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Honey, I shrunk the Greeks
Agoraprotesters. Around midday, I was standing at the spot in the picture when a journalist followed... that I found myself spontaneously stepping in and asked him why he thought that this ultimatum... that we were about to receive. Almost two years from that day the answer to my question to the Danish
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In Spain, the best generation is in danger of becoming the lost generation
AgoraGreece and double the average in the European Union. The European Commission has set up a 6-billion-euro Youth Unemployment Guarantee fund and the Spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, has vowed to fight... above all in absorbing new workers. “Spain should reform the structure and the content of the training
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Personal responsibility and public healthcare: Greece on a wing and a prayer
Agorahad taken to combat the virus. “No measure can replace personal responsibility,” he said last... are used to protect motorcycle riders elbows rather than heads, wheelchair ramps are considered perfect... possibly the greatest public health crisis the world has faced in a century. Furthermore, an opinion poll
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Government preparing U-turn on controversial tax measure in bid to win back self-employed
PoliticsGreek Politicsplan to abolish the unpopular measure has not been officially announced. On Thursday, Mitsotakis...The Finance Ministry is believed to be paving the way to repeal an unpopular tax measure widely... bill that has just been put to consultation contains a provision that would enable it to axe
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The IMF crisis and how to solve it
Agora. The IMF refused to answer. The IMF Board Any assessment of IMF has to include its Board, the place where...The IMF is approaching its 70th birthday and the Greek programme has been a candidate for one of the most credibility-sapping in its history. Here I trace the IMF’s role in programme from its stormy
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Spree of media deals puts spotlight back on ownership issues
Societyas Kathimerini newspaper. PAOK FC, Open TV and the Ethnos newspaper, which has been issuing just a Sunday... football clubs. Marinakis paid just short of 40 million euros in November to buy the intellectual property of defunct MEGA channel, which has been off air for a year. Marinakis, who already owns the DOL
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Govt responds to report on deadly incident with tougher policing measures, as critics call for rethink
PoliticsGreek Politicsoccupant and injuring another following a high-speed chase, has prompted the government to announce... by the events which took place in the western suburbs of Athens last week, the announcement has been... in equipment and training of the emergency response units involved. The report handed to Citizens
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Newsletter 184 -23/11/2018
of a social dividend before Christmas as it has done in the previous two years. Following the abolition... a fiscal impact of 260 million, while the reduction by one third in contributions of certain self... reform commitments to be achieved by end-2018 are progressing, but none has been completed yet. The pace
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Govt trails transition out of lockdown as training vouchers stir controversy
PoliticsGreek Politicsmeasures has come under fire from professional associations and opposition parties. The scheme consisted... the rate of new infections in Greece has continued to slow over recent days, it is clear... of the facility’s occupants and employees. The hotel, which houses 470 asylum-seekers, has been placed under
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Professional liars in pandemic times
Agorais that they can refer to something that has the potential to be true, but does not have... to various conspiracy theories to find out what lies in the background. The coronavirus pandemic has also... will not get vaccinated because he has previously recovered from corona. He also implied
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