November 29, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics, Uncategorized
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday described the abrupt cancellation of his planned meeting with UK counterpart Rishi Sunak in London as an “unfortunate incident.” Despite this, he expressed confidence that it would not have any impact on bilateral ties. “This unfortunate incident… will not affect Greek-British relations. It had …
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October 26, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
A recent public opinion poll has showed that main opposition party, left-wing SYRIZA keeps falling in voters’ preference to levels below the 18% of the summer elections. One of the reasons is that the new leader Stefanos Kasselakis has turned into a rather a-politic life-style figure, while the open “civil …
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May 16, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greeks are casting their ballots on 21 May in one of the most unpredictable national elections in years, with the formation of a new government uncertain and the leading politicians bickering over the credibility of current opinion polls that favour the ruling conservatives. Ruling conservative New Democracy has been leading …
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April 24, 2023
Greece, Politics
Ruling New Democracy enjoys a 6.2-point lead over main opposition SYRIZA, according to an opinion poll conducted by Alco, on behalf of broadcaster Alpha. If elections were held now, 31.6% of respondents said they would vote for conservative New Democracy, 25.4% for left-wing SYRIZA, 8.9% for socialist PASOK, 6.1% for …
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April 10, 2023
Greece, Politics
A sample of just over 4,000 likely voters polled last month reveals a deep distrust of Greece’s political institutions. Among those polled, 83.2% said they trust political parties only a little or not at all; similarly negative feelings were expressed about the judicial system (69%), Parliament (68.9%), independent authorities (65.1%), …
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March 10, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
The first public opinion poll after the deadly train collision on February 28 was published by ANT1 TV on Thursday. Overwhelming majority of citizens want thorough investigation of the crash, while ruling New Democracy is suffering vote intention losses. In voting intention, the conservative Mitsotakis government New Democracy has lost …
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January 18, 2023
Greece, Politics
In the first public opinion poll for 2023, the difference between ruling conservative New Democracy and main opposition party, left-wing SYRIZA has fallen below 7 percent, as the price hikes keep bothering the Greek public. According to ALCO conducte don behalf of Alpha TV, the difference between ND and SYRIZA …
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December 27, 2022
Culture, Eat-Drink, FEATURED
Greek cuisine is the 2nd best in the world for 2022, as voted by users of the platform Taste Atlas around the world, choosing from almost 100 different countries for the whole year. However, even though Greece is second top in general, it loses many points when it comes to …
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December 16, 2022
Politics, World
Deviating from the general mood in Europe, a large number of Greeks hesitate to declare their approval of the European Union’s backing for Ukraine following the Russian invasion. In the relevant question of the Parliament’s Eurobarometer for autumn 2022, a majority of citizens in the 24 member-states approve of the …
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November 7, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Eight out of ten citizens believe that the Greek justice system is “slow”, while 7 out of 10 characterize it as “legally a labyrinthine, politically controlled and insufficiently organized.” Τhese findings are included in the conclusions of a Metron Analysis poll regarding the relationship between citizens and the justice system …
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November 4, 2022
Greece, Politics
The cost of living and the scandal with -now ex New Democracy- MP Andreas Patsis cast a shadow at the ruling conservative party which sees its rates in in public opinion polls in decline. Difference between ruling ND and main opposition left-wing SYRIZA dropped to 6.1% in a poll conducted …
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September 19, 2022
Economy, FEATURED
I have been literally frustrated by shrinkflation, spending more and more money to buy less product. And I was shocked over the weekend when I realized I spent a whole of 130 euros for supermarket purchases. It was supposed to be shopping to cover weekly needs. I did online shopping …
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July 7, 2022
Greece, Politics
The difference between ruling conservative New Democracy and main opposition left-wing SYRIZA is getting smaller and closed to 7.2% from 8.2% about three weeks earlier, a poll has shown. According to a public opinion poll conducted by MRB June 22-30, 2022, in terms of voting intention, the ND party leads …
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June 30, 2022
Social, Society
More than 50% of Greeks do not plant to go on vaccination this year, a recent poll has found out. This is a relative high percentage in a country where summer vacation is considered “a must”, especially for the residents of urban centers like capital Athens or Thessaloniki, who seek …
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February 15, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Difference between ruling conservative New Democracy and main opposition party left-wing SYRIZA has decreased to 10.5% in the preference of potential voters as the high energy cost and the price hikes are a reason of concern for 47% of the Greeks. At the same time, Greeks seem to turn down …
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January 13, 2022
CORONAVIRUS
The majority of anti-vaxxers in Greece refuse to get the vaccines against Covid-19 because they are force to to do, a recent public opinion poll has found. According to a survey by Focus Bari for YouGov.gr conducted December 21-31, 2021 on a sample of 1,002 people aged 18-74 vaccine reluctance …
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December 10, 2021
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
The overwhelming majority of Greeks believe that corruption goes unpunished and two in three Greeks believe corruption is “very important” and rarely punished, according to a public opinion poll by the National Transparency Authority (NTA) presented at the 1st Integrity Forum on Thursday. Results were based on 777 questionnaires completed …
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November 8, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Greece’s authorities conducted over 180,000 checks and inspections across the country over the weekend to enforce the new measures and restrictions imposed since Saturday due to the increase of coronavirus infections. Many checks ended up in arrests, fines and the closure of businesses. 90,882 checks were carried out on Satuday …
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July 29, 2021
CORONAVIRUS
Nearly two-thirds of Greeks believe getting vaccinated against Covid-19 can beat the pandemic. Most of them favor the mandatory vaccination for certain groups such as healthcare workers, nursing home staff and teachers, a survey showed on Thursday. The findings come as the government pushes vaccinations by offering cash and other …
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March 30, 2021
CORONAVIRUS
The extent of pandemic fatigue among the general public was reflected in the most recent poll on Monday by Pulse on behalf of Skai TV which showed that more than a third of those surveyed called for an immediate easing of the restrictive measures. The poll conducted on March 26-28 …
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