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Podcast - The life and legacy of Costas Simitis
Costas Simitis, who served as Greece's prime minister between 1996 and 2004, died at the age of 88 on January 5. He left behind a bountiful legacy, which included Greece's entry into the euro and a raft of infrastructure projects.
Contributor: Agora Podcast
Categories: Politics (409), Economy (344), Society (149), Greece (522)
Podcast - Party people: SYRIZA vs Kasselakis
SYRIZA, the leftist party that experienced a stunning rise to power from the fringes of Greek politics, has elected a new leader but will it be enough to rescue it from its slide back to the sidelines?
Contributor: Agora Podcast
Categories: Politics (409), Greece (522)
Greek politics goes from stability to state of flux
Less than 18 months since New Democracy, Greece’s ruling centre-right party, won a comfortable victory in the general elections, leaving the two main opposition parties of the left, SYRIZA and PASOK, so far behind that dominance for many years seemed almost a certainty, the country’s politics is in flux again.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (409), Greece (522)
Podcast - Internal combustion problems leave New Democracy spluttering
In mid-November, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis decided to expel from the ruling New Democracy party one of his predecessors, Antonis Samaras. Why did Mitsotakis make this dramatic move and what it could mean not only for unity within New Democracy, but also for the stability of the Greek government?
Contributor: Agora Podcast
Categories: Politics (409), Greece (522)
Post-election blamestorming or Why Harris lost and the Democrats should nominate Oprah
As an American expat in Europe, it is a familiar quadrennial exercise to be called upon to explain to friends, colleagues, and even random strangers in shops why America elected who they did as president. The reasons this year are both complex and simple
Contributor: Frank De Mita
Categories: Politics (409)