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House of cards (The rise and fall of Akis Tsochatzopoulos)
Agorachildren are set for life. It’s like real estate kryptonite to ward off any unwelcome financial... of injustice has forced the government and the judiciary to act, at last. The system cannot just live off
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Coalition in a bind as debt relief slips away and more austerity looms
PoliticsGreek Politicsto win the next general elections and form a government. With economic recovery still some way off... something to help convince voters that their sacrifices are paying off. Instead, the government’s
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Submarine deal resurfaces, threatening new political divisions
PoliticsGreek Politicsthere were stability problems with the first, German-made, submarine. The legal stand-off between Greece... but with European elections coming up in May and speculation that general elections might not be far off
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A fierce political clash over medicine prices in Greece
PoliticsGreek Politicsas off patent, and which are cheaper than branded ones. The new legislation goes a step further by taking... to this if it is cheaper than the off patent medicine. Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis claims
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For Greek families, electricity goes from given to must for survival
Societythat had been cut off from the power grid due to being unable to pay their bills. It also promised..., the Public Power Corporation (PPC) revealed that it was cutting off electricity to about 30,000 homes
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Greece in danger of repeating familiar mistakes with Golden Dawn
AgoraDawn could be scrubbed off the Greek political map overnight. The reasons for the party’s rise..., wean them off Golden Dawn’s poisonous populism. Can anyone do it? So far, the answer has been
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Troika returning to Greece but key decisions still months away
PoliticsGreek Politicscomments at Monday’s Eurogroup that any discussion about more loans for Greece has now been put off until... also been put off until the summer. “The debt has to be reduced. The question is who does it and how
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Greece agrees with troika, looks to tranche release and redistribution of surplus
PoliticsGreek Politicsmillion will be given as a “social dividend.” The latter mainly involves one-off handouts to 1... and pushing for an early primary surplus is paying off. On Tuesday, Samaras claimed that Greece
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Eurogroup clears next bailout tranches for Greece, sets new goals
EconomyProgrammefor debt servicing and to undertake some one-off spending in 2014 to bolster social cohesion.” Following... involves one-off handouts to 1 million Greeks with low incomes and a temporary boost for members
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Return to bond markets to buoy coalition, may leave SYRIZA floundering
PoliticsGreek Politicsas the debt reduction talks have been put off until after the European elections even though the primary... ahead of the European elections on May 25, when New Democracy will be hoping to hold off SYRIZA's
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