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Down but not out: Golden Dawn rears its head again
Agoraas spring boards – a model seen at work in Antwerp, the base of Belgium's far right Vlaams Belang
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Central gov't cash surplus reaches 1.19 bln in Q1, up 54.3 pct YoY
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s central government primary cash surplus widened by 54.3 percent yer on year (YoY) to 1.19 billion euros in the first quarter (Q1) of 2015 from 771 million last year, according to the Bank of Greece (BoG). The quarterly evolution mainly reflects the performance in March, when this year’s
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Tempe rail crash charges reignite debate about scrupulousness of investigation
PoliticsGreek Politicsrepresentatives and employees of the contractor were charged with instigation of subsidy fraud... signalling-telecommand systems, but the contractor attempted to construct an entirely new signalling system
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Athens pleased with Washington talks despite lack of definitive US position on Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyactions in the East Med and Libya. The Greek government has many times since Tuesday tried to play down... replied: “when you're talking about Libya, we're discussing with President Erdogan, we're discussing... talked about that subject specifically — Libya and what's going on. We'll be talking to Russia
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Last-minute labour amendment, university asylum law fuel political row as third bill passes
PoliticsGreek Politicsemployees’ compensation rights. Also, firms are no longer responsible for ensuring that sub-contractors abide by labour regulations. The sub-contractor is responsible for ensuring workers’ rights...-contractors they use and employees having the right to take legal action against employers even
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Athens presses Benghazi in bid to block ratification of Turkish–Libyan maritime pact
PoliticsForeign PolicyGerapetritis and Aguila Saleh, president of Libya’s Benghazi-based House of Representatives. The meeting formed part of Athens’ regular contacts with representatives of Libya’s de facto government... of Exclusive Economic Zones among Greece, Turkey, Libya, Egypt and Cyprus. During the meeting, Gerapetritis
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Business leaders set out steps to attract skilled Greeks as govt offers wage subsidies
Societysectors and regional policies, the creation of an attractive work environment with modern human... of university liaison offices with the necessary logistical and human infrastructure needs. Subsidy scheme.... The ReBrain Greece programme will offer around 500 post-graduates aged 28 to 40 a job with a minimum
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Greece takes first round against Covid-19 but fight continues
Agoraas part of a post-coronavirus economic stimulus package. The report argues for healthcare spending... critics, including journalists and human rights advocates, were painted as purveyors of “fake news... costly lockdowns. The calculus of economic versus human cost is one that will continue to evolve
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(Dis)Integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the European Union
Agoraideas from both political spectrums. Indeed, in most democracies the basic human and democratic... with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)", as confirmed in the Sejdic-Finci judgment.... Post-COVID-19: The future of integration In recent years, in addition to the insufficient
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EU Commissioner's visit to islands highlights divisions over management of migrant centres
PoliticsGreek Politics” – in a blog post prior to her visit she had stressed that the centres “will not be closed... Department’s annual report on human rights referred to unsafe and unhealthy conditions... government and the EU, between both political institutions and migration and human rights agencies
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