On Wednesday 12/2 the Greek 10 years bond yield fell below 1% for the first time. Despite the fact that this reflects wider trends in the money markets this period, the reach of this milestone is particularly important and shows that markets now have a more positive attitude towards Greek economy. At the same time, […]
Category: What’s on in Greece: Weekly snapshots
Week 2-9/02/2020 – Immigrants railing
The past week showed great turmoil in the islands of Northern-West Aegean that have been witnessing the largest inflow of migrants in the past five years. The incoming migrants and refugees that are trapped in these islands, railed against their dire living conditions and the prohibition to travel to the mainland. At the same time, […]
Week 12-19/1/2020: The proposal for the President of the Hellenic Republic
This week the prime minister announced the proposal of the government regarding the post of the President of the Hellenic Republic. The candidate is Katerina Sakellaropoulou which currently serves as president of the Council of State (the Supreme Administrative Court of the country). Most of the oppositional parties reacted positively to her candidacy and, therefore, […]
Week 6-13/12/2019: Prosecutor’s proposal for the Golden Dawn trial
The trial of the far party Golden Dawn is heading to an end. This week, the prosecutor urged that it is not possible to establish that either the leader of the Party Nickos Michaloliakos or other important party officials are guilty of the murder of the rapper Takis Fyssas. Furthermore, she argued that there […]
Week 1-7/11/2019: Flows
After a period of increased migration flows in Greece and in the Mediterranean, the Government is trying to find the golden mean of managing the situation by dividing the flows into different regions so that they do not exceed 1% of the population in each region. This increase has also triggered the rise of racist […]
Week 7-15/9/2019: 84TH TIF
The 84th TIF (Thessaloniki International Fair) opened last week, which, as is customary, was inaugurated by a speech by the country’s Prime Minister, presenting the Government’s plan for the next year with a focus on taxation. A few days later at his press conference, A. Tsipras criticized the new government, stressing that the ND government […]
Week 30/8 – 5/9/2019: Decongestion
The new wave of refugees arriving at Greece has led the government to the decision of decongesting the hotspots of the islands. Refugees residing on islands such as Lesvos were moved to Kilkis while the decongestion operation continues. On September 2nd, the complete abolition of capital controls was officially announced, signaling a return to […]
Week 6 – 12/07/2019: The first days
Nearly one week has passed since the election of the New Government, and there are many debates about the moves already made by New Democracy in these first days of its Governance. The issue of the under-representation of females both in the parliament and in ministerial positions seems to have bothered public opinion at an […]
Week 30-7/07/2019: The next day
The elections of July 7 were completed with the main interest to be focused on whether the results of the elections will self-proclaim New Democracy. The next day, finds us with a self-proclaimed New Democracy, six parties in the Parliament, two of them newly created and the end of the Golden Dawn era. Moreover, it […]
Week 22-28/7/2019: Ballot time
The election week is here, but the current government and New Democracy did not manage to agree on a date for the party’s established television debate before the ballot time. In a conjuncture that is expected to change the season, in terms of communication, we are based on pre-electoral spots and autonomous political statements.