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Tag: Greece

The Tempi Train Crash: More Than Just an Accident?

Posted on 21 March 2023

by Konstantinos Gkoumakis The arrival of spring is supposed to signal a renewal, a cleansing. Yet, for the Greeks who would wake up on the morning of the 1st of March it would be just another realisation of the rotten political reality in which they live. At 23:21 of February 28th, a head-on collision occurred…

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Europe’s anti-austerity, democratic struggle enters next phase

Posted on 21 December 2015

Last night, it became clear for everyone that another Southern European country has abandoned an old political system and entered a new era. Spain and Greece are societies where the crisis has been exceptionally brutal. Where young people have to a large extent lost their future perspectives. Where voters have lost faith in the capacity…

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ΟΧΙ to Bureaucracy

Posted on 13 July 2015

“This is not a Greek problem, this is a European problem,” Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said. “European problems require European solutions.” The context of this strong statement was from the European Parliament last Wednesday, when the PM referred to the referendum and its meaning. As we know, it was not a referendum on the Euro…

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The Holocaust: A Greek hindsight 70 years later

Posted on 27 January 2015

By Dimitrios Moschos, member of the Coordination Committee of Neoi Prasinoi (photo of the Holocaust Memorial in Greece) The Nazi savagery took a heavy toll from Greece during WWII. An estimated 5-10% of the country’s population was killed during the war, while the country’s Jewry had 77% of its members murdered in German concentration camps….

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2015 Elections in Greece

Posted on 15 January 2015

By Dimitrios Moschos and Evangelos Astyrakakis, members of the Coordination Committee of Neoi Prasinoi Can the radical left gain power in Greece? Can it sustain that power long enough to alter the paradigm applied in Greece? Why is this particular election of such great importance for Europe? Can the Greens play a part in it?…

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A Solution for Cyprus – Is it Possible with Annan Plan 5?

Posted on 16 May 2004

Since the 31st of March, when version 5 of Kofi Annan’s Plan (the Annan Plan) was given to representatives of the Greek and Turkish Cypriots in Lucerne, Switzerland, all Cypriots have been discussing this Plan. What is the viability of the solution? What will happen if there is a NO or a YES result from…

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Cyprus Alternative News

Posted on 12 May 2003

The authorities in northern Cyprus put yet another obstacle to the freedom of movement of the media by no longer recognizing the “press cards” that it has issued itself. Till the first days of May, the professional journalists could cross between the north and the south easily by showing their press cards. According to the…

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Speak up for Cyprus petition

Posted on 11 January 2003

The Mediterranean island of Cyprus has been split into a Greek Cypriot south and Turkish Cypriot north since Turkey’s invasion in 1974 following an abortive coup by Greek and Greek Cypriot supporters of union with Greece. Only Turkey recognizes the breakaway Turkish Cypriot state, keeping 40,000 troops on the island. Around 100,000 Turkish settlers moved…

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Cyprus overview

Posted on 11 January 2003

Cyprus, an island kept captive of its history, learns to look ahead of past grievances towards a common future between Greek and Turkish Cypriots After 28 years of separation Greek and Turkish Cypriots are hopeful that a “solution” will be found now for the divided island. Significant, historic changes are prompted by the fact that…

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