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Tsipras, against all odds
About a year ago – on May 16, 2015, to be exact - Leicester City secured their survival in the Premier League with a 0-0 draw at Sunderland. In Greece, another collection of journeymen, left-wingers, unknowns and rising stars suffering from a lack of directon were involved in a stalemate of their own.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (413), Greece (527)
With review completion in sight, which way next for Greece?
Barring any major last-minute surprises, Greece and its lenders should conclude the first review of the country’s third bailout in the next few days. It will most probably be the result of an unsatisfying fudge on all sides but, then again, when has it ever been any different during the Greek crisis?
Contributors: Nick Malkoutzis, Yiannis Mouzakis
Categories: Politics (413), Economy (348), Greece (527)
The diversions of the past
In a week that Greece marked the 49th anniversary of a group of colonels seizing power and embarking on a destructive and divisive seven-year reign of terror and backwardness, one would have thought the responsibility rests with the country’s current leaders (who were not even born then) to show that Greeks are capable of leaving the disunion of the past behind them.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (413), Greece (527)
What next for Tsipras the shapeshifter?
In the shapeshifting world of Alexis Tsipras, it is difficult to know where things actually stand. His relatively brief time in power is littered with skins that have been shed and vows that have been broken.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Europe (296), Politics (413), Economy (348), Greece (527)
The men who would be prime ministers
There has been much consternation in Greece over the last few years about the economy’s inability to grow and produce sectors that can flourish. The country’s politicians have come up with a unique way of tackling this problem by creating a growth industry of their own: founding new political parties.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (413), Greece (527)
