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Posts on December 2023
Kassalekis goes from blank canvas to empty vessel, blowing open progressive space
When Stefanos Kasselakis - a young, Miami-based entrepreneur with virtually no political experience - was elected leader of left-wing SYRIZA at the end of September, it was a shock. The way that the party has unravelled since then has been less surprising.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (387), Greece (498)
China-EU: Navigating an increasingly complex relationship
The EU-China summit in Beijing on 7-8 December 2023 took place twenty months after the previous online event, which was famously panned as a “dialogue of the deaf”. This time around, the summit was preceded by efforts on both sides towards some sort of re-engagement in the wake of pandemic-induced travel restrictions and absence of in-person meetings for more than two years.
Contributor: Plamen Tonchev
Categories: Europe (282), Politics (387), Economy (331)
A closer look at Greece's Q3 2023 national accounts
ELSTAT has just published an update for the Greek national accounts through the 3rd quarter of 2023. Since this summarizes the whole economy, it is helpful to see what the data can tell us.
Contributor: Bob Traa
Categories: Economy (331), Greece (498)
How Greece reduced its unemployment rate to less than 10 pct
One of several indicators that captured the pain suffered by the Greek economy because of the debt crisis and the adjustment programmes is the unemployment rate.
Contributor: Yiannis Mouzakis
Categories: Economy (331), Society (142), Greece (498)