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Why Greece’s ‘also ran’ parties are crucial
AgoraDemocracy, which took 1.19 million votes (18.85 percent). In the second election in June, the 15 of them who could afford to run again took 368,277 votes, or almost 6 percent. That was more than
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As reform talks continue in Brussels, Tsipras gauges reaction at home
PoliticsGreek Politicsto lenders and the course of negotiations in Brussels. As Tsipras took part in a meeting of SYRIZA’s... of the process could come on Monday evening when Tsipras addresses Parliament. The prime minister took
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Tsipras's proposals to lenders come under SYRIZA scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicson the discussions that took place between Athens and the lenders before last Sunday’s referendum... took place It has been submitted to Greek Parliament as a draft law in a single article. The government
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Newsletter 34 - 10/07/2015
on the discussions that took place between Athens and the lenders before last Sunday’s referendum. The final text is very close to that published by the European Commission a week before the vote took place
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With onerous measures looming, Tsipras seeks talks with opposition leaders
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras took the unusual step of requesting a meeting of party leaders on Thursday, which comes a few days after he appealed for a minimum level of consensus between the government... was held the day after the July 5 referendum but the last one before that took place early
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Newsletter 64 - 26/02/2016
took the action after Austria decided to limit the number of asylum applications it sends... Kamvisi and Maritsa Mavrapidi, who in their 80s became internationally recognised when they took
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Wages, full-time employment feel deep impact of crisis, report shows
Societyof at least 800 euros, 13.5 percent took home between 800 and 899 euros, 7.1 percent between 900 and 999... took home more than that every month. The earnings of almost 16 percent of the private sector
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Poor conditions in Greece fail to deter refugees from wanting to continue journey
Societytwo or three months. Almost seven percent said it took them a year to reach Greece, while one in eight said it took them up to ten days. Over half (53.1 percent) said they relied on the financial
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Newsletter 71 - 22/04/2016
minister took control of the opposition party. In fact, Mitsotakis’s comment during the parliamentary.... The prime minister took no action at all against Deputy Health Minister Pavlos Polakis after he
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Asking Greece to stack more austerity measures ignores past failings
AgoraAt the Eurogroup that took place in Amsterdam last week, Greece’s lenders decided to “stack” more measures just as the director of the International Monetary Fund’s European department Poul Thomsen... George Papandreou took office and it became obvious that his predecessor, Kostas Karamanlis, had been
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