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Newsletter 325 - 28/01/2022
to pay compensation to those affected. Polling carried out this week indicated that the New... of coordination among authorities during the deadly fire in Mati, when SYRIZA was in power in 2018
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Newsletter 310 - 01/10/2021
PoliticsFull speed ahead for warship, defence deal with FranceGreece believes that it took a significant step this week to upgrading its defence capabilities but also bolstering the country’s geopolitical standing after agreeing to purchase at least thr...
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Coalition's attempt to defend handling of fatal blaze fails to stem criticism
PoliticsGreek Politicsin Kinetta and Mati being the product of arson. The officials also explained that the speed with which the Mati blaze, which caused so many deaths, advanced due to gale-force winds made efforts to evacuate...), the effort to combat several large fires around Athens at the same time and the fact that Mati
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Tsipras tries to take lead in fire response amid picture of confusion
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAs the investigation into the Mati fire proceeds and more reports of the apparent mishandling... to the bottom of the “how and why” of the Mati tragedy and to ensure that it would not happen again. Echoing... latched onto over the past days, Tsipras highlighted the role played in the Mati disaster by illegal
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Politicians have commissioned, and largely ignored, multiple reports on wildfires
Societyin the aftermath of the deadly Mati wildfire of the previous summer, for which Mitsotakis laid the blame... the first anniversary of Mati, in no small measure thanks to the public anger stemming from SYRIZA’s... focussed more narrowly on what went wrong with the evacuation of Mati, and made recommendations
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Athens displeased with EU Council outcome, faces pressure for talks with Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyto engage in a dialogue. Arms embargo Following the Greek side’s failure to secure the inclusion... to an arms embargo and countermeasures/sanctions per sector over Turkey’s violation of the EU-Turkey... of the arms embargo, Mitsotakis explained in his press conference on Friday in Brussels
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The tarnished legacy that will haunt the Athens Olympics
Agora? It is no surprise that in London two years ago these venues were collapsible. The most serious fault... contracts were showered on construction companies and overtime pay was forked out to make up
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The rise of a "Spanish SYRIZA" transform’s country’s politics
Agora” political force. Open Europe, a think-tank based in Brussels and London, indicates that Podemos could... of academics. "Who should be afraid [of us]? Those who do not pay taxes," the newly-appointed, first-ever
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After rocky start, some political backing for SYRIZA but ECB holds key
PoliticsGreek PoliticsVaroufakis’s work in London and Rome, which are his next stops (a visit to Berlin is in the works... for Greece to be able to pay the ECB bonds due in July and August. However, with Greece’s bailout extension
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Newsletter 14 - 06/02/2015
the temporary arrangement is in place. The broader agreement, to be clinched before Greece has to pay... Minister Yanis Varoufakis in Paris, London, Rome, Frankfurt and Berlin, the government’s focus has
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