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A summit of little substance
Agoraon the outcome of the European Parliament elections next May. The chances are high that anti-EU, anti-euro, anti-immigrant, and/or anti-establishment/elitist parties or movements will generally do well... with, and the climate within, the Parliament. Even more importantly, the success of ‘anti-parties’ could have
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Stalling vaccination campaign, protests raise concerns on health and political fronts
PoliticsGreek Politicsto a combination of vaccine hesitancy and an increasingly active anti-vaccination front. Monday’s regular... the emergence of an organised anti-vaccination movement. Commenting on the events, the head of the National Vaccination Committee Professor Maria Theodoridou said that “we are talking about anti-vaxxers
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Vaccination politics intensify as Greece races to plug immunity gap
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the streets. Wednesday saw the first mass anti-vax rallies in Greece, with police estimating..., including at the recent anti-labour law rallies, they also mark a scaling-up from the much smaller-scale anti-lockdown and anti-mask demonstrations which took place during the lockdown, while the presence
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Athens balancing diplomacy and defence amid Middle East turmoil
PoliticsForeign Policy. Central among them is the development of “Achilles’ Shield,” an integrated anti‑drone, anti‑aircraft and anti‑ballistic defence system. The unusually rapid approval process - swift parliamentary... of the anti‑drone, anti‑aircraft and anti‑ballistic ‘shield’ of our country… marking the transition to a new
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Down but not out: Golden Dawn rears its head again
Agora. In September, a Golden Dawn member stabbed to death an anti-fascist rapper, Pavlos Fyssas, in a Piraeus... boosted support among its core i.e. young, male, anti-systemic voters,” says Elias Dinas, a UK-based... and an expert on right-wing radicalism, notes that a big chunk of the anti-fascist movement in Greece
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Countering a regressive and illiberal Europe
Agora. This leads to a growing spirit of ‘anti-cooperation’; a spirit which, at all levels of political life..., the politics of fear, and anti-cooperation are not just European phenomena. A glance across... economy. If they fail, anti-EU and anti-liberal forces will prevail and the resulting polarisation
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Political wrangling instead of vaccines
Agoramedicine teams, and priority is given to citizens over the age of 65 and other risk groups. Anti-vaxxers are growing stronger While citizens are awaiting their dose, the anti-vaxxer movement in B&H... the amount of misinformation in the public are regularly attacked. When anti-vaxxer readers
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Newsletter 305 - 16/07/2021
Vaccines turn political PM announces compulsory jabs for some, prompting first major anti-vax... anti-vax rallies in Greece, with police estimating that 4,000 marchers gathered in central Athens... is smaller than those seen habitually in Greece, including at the recent anti-labour law rallies
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Beyond conspiracy theories: How mismanagement shaped vaccination in Albania
Agorain the rise of anti-vaccine sentiment that precedes COVID, and has exacerbated since. But it has been... surveys that measure anti-vaccine sentiment in Albania. A quick search conducted in English and Albanian... and the spread of conspiracy theories online have propelled forward a dangerous anti-vaccine movement
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Tear gas instead of vaccines
Agoraand with mass anti-vaccination protests, it is obvious that the vaccination campaign in Slovenia... requirement. However, these are not the only anti-government protests. Last Friday, disgruntled citizens... to protest the government on Fridays, the faction that was closer to anti-vaccination views and conspiracy
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