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Newsletter 30 - 12/06/2015
in order for the ECB to continue providing liquidity to Greek banks under current terms and conditions. Deal hanging in the balance Deteriorating atmosphere has sapped political will on all sides Greece... of an effort to meet its lenders over the reforms and cuts they are demanding in order to move forward
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Greek debt: A case of learned helplessness?
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Agorainvolving human beings. Its effects can be seen in people. When they feel they have no control over... for 450 billion euros to be invested over the next six years in human capital, employment, and expansion of the economy’s technology and knowledge base, Greece cannot leave its own human capital
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EU experts concerned about level of xenophobia, violence against migrants in Greece
Society(ECRI), the Council of Europe’s independent human rights monitoring body, the 60-page report... of the European Court of Human Rights’ judgements confirming the need to end this practice.” The report... and the National Human Rights Commission, as well as NGOs, that will develop a comprehensive national
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Greek regions perform poorly in social progress index
Societyof what it offers citizens in terms of basic human needs, wellbeing and opportunity, according... components arranged into three themes: basic human needs, foundations of wellbeing, and opportunity. Open... indicator, where 13.5 points separated them. In the indicator measuring basic human needs, the gap
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EU-Turkey refugee plan: One for one and none for all
Agoraway to avoid Schengen falling apart, the EU’s cohesion being tested, human smugglers being guaranteed... complications. A series of rights groups, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, have...’ human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein also warned last week that “arbitrary expulsions” from
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Poll reaffirms positive view of Putin among Greeks
Societynot think that human rights were respected in the country. When the same question was put for the US... number (58 percent) disagreed that human rights were respected there. The responses... effectively in the EU and 71.5 percent agreeing that human rights were respected in the Union
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Another austerity fighter to bite the dust
Agorawith domestic, EU law and Human Rights provisions. In a number of cases, mandated measures have been judged...). Other claims are directed to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. Most cases have been... Courts, and both in human rights courts, it is more difficult to challenge the actions
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Athens on lookout as Ankara ramps up rhetoric and activity
PoliticsForeign Policythe asylum seekers coming to its gates as enemies instead of human beings, by using gas, bullets... to have forgotten that the European Court of Human Rights has found multiple violations by Greece... against other countries, is not entitled to invoke justice and human rights. After all, Turkey's
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Does the EU Commission suffer from optimism bias? (Part 2)
Agora, Fast and Slow,” the psychologist Daniel Kahneman explains that human beings are often “not rational...” (Thinking, Fast and Slow, page 252) Mr. Kahneman also explains that such biases are entirely human... that the true baseline sits several degrees below the indicated one. We are all human and we all want
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Mitsotakis faces down critics over handling of forest fires
PoliticsGreek Politics, that the lack of human casualties proved the readiness of the state and the hospitable instincts of ordinary... of the response, stressing that the priority is the protection of human lives. He added... of human casualties and praise the efforts of the emergency services. This suggests
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