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Newsletter 8 - 19/12/2014
electing a president this month and avoiding early elections took a blow this week, with snap polls... Jean-Claude Juncker took sides a few days ago ahead of possible snap elections in Greece, he... vice-president Jyrki Katainen took a more balanced and helpful position when he told
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MPs vote for referendum amid growing uncertainty about euro membership
PoliticsGreek Politicsabsent. The vote took place shortly before 3 a.m. on Sunday after a lengthy and bitter debate. Tsipras... of the Eurogroup that took place in the absence of Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis. Varoufakis... that Tsipras and his ministers took a last-minute decision to opt for a referendum even though the government
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No further damage for Tsipras in second vote as SYRIZA stand-off continues
PoliticsGreek Politicsby Greece’s lenders before talks on a third bailout can begin. The vote took place after 4 a.m.... stressed that he took the only safe and viable option for the country. The only addition of note to what... meant that the committee and plenary sessions took place on the same day. Konstantopoulou, who struck
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Greece tops EU tables for lawyers but also pending administrative court cases
Societyon average in 2012. Only Portugal (860) and Malta (707) took longer. Greece also had the lowest rate (65... civil and commercial cases took from between 190 days in 2010 to 469 days in 2012 (the third longest...) were next. Insolvency proceedings are also sluggish in Greece, where it took on average 3.5 years
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Newsletter 86 - 26/08/2016
Tsakalotos, who pointed out that this was an issue that concerned events which took place while... it concerns events that allegedly took place years ago and the government cannot be seen...’ ability to engage in travel and recreation. In 2009, almost 4 million Greeks took a trip of four days
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Lavrov visit yields little for Athens, which denies Iranian bank veto
PoliticsForeign Policytook the opportunity of a visit to a NATO country to send Moscow's message in regards to the Syrian... in the energy sector within the framework of the 4th Greek–Russian Forum that took place in the Greek... Greece. Obama visit Lavrov’s visit took place just few days before the arrival of the US President
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The flag of permanent defeat
Agoratook to the podium in Thessaloniki - where each September, Greek prime ministers set out... (OASTH). SYRIZA has also provided those who took damaging decisions for Greece over decades... the vote for a new president took place in Parliament in December 2014, triggering snap elections
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Thessaloniki rally highlights political complexities of addressing name issue
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat around 90,000 people took part in the protest against Greece’s neighbour using the name... of these lawmakers took part in Sunday’s demonstration as there was no effort by the party leadership to prevent... Greeks (ANEL) party took part in Sunday’s demonstration. It is difficult for Tsipras to launch
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Macedonia and other Greek words
AgoraGreeks. However, many of those who took part in Sunday’s demonstration believe they have grounds..., including the uncompromising Anthimos of Thessaloniki, ignored his call for moderation and took part... hold unpleasant views, both gatherings were too large to tar everyone who took part with the same
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About last night
Agorathat have decided Greece’s fate over the last nine years. It took eurozone’s finance ministers nearly... belt tightened following a depression of historic proportions that took out a quarter of its economy... agreed. If he chose a different tack when he took over in January 2015, he could have had this debt
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