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Greece and the euro: The flight of Icarus
Agora. But the importance of the euro as a political and economic project meant danger signs were not heeded... has gone down in history as a “golden year” for Greece. Its soccer team beat the odds to win... pace. Opposing it are SYRIZA, an anti-austerity leftist party on the rise, and Golden Dawn, a racist
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Greece stuck in the long tunnel of political transition
Agorafurther to its right. The continuing rise of Neo-Nazi Golden Dawn and the re-emergence... no more evidence than Golden Dawn’s continuing rise to appreciate this. Greece finds itself... their energies to providing against being injured themselves.” For Greece, the danger is that the longer
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Confidence vote debate sets tone for Greek political clashes to come
PoliticsGreek Politicsthree “political murders” – that of rapper Pavlos Fyssas and Golden Dawn members Argyris Kapelonis... had a secret meeting with Golden Dawn spokesman Ilias Kasidiaris. Dragasakis also suggested... is not in danger of losing Friday’s vote, especially after New Democracy announced the return of its
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Macedonia and other Greek words
AgoraMacedonia, while others accused George Soros of trying to harm Greece’s interests. Neo-Nazi Golden... was compounded by the praise he received from Golden Dawn spokesman Ilias Kasidiaris, who was present... will be of little interest to those aiming solely to stir passion. There is a real danger that the painful
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ND unfurls array of policies as it prepares for final stretch of campaign
PoliticsGreek Politicsby accusing New Democracy of danger-mongering about PPC to damage the government in the build-up..., followed by Golden Dawn with 4.5 percent. Yanis Varoufakis’s MeRa 25 is seen edging into Parliament... on 4.8 percent, Golden Dawn on 3.8 percent, MeRa25 on 3.5 percent and Greek Solution on 3 percent
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Budget deficit of 6.38 bln in Aug confirmed; target beaten due to one offs
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance was confirmed at a deficit of 6.38 billion euros in the first eight months of 2021, compared with a deficit of 5.48 billion in the same period last year, the final Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data showed on Monday....
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VAT and income taxes buoy revenue performance as primary surplus target is beaten in Sep
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance in September was confirmed at a surplus of almost 6 billion euros, compared to a surplus of 52 million euros in the same month of 2022, according to the final Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data released on Wednesday....
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Migrant boat tragedy forces temporary halt on election campaigning
PoliticsGreek Politicson Wednesday. The sinking of a fishing boat believed to be carrying migrants from Libya to Italy has claimed...) who recently added jailed Golden Dawn strongman Ilias Kasisiaris to their candidate list, are all
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Athens expands survey area off Crete, signs MoU with Egypt
PoliticsForeign PolicyExclusive Economic Zone. In 2019, before signing its memorandum with Turkey, Libya reacted against...). This was calculated by moving its median line northwards. After the signing of the Turkey-Libya memorandum in 2019, new data was generated and Libya could argue that the entire area south of Crete
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Athens pleased with Washington talks despite lack of definitive US position on Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyactions in the East Med and Libya. The Greek government has many times since Tuesday tried to play down... replied: “when you're talking about Libya, we're discussing with President Erdogan, we're discussing... talked about that subject specifically — Libya and what's going on. We'll be talking to Russia
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