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Bound to lose
For an instant it was exhilarating. Some seven years after antifascist rapper Pavlos Fyssas and migrant worker Luqman Shahzad were murdered and numerous others attacked, the leadership and several members of Neo-Nazi Golden Dawn were convicted on October 7 of operating as a criminal organisation.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (297), Society (72), Greece (411)
Competing claims and narratives in Eastern Mediterranean
One hot day in the summer of 1847, 19-year-old British soldier William Mills decided to take a dive in the Ionian Sea to cool down. Unfortunately for him, he was attacked and killed by a shark.
Contributor: Nikos Skoutaris
Categories: Politics (297), Society (72), Greece (411)
Greece's post-lockdown hubris
Hailed as one of the heroes of the first phase of the Covid-19 pandemic, Greece seems to have sacrificed its early advantage to political mishandling.
Contributor: Georgia Nakou
Categories: Politics (297), Society (72), Greece (411)
Episode 10 - Get with the (first) programme
Amid more pressing issues, the 10th anniversary of Greece's first international bailout went slightly under the radar earlier this year.
Contributor: Agora Podcast
Categories: Europe (215), Politics (297), Economy (271), Society (72), Greece (411)
Episode 9 - Greek economy toiling under pandemic pressure
In this episode, we have returned to one of the first topics we covered so can examine how the Greek economy is coping with Covid-19.
Contributor: Agora Podcast
Categories: Politics (297), Economy (271), Greece (411)