-on-year (YoY), from 2.8 percent in the previous month, according to the data released on Friday by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT).
Over the past few weeks, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has sought to counter criticism of his government’s foreign policy as overly cautious and lacking assertiveness. However, recent developments involving Egypt and Turkey have once again placed Athens’s diplomatic strategy under the spotlight.
Greece’s trade deficit rose sharply by 33.2 percent year-on-year (YoY) in June, after a 31.6 percent drop in May, according to data released by ELSTAT on Thursday.
A flagship education policy of the New Democracy government is providing fodder for the opposition after the uptake for the first round of non-state university licenses appears to have vastly undershot its promises.
A barrage of policy announcements by PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis have been overshadowed by the continuing stream of damaging revelations connecting New Democracy to organised fraud at the farm payments agency OPEKEPE.
The turmoil caused by the OPEKEPE scandal, which followed soon after the jolt suffered by the government due to the public backlash over the Tempe train crash, has fuelled speculation about the possibility of snap elections, but the government is adamant that it will see out its four-year term.
