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Tsipras declares Greece will not tolerate threats to sovereignty
15.02.2018

Tsipras declares Greece will not tolerate threats to sovereignty

'Greece is not a country that plays games. We are at the core of the European Union and a Nato member-state, with a strong regional role and international alliances. We are a country that is a pillar of stability and security in a more broadly destabilised region,' the PM stressed.

Editorial: Ithaca
15.02.2018

Editorial: Ithaca

The reality – which no propagandistic rationale can ignore – is that the post-bailout programme environment will be even more unstable, and the much-touted end of memorandums cannot untie the hands of any government.

Editorial: Limits
14.02.2018

Editorial: Limits

Having opened a front with the Kurds in Syria, and while counting the first dead, the Turkish president is resorting to diversionary tactics.

Justice delayed, justice denied in the Greek court system
13.02.2018

Justice delayed, justice denied in the Greek court system

It is not by chance that the delays in delivering justice are considered, and indeed are, the Achilles’ heel of the judicial system. This is especially true today, when the time required to adjudicate a case is directly linked with much-needed economic growth.

Post-bailout precautionary credit line needed, says Stournaras
12.02.2018

Post-bailout precautionary credit line needed, says Stournaras

Stournaras said such a credit line will benefit the economy by helping to lower the cost of borrowing. It will offer Greece security in funding its borrowing needs after the bailout ends in August, especially if the climate in international markets worsens.

PM says Greece to sue Novartis over billions lost in drugs overpricing scandal
12.02.2018

PM says Greece to sue Novartis over billions lost in drugs overpricing scandal

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in a speech today asked his parliamentary group to vote for a parliamentary preliminary criminal investigation regarding allegations of politicians receiving kickbacks in the Novartis scandal, and he blasted previous New Democracy and Pasok governments for nurturing a climate of corruption.

Moscovici on bailout: 'When you're out, you're out'
09.02.2018

Moscovici on bailout: ‘When you’re out, you’re out’

In an interview with the daily TA NEA, European Economy and Finance Commissioner Pierre Moscovici says that Greece will have significant leeway in determining its own fiscal policies after the end of the current bailout programme, as long as those policies honour the existing commitments

Editorial: Risks
08.02.2018

Editorial: Risks

Now, the government is risking the stability of the judicial system, with a scandal it has advertised as “the greatest since the creation of the Greek state”. It has used the institutional operation of democracy as fodder for its communications strategy, and for its strong desire to reap political gains.

Editorial: Scandals
07.02.2018

Editorial: Scandals

For at least the last two years, members of the government have spoken of a “political earthquake”, creating the impression that they are aware of those involved and what they may have done.

FYROM PM accepts composite name, renames Skopje airport
07.02.2018

FYROM PM accepts composite name, renames Skopje airport

'It is an important development in the direction of addressing the issue of irredentism, and we hope that it signals the beginning of a new chapter in the relations between our two countries and peoples,' a statement from the Greek foreign ministry said.

Editorial: The political juncture
06.02.2018

Editorial: The political juncture

'No scandal is illuminated when it becomes the object of political disputes, and when it is used as a font of arguments for mutual recriminations. On the contrary, such developments obfuscate the substance of the matter.'

Editorial: Popular rage in Syntagma Square
05.02.2018

Editorial: Popular rage in Syntagma Square

One lesson is that the masses that went to Syntagma must under no circumstances be handed over to the extreme right, as some tried to do with the previous Thessaloniki rally.

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