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Multiple crises fence in Greece
In its first period in government, between January and September 2015, SYRIZA did not experience any general strikes. Since the September elections there have been three, making the number of such protests one of the few things in Greece that is heading upwards. The other rising indicator is the number of pressing problems Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras faces.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (387), Economy (331), Greece (498)
Greek pensions: The unsolvable equation
Last July the conditionality of Greece’s third programme included savings of 1 percent of GDP from pensions. It did not require any major fortune telling skills to anticipate that this would soon lead the government of Alexis Tsipras into an extremely tense situation.
Contributor: Yiannis Mouzakis
Categories: Politics (387), Economy (331), Greece (498)
Search for solutions, not scapegoats in EU's refugee crisis
For some years now, and especially over the last 12 months, Greece has acted as Europe’s lifeguard, first aid provider and gravedigger. It seems, though, that the strain of the refugee crisis means Greece’s European partners also want it to serve as a prison warden.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Europe (282), Greece (498)
Honey, I shrunk the Greeks vol. 2
The IMF formally announced on Friday that it changed the policy of exceptional access criteria, in essence reversing a highly political decision of the Fund back in 2010, a decision that saved the euro and paved the path for half a decade of economic devastation that sealed Greece’s fate.
Contributor: Yiannis Mouzakis
Categories: Economy (331), Greece (498)
One year of SYRIZA
Looking back on it, there was strong evidence to believe one year ago that SYRIZA was doomed from the start.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (387), Greece (498)