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US-China port spat gives Athens taste of diplomatic challenges ahead
PoliticsGreek Politicsrespect the agreements made by previous administrations, adding that when Piraeus put up for sale COSCO... for the arrangement. The PM, however, had previously embraced the agreement put in place by his
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Polls highlight new party's disruptive potential as opposition calls foul over flights blackout
PoliticsGreek Politics“fairly likely”. These responses put Karystianou ahead of former SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras... vote would put eight parties in Parliament. After New Democracy, the biggest groupings to emerge from
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New frigate arrives to much fanfare as spotlight falls on Dendias, minister's aspirations
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Greek Navy’s newest and most powerful vessel arrived in Salamina to much fanfare on Thursday. The ship’s appearance also put the spotlight on Defence Minister Nikos Dendias, one of the government... by a New Democracy MP during a parliamentary debate. “If you don’t speak at all, you will never put
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Newsletter 493 - 06/02/2026
. That conditional openness is designed to put pressure on PASOK to clarify whether it will cooperate... to borrowers’ accounts. The sector has already put a preliminary price on the change, estimating
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Underlining stress on Greek society, suicide rate doubled in first years of economic crisis
SocietySince 77-year-old Dimitris Christoulas put a gun to his head a few metres from Greek Parliament and shot himself in April 2012, suicides gained a prominent and painful place in the narrative of the Greek crisis. In a suicide note, Christoulas decried the government and its austerity policies. His
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An issue of statistical significance in Greece
Agorathan 1 percent of GDP in 2009. To put things in perspective, the only period in the last 20 years
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Taking a macro snapshot
Agoragovernment that put aside any debate over Greece’s euro membership. The doubt over Greece’s future
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Honey, I shrunk the Greeks
Agorathe debt restructuring was put on the table, vast majority of the eurozone and the IMF’s financing
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Polls show Golden Dawn support dropping after murder, New Democracy profiting most
PoliticsGreek Politicsby a Golden Dawn member. The Alco poll put New Democracy first on 21 percent and SYRIZA second on 19.2 percent
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Who’s afraid of Angela Merkel?
AgoraAngela Merkel triumphed in the German elections. The 41.5 percent gained by the CDU/CSU put her in the same league as her conservative predecessors, Konrad Adenauer and Helmut Kohl. While most of Europe hoped for a different outcome, Germans opted for Mutti (mummy) Angela. Her simple message
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