Greece announced this week that it intends to continue the debt prepayment strategy that the Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA) has employed since 2019, with another prepayment of 4.7 billion euros to take place before the end of the year.
For Athens, two recent developments - Turkey’s formal establishment of two marine parks and its participation in the new Mecca Joint Defence Agreement with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan - belong to different diplomatic theatres but appear to form part of the same strategic picture.
With less than three weeks until the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF), the government is finalising a package of measures that Kyriakos Mitsotakis hopes will reset the political landscape ahead of the general election.
The budget primary balance landed at a surplus of 5.73 billion euros up to July, according to the preliminary budget execution data released by the Finance Ministry (MoF) on Monday.
Turkey has reignited tensions in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean with the publication of two presidential decrees establishing national marine parks in areas that Greece considers to lie either in international waters or within its own continental shelf.
Greece’s import price index recorded another sharp rise of 6.9 percent year-on-year (YoY) in June, after a jump of 13.3 percent in the previous month, according to data released by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) on Friday.
A landmark intervention by the Council of State has upended the government’s flagship reform on non‑state universities, prompting a barrage of criticism for New Democracy.
The number of vehicles going into circulation for the first time slowed in July, with a drop of 1.2 percent year-on-year (YoY), after an increase of 8.3 percent in June, according to Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data released on Thursday.
A major programmatic interview by ELAS leader Alexis Tsipras continues to elicit strong reactions from the government as well as from the main opposition party PASOK, seemingly confirming the ex-PM's new party as a significant force in the run-up to the next elections.
Alexis Tsipras has used the August lull to reassert his presence, amid a growing verbal battle with PASOK, and Antonis Samaras appears ready to accelerate the launch of his new party.
