Agora
Posts by Nick Malkoutzis
Bound to lose
For an instant it was exhilarating. Some seven years after antifascist rapper Pavlos Fyssas and migrant worker Luqman Shahzad were murdered and numerous others attacked, the leadership and several members of Neo-Nazi Golden Dawn were convicted on October 7 of operating as a criminal organisation.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (387), Society (142), Greece (498)
On lockdown: The moments that will remain
If we’re lucky (and, let’s be honest, circumstance will have played some part), we’ll look back on the last few weeks and remember the peculiar moments rather than the tragic incidents.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (387), Society (142), Greece (498)
A tax credit for Greece: The significance of an independent public revenue service
Despite undergoing three adjustment programmes over the course of eight years, it is widely accepted that Greece emerged from its economic crisis having achieved limited progress in terms of structural reforms.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (387), Economy (331), Greece (498)
Personal responsibility and public healthcare: Greece on a wing and a prayer
Apart from coronavirus and pandemic, the words on everyone’s lips in Greece over the past few days have been “personal responsibility.” This is what Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called for in his first televised address about Covid-19 as he revealed the first batch of measures the government had taken to combat the virus.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (387), Society (142), Greece (498)
What's behind Erdogan's decision to wave migrants through to Greece?
The decision taken by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan earlier this month to allow asylum seekers and migrants to travel to Greece took some people by surprise but it was a move that had been in the making for some time.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Europe (282), Greece (498)