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Golden Visa shift from realty to holdings?

Consultancy firms are reporting investment interest that could shape the conditions for a shift from real estate to financial placements in search of the five-year residence permit the Greek state offers for major investments.

Letta: A single capital market for cheaper financing

The “exit” narratives that once dominated the political discourse in the European Union are now a thing of the past, but these European Parliament elections will judge the degree of commitment to the further integration of the bloc, former Italian prime minister Enrico Letta tells Kathimerini.

31.05.2024 / 12:50

Calabrese: ‘Raisi’s death unlikely to change Iran’s ruling system or core policies’

What caused the helicopter crash that killed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and what will be the impact of his death on the country’s relations with the United States? Who is his most likely successor and what will the day after look like in Iran and the Middle East?

13.05.2024 / 20:27

Marc Pierini: Expectations for ‘success’ in Greek-Turkish relations ‘high’

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have a “unique and historical opportunity to consolidate the steps taken so far” in relations between their two countries, according to Marc Pierini, a senior fellow at Carnegie Europe and former European Union ambassador to Turkey. In this interview with Kathimerini shortly before the […]

22.04.2024 / 14:52

Dallara reviews the 2010s

The inexperience of the SYRIZA government (2015-2019) forced Greece to undergo another five tough years, noted Charles Dallara.

10.04.2024 / 11:45

Fiscal benefit 2% of GDP for Greece, but stricter rules

New EU fiscal rules are set to bring about greater relief for Greece but will also demand increased efforts, according to Hungarian economist Zsolt Darvas.

03.04.2024 / 09:37

Erdogan local election defeat ‘won’t impact foreign policy’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s first defeat in local elections on Sunday will not have an impact on Turkey’s foreign policy, according to the regional director of the Turkish branch of the think tank The German Marshall Fund of the United States.

01.04.2024 / 22:46

If Ukraine falls, Russia will ‘directly menace the European NATO members’

He may study the past but does not hesitate to comment on the present or make predictions about the future. Scottish historian Niall Ferguson, author of “Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe,” among many others, is clear about one thing: if the United States does not restore support to Kyiv, Ukraine will no longer be able […]

15.03.2024 / 09:07

Effective tax system, effective public expenditure are both key to growth

Fabrizia Lapecorella, deputy secretary-general of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, has indirectly identified three main weaknesses in Greece’s fiscal policy.

01.03.2024 / 12:05

Key figures from the Metapolitefsi period weigh in on its legacy

Has the Metapolitefsi period concluded? What lessons does it impart? Is its overall legacy positive? These are they key questions that guided the discussions on the inaugural day of the conference titled “50 Years of the Metapolitefsi.”

26.02.2024 / 15:45

‘It is time’ for strategic autonomy in the EU

The steps toward upgrading the European defense structure are outlined in a Kathimerini interview with the president of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola.

15.02.2024 / 21:15

The country that blazed a trail for same-sex weddings

Marriage equality was a matter of debate as early as 1960 in the Netherlands. It became law in 2001. At the time, the country was the first in the world to legalize marriage for same-sex couples.

04.01.2024 / 14:17

Half of the population lives in small part of the country

Half of the population of Greece lives in just 4.3% of the territory, which corresponds to 5,241,300 people, according to 2021 census data processed by the Demographic and Social Analysis Laboratory at the University of Thessaly.

02.01.2024 / 13:30

Geopolitical myths and realities in 2024

Robert Kaplan, the distinguished international relations expert, outlines the geopolitical developments that will dominate the new year, in an interview with Kathimerini.

06.12.2023 / 15:07

Even wars have rules

How can human rights be safeguarded in the midst of war? Dr Photini Pazartzis, the Constantine G. Karamanlis Chair in Hellenic and European Studies at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, and former vice chair of the UN Human Rights Committee ICCPR, emphasizes that international law establishes clear […]