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Posts by Damian Mac Con Uladh
Election Watch: Greek voters to choose from 19 parties and coalitions
Greek voters will have 19 ballot papers to chose from on 20 September following the approval by the Supreme Court for 14 parties and 5 coalitions to contest the election.
Contributor: Damian Mac Con Uladh
Categories: Politics (373), Greece (477)
Election Watch: 24 parties and coalitions apply to contest election
Greece’s Supreme Court has received a total of 24 applications from political entities – including 19 parties and five coalitions – to contest the elections on 20 September.
Contributor: Damian Mac Con Uladh
Categories: Politics (373), Greece (477)
Election Watch: End of an era as Papandreous bow out of elections
With his announcement that his Kinima (Movement) party will not contest the forthcoming elections “for financial reasons”, George Papandreou seems to be drawing a close on his family’s almost century-long involvement in Greek politics.
Contributor: Damian Mac Con Uladh
Categories: Politics (373), Greece (477)
Why Greece’s ‘also ran’ parties are crucial
When the counting of votes gets underway in Greece’s election on Sunday night, most eyes will be focused on election favourite Syriza’s tally to see if the leftist party stands a chance of gaining an overall majority in the new parliament.
Contributor: Damian Mac Con Uladh
Categories: Politics (373), Greece (477)
‘We’re dying to pay our taxes’
Like thousands of citizens, Nikolas Elliniadis had left it to deadline day to go to his bank, in Thessaloniki, Greece’s second city, to pay the first of six instalments of Greece’s new property tax, the latest levy to hit a population beleaguered after five years of austerity.
Contributor: Damian Mac Con Uladh
Categories: Society (134), Greece (477)