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2023 pension growth: An increase of $5 billion signals bigger benefits in 2025
New data released yesterday highlights the growth in the Greek economy, suggesting more benefits for everyone. Last year, the economy grew by an additional $5 billion, leading to a real growth rate of 2.3% for 2023, compared to the previously estimated 2%. Along with this updated GDP estimate for 2023, several other economic indicators are also being revised upward.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis: No more tolerance for national concessions – First priority is the deportation of migrants
Determined not to let the rhetoric of “national concessions” fester, Kyriakos Mitsotakis appeared from Brussels, speaking in strong terms of “super-patriots” and implicitly but responding to Antonis Samaras’ new shots, even though he separated his views from the right-wing rebukes of the government, against the backdrop of the Greek-Turkish dialogue, and immigration.
PM: EU closer to Greek positions on migrant returns
The European Union has come closer to Greece's positions on asylum, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told reporters following Thursday's EU Summit.
Two still missing from migrant boat that sank south of Greece
Rescuers searched the Mediterranean Sea near Greece's southernmost island Thursday for two people reported missing when a boat carrying 100 migrants sank the previous day, Greece's Coast Guard said.
Mitsotakis expresses scepticism about Italy-Albania migration agreement
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed skepticism about the Italy-Albania migration agreement in an interview with the Financial Times published on Thursday.
Mitsotakis said that it remains to be seen whether the agreement will be effective and he expressed doubts about its potential to be replicated at a European level.
Vasso Papandreou, a founding member of PASOK, dies
Vasso Papandreou, one of the founding members of the socialist PASOK party, and a former European commissioner, minister and MP, has died. She was 79 years old.
According to reports, she had been struggling with health issues in recent months.
Mitsotakis to Financial Times: Cautious about Italy-Albania Migrant Agreement – Europe needs workforce as population shrinks
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed reservations about the Italy-Albania agreement to establish migrant reception centers outside Europe, questioning its viability at a European level. In an interview with the Financial Times on Thursday, Mitsotakis said, “Let’s be cautious here. This is a bilateral agreement. I’m not sure it can be applied across Europe.
Hospital doctors, nurses on strike over ‘inhumane conditions’
Doctors and nurses working at Greece's public hospitals were on strike on Thursday and their unions held a protest march from the Health Ministry to Parliament in central Athens in demand of more staff hirings and better salaries.
Greek PM calls on EU to revisit migrant return policy ahead of Council summit
Europe needs to ensure that migrants who have entered the bloc illegally are turned back to their point of origin rather than their point of entry, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in doorstep comments ahead of the European Council summit in Brussels on Thursday, where migration is expected to be one of the top issues on the agenda.
Mitsotakis: There Is a lack of an effective policy for returning illegal migrants – Greece is a model
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis emphasized that the European Council and the European Commission are increasingly aligning with Greece’s positions on migration, particularly highlighting the significance of border protection and the external dimension of the issue. Speaking before the European Council meeting, he stated:
PM pushing for EU action on migration in Brussels
The European Council summit kicks off in Brussels on Thursday, with migration taking center stage.
Primary surplus at €8.7 bln in Jan-Sept
Greece's state budget presented a primary surplus of 8.743 billion euros in January-September 2024, against a primary surplus target of €5.3 billion and a primary surplus of €5.98 billion euros in the same period of the previous year, per the preliminary data available for the execution of the state budget on a modified cash basis.
Chania: Hunger strike by Turkish journalist – Calls for not to be deported and to be granted political asylum
Turkish journalist and author Ali Ercan Gokoglu, who has been on an indefinite hunger strike since October 5, 2024, is calling for the lifting of a deportation order issued by the Chania Police Directorate and for his request for political asylum to be granted.
Pressure mounts amid surge in migrant flows
The refugee center in Shengjin in Albania, where irregular migrants that reached Italy will be transferred. Rome and Athens react to Berlin's pressure for a specific reference to the reactivation of Dublin in the conclusions of Thursday's European Council on migration.