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Electricity strike nipped in bud, leaving political loose ends
PoliticsGreek Politicsthreatening the strikers with arrest if they did not return to work. Their union, GENOP-DEI, announced
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EU-Greece island containment policy slammed as refugees endure squalid winter camps
Societyweeks when poor weather forced the strikers to dismantle their protest camp. NGOs have also warned
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Authorities ready energy "plan B" for potential supply disruptions as cost of living prompts strike
PoliticsGreek Politics. Strikers are claiming that their income has barely increased in the 14 years spanned by the financial
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Government determined to push through hospital reforms in pre-election legislative sprint
PoliticsGreek Politicsunions and associations have also voiced their solidarity with the strikers. Political implications
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Controversial labour law set to usher in radical changes to employment practices
PoliticsGreek Politicsof probationary employment periods. There are also penalties for strikers who participate in picket lines
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Coalition stresses positives, expects full support for multi-bill
PoliticsGreek Politicsagainst the increase in the minimum participation needed for first-level unions to call strikes.... Apart from the legislation relating to strikes, there is also some unease in the government ranks.... The government’s concern is that the measures relating to strikes and auctions are hurting its standing
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Athens makes landmark foreign policy shift by sending arms to Ukraine
PoliticsForeign Policystrikes in the city of Mariupol in the country’s south, according to the Foreign Ministry. The Greek political world unanimously condemned the Russian strikes. There were six other fatalities... unhappy that Russia denied on Saturday any involvement in the aerial strikes on the Sartana and Buhas
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Newsletter 497 - 06/03/2026
“disproportionate”, while Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis publicly supported the Israeli–US strikes... strikes on Iranian military and nuclear sites, culminating in the death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei... in the immediate aftermath of the strikes, reaching 83 dollars by March 5. Analysts warn
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Approach to protests, policing poses a new quandary for government
PoliticsGreek Politicsrepeatedly supported rallies and hunger strikes in the past and is clearly reluctant to take... will hope that the protests, as well as hunger strikes by 21 prisoners, will die down as a result
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Greek tourism: Hopeful yet uncertain for 2016
EconomyFeaturesunpopular economic policies being voted into effect by the government, the wave of strikes that has... percent. The same pattern of strikes and protests occurred in these years as well, although without
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