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Deal or no deal? Greece wrestles with the Macedonia issue
Anyone who has tried to approach the Macedonia name issue with an open mind since it surfaced in the 1990s will likely have regretted they ever broached the matter. Many will have escaped when they had the chance, while the rest were sucked into its vortex of claim and counter-claim, intricate history, complicated geography and ugly politics.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Europe (298), Politics (420), Greece (537)
Macedonia name issue: Agreement and disagreement
On Thursday, the Greek Parliament is expected to ratify the Prespa Agreement with which Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYRoM) aim at resolving the dispute over the latter’s name.
Contributor: Nikos Skoutaris
Categories: Europe (298), Politics (420), Greece (537)
SYRIZA and ANEL: Far from picture-perfect
The picture from the first meeting between Alexis Tsipras and Panos Kammenos in January 2015, after SYRIZA’s election victory was a sign of things to come.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (420), Greece (537)
The absent are in the wrong
The French say: “The absent are always in the wrong.” The saying is quite correct, at least as far as the unification process in Europe is concerned.
Contributor: Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos
Categories: Europe (298), Economy (357), Greece (537)
Chasing investment, the Greek dream
The component of Greece’s gross domestic product (GDP) that experienced the most precipitous collapse during the crisis was investments.
Contributor: Yiannis Mouzakis
Categories: Economy (357), Greece (537)