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Open wounds that burn forests
Ninety-one forest fires within 24 hours were recorded in Tuesday’s report by the Fire Service.
Contributor: Theodota Nantsou
Categories: Europe (282), Politics (387), Society (142), Greece (498)
I know what you did the summer before last
Absent of any tense negotiations with Greece’s creditors or another national drama, some Greeks have decided to relive the anguished days of 2015 again by arguing over what SYRIZA’s plan was during the first half of the year – until Alexis Tsipras capitulated – and who should be held responsible for what.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (387), Economy (331), Society (142), Greece (498)
Greek women in crisis
On International Women’s Day on Wednesday, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s Twitter account wished for the women of the world who are fighting for their rights “strength and luck.” He mentioned the elderly ladies on the island of Lesvos who took refugee babies in their hands to feed them and Konstantina Kouneva, the historian from Bulgaria, who worked as a cleaner and was had sulfuric acid thrown on her face in 2008, as “faces of fighting women.”
Contributor: Elli Siapkidou
Categories: Economy (331), Society (142), Greece (498)
The joke's on Greece
A Greek businessman, a Greek minister, a Greek opposition MP and a German official go to an economic conference. The German ends up being the only one that defends the Greek position. It may sound like a bad joke but it is a sad reality.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (387), Society (142), Greece (498)
Are we taking Greeks' devotion to the euro for granted?
Political developments around the western world, from the victory for Brexit to Donald Trump being elected US president, have been a rude awakening for politicians, commentators and pollsters who did not see this shift in voter behaviour coming.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Europe (282), Politics (387), Economy (331), Society (142), Greece (498)