Agora

In ancient Athens, the agora was where citizens gathered to hear news, discuss and, later, trade. The agora was the heart of the city’s political, cultural and spiritual life. It is this spirit we hope to channel in this section of the website. Here, the Agora is a public forum for discussing events unfolding in Greece and beyond.

In May 2020, we also launched a podcast called The Agora, delivering insight from our own experts and analysis from special guests. If you enjoy intelligent, lively discussion and want the bigger picture, join us for a stroll through the Agora. Our show is hosted on Acast, but you can also listen to us here:

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Asking Greece to stack more austerity measures ignores past failings

At the Eurogroup that took place in Amsterdam last week, Greece’s lenders decided to “stack” more measures just as the director of the International Monetary Fund’s European department Poul Thomsen appears to have predicted in the leaked teleconference recently published by WikiLeaks.

25/04/2016 - 16:19

Contributor: Yiannis Mouzakis

1 Comment(s)

Categories: Economy (357), Greece (537)

Club Med in Washington

Numerous policy challenges awaited the International Monetary Fund at its recemy annual spring meetings in Washington. At first glance it appeaed that Europe and the eurozone were not top of the agenda.

20/04/2016 - 11:39

Contributor: Jens Bastian

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Categories: Economy (357)

What next for Tsipras the shapeshifter?

In the shapeshifting world of Alexis Tsipras, it is difficult to know where things actually stand. His relatively brief time in power is littered with skins that have been shed and vows that have been broken.

13/04/2016 - 13:01

Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis

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Categories: Europe (298), Politics (420), Economy (357), Greece (537)

The men who would be prime ministers

There has been much consternation in Greece over the last few years about the economy’s inability to grow and produce sectors that can flourish. The country’s politicians have come up with a unique way of tackling this problem by creating a growth industry of their own: founding new political parties.

07/04/2016 - 22:53

Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis

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Categories: Politics (420), Greece (537)

Tsipras and the IMF: Another miscalculation?

Following Saturday’s leak of the exchange between the International Monetary Fund’s European Department director Poul Thomsen and the head of the mission to Greece Delia Velculescu, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s reading of the situation and his reaction to the WikiLeaks publication were puzzling.

05/04/2016 - 09:58

Contributor: Yiannis Mouzakis

2 Comment(s)

Categories: Economy (357), Greece (537)

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