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Greece's foreign policy trap
All eyes are on the Greek coalition’s bid to exit the country’s third bailout in August, allowing it to claim the valuable political prize that is likely to come with completing the programme. However, recent events have highlighted that the greatest threat to the coalition’s cohesion and the stable environment it hopes to profit from in political terms lies in foreign, rather than economic, policy.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Europe (296), Politics (413), Greece (527)
Greece reaches for its pills
If Novartis makes pills to combat nausea, they will have sold like hot cakes in Greece over the past few days. The decision earlier this month by an anti-corruption prosecutor to send to Parliament a case file that contained statements from three protected witnesses who accuse 10 politicians of accepting bribes from the Swiss pharmaceutical giant has unleashed all the negative and vomit-inducing elements that Greek politics has to offer.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (413), Greece (527)
Macedonia and other Greek words
Tens of thousands of people protested in Athens on Sunday in what was the largest rally the Greek capital has seen for some time. They were there to send a message regarding the meaning of a Greek word: Macedonia.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (413), Society (150), Greece (527)
Name and shame
Until Sunday’s protest over the Macedonia name issue, Thessaloniki’s most recent notable contribution to Greek politics was to host Alexis Tsipras in 2014, when he set out SYRIZA’s plan for governing Greece.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (413), Greece (527)
How Greece sleepwalked off a cliff in 2009, in black and white
Nine years since facing bankruptcy and subsequently having experienced the most severe economic crisis in its modern history, which took away a quarter of the economy and employment, a country should at least have identified the reasons that it found itself in such a mess.
Contributor: Yiannis Mouzakis
Categories: Politics (413), Economy (348), Greece (527)