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Newsletter 416 - 15/03/2024
committee, concluded that whatever the failures to install modern safety systems on the Greek... that killed 57 people. By focussing on the "human error" element of the incident, ND MEPs play down
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Government lines up crackdown on NGOs as next piece in harsher migration policy
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat Plevris risks breaching European human-rights norms and the Geneva Conventions. In its statement... coalition's time in power. In his interview, he frames the 2015–18 crisis as a “modern Odyssey.” Tsipras
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Farm subsidy scandal prompts disquiet in ruling party, encourages opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicshuman intervention, crop checks done by satellites, livestock counted with modern tools rather than
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Newsletter 228 -15/11/2019
ND invests in law and order Govt takes tough line on universities, anarchists to win over right... to shift the political debate to matters where it believes it is in stronger ground: Law and order... that promotes law and order to retain voter satisfaction by cracking down on anarchist groups
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Greece treads carefully, hoping to avoid blowback from failed coup in Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policythe officers to be in a position to claim their human rights have been neglected by the Greek state and face future action at the European Court of Human Rights. Right from the start, the Greek government’s... hand, the government is concerned that some SYRIZA deputies are raising the issue of human rights
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ND looks to asylum bill, strong rhetoric to ease pressure from migration flows
PoliticsGreek Politicsof refugee flows, combating human trafficking and more funds to support asylum seekers to rebuild... with Turkey in order to deter migrants from crossing. Concerned that it is now also facing a high number... assembly later this week, has been criticised by human rights groups. Groups including Amnesty
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ND suffers ratings blow after train crash, hopes time is on its side
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe accident was a matter of human error or whether there are other issues that needed to be discussed... by the human error argument that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis initially offered as an explanation... some of the measures it has promised in order to get trains running again, under safer conditions
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New political storm heads towards PM following report on Tempe recordings
PoliticsGreek Politicsconnected to the Tempe train crash in order to make the claim that the accident was solely the result of human error more plausible. Sunday’s edition of To Vima contained a report which claimed... in the Greek media was edited. The government added in its official response that the “human error” element
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Deadly collision throws spotlight on government’s migration policy
PoliticsGreek Politicson the incident, adding that the rules of engagement must prioritise human lives, while SYRIZA leader Sokratis Famellos accused Plevris of rushing to deliver a verdict in order to justify the deaths.... The proposals have been condemned by human rights advocates for violating international law, but also
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BoG sees encouraging signs for Greek economy but warns on reforms
Economyin order to achieve a modern state offering high-quality services without getting in the way of business... should be maintained and strengthened, according to the BoG, in order to eliminate uncertainties... targets. On the prospects of the domestic economy the BoG concludes: “In order to avert risks
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