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Media freedom concerns continue to bedevil Mitsotakis govt as EC takes note
PoliticsGreek Politics), as well as human rights organisations including Human Rights Watch, have repeatedly sounded alarm
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Verbal exchanges with Turkey intensify, but voters still largely focussed on inflation
PoliticsGreek Politicsand aspirations that trample over human rights, the rule of law and fundamental freedoms. They use the language of resentment, revisionism and imperial nostalgia. They think they can crush the human
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Baerbock visit leaves Athens hopeful of shift in Germany's stance on Greek-Turkish disputes
PoliticsForeign PolicyOsman Kavala to life in prison, despite rulings by the European Court of Human Rights that had... that people are safe and that there are no human rights violations at the border, and for me
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Opposition parties continue to pursue wiretap claims, as surveillance bill passes first hurdle
PoliticsGreek PoliticsCourt of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg. The complaint claims that even though PM Kyriakos...” under Article 13 of the European Convention of Human Rights. Androulakis notes in the complaint
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Train tragedy prompts urgent questions about railway safety
PoliticsGreek Politicsto a number of bureaucratic obstacles. “There is no protection system against human error, such as ETCS... the human error involved. The Larissa station manager was arrested on Wednesday. The government
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PM forced to adjust line over deadly train crash amid public anger
PoliticsGreek Politicsnot want to, and we must not hide behind the human error.” In his televised address last Wednesday, hours after the fatal accident, Mitsotakis had suggested that the crash was mainly down to human error
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Our cruel summer
Agorareality of this disregard for human life. There was shock over the barbarism displayed by the crew members... as rushing to board a ferry. It is often a feature of human nature, though, to ignore risks until
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Parties diverge over Gaza conflict in wake of UN vote abstention
PoliticsGreek Politicsand human rights laws, “particularly in regard to the protection of civilians and civilian objects... of Hamas should be “unreserved”, the protection of human values should be equally unrestricted. Speaking
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PM claims victory as marriage equality law passes despite dissent in govt, opposition ranks
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece became the first Christian Orthodox country and the 16th in the European Union to legislate marriage equality on Thursday night, marking a landmark in the country’s human rights evolution.... “This is a milestone for human rights, reflecting today’s Greece - a progressive, and democratic country
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Kasselakis offers more hints of a positive narrative for SYRIZA's post-Tsipras era
PoliticsGreek Politicshate speech and a lack of public dialogue around the importance of protecting human rights... and described it as a wake-up call for the defence of democracy and human rights in Europe.
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