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Between the sword and the olive branch: Dilemmas of Greek diplomacy
Agorabinding factor for the two sides, may end up driving them further apart. Nicosia is committed to sharing..."In one hand Greece holds an olive branch but in the other it holds the sword of justice," said Greece's new Defence Minister Nikos Dendias as he was sworn in on Monday. The danger is, though
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Samaras softens stance on snap elections as decisive presidential vote looms
PoliticsGreek Politics. If a probe is not able to show the affair to be an elaborate hoax or set-up then it may cast a shadow..., that this position expresses all of DIMAR’s MP, especially the three (Nikos Tsoukalis, Thomas Psyrras and Niki
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SYRIZA heading for big but maybe not conclusive win, exit polls suggest
PoliticsGreek Politics, susceptible to internal rifts that may emerge if the party is forced to make compromises in talks..., and centrist To Potami. SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras's closest adviser Nikos Pappas did not rule out
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New Democracy and PASOK ponder next moves after election defeat
PoliticsGreek Politicsmay be able to provide and alternative, social democratic voice that could appeal to some SYRIZA.... Relative newcomers Kyriakos Pierrakakos and party secretary Nikos Androulakis are also slated
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Foreign policy emerges as potential point of friction between EU and new Greek government
PoliticsForeign Policythe election, while new Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras went to Russia last May, after fighting in Ukraine... professor Nikos Kotzias, who was appointed foreign minister on Tuesday. Kotzias is known for his pro
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Newsletter 18 - 06/03/2015
or the Middle East, dress be considered acceptable? It seems the Commission realised the joke may have gone..., such as Greece’s elections in 2012 and the Cyprus bailout in 2013. In March of that year, journalist Nikos
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Coalition rhetoric opens up more fronts for Greece
PoliticsGreek Politicswould do if eurozone partners rejected all of Athens’s proposals by saying the coalition may... appears to be causing disquiet. Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and Defence Minister Panos Kammenos also
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Will the real men of unity please stand up?
Agorathe Commission realised the joke may have gone too far as it cut out this section of the photo shoot video from... of that year, journalist Nikos Chrysoloras wrote of “an unthinking, subconscious racism at play
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Golden Dawn trial begins against complex political backdrop
PoliticsGreek PoliticsCivil War. Apart from any extremist fervour this may whip up, it could also put the government... of 69 people, including Golden Dawn chief Nikos Michaloliakos and all 18 people elected to Parliament
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Tsipras upbeat about funding deal but also mulls referendum in case of impasse
PoliticsGreek Politicstime that the coalition may be forced to keep the tax for another year if the fiscal situation... that Tsipras answered questions from presenter Nikos Chatzinikolaou and the audience but led to few
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