Greek riot police officers stand guard as demonstrators march during a protest marking the 51th anniversary for the 1973 Athens Polytechnic student uprising against the military junta, in Athens, Greece, on 17 November 2024. [Fotis Karambetsos/EPA] Τhis year Greece celebrates half a century of a well-functioning democracy following the collapse of the junta in July …
In 2016 European leaders treated Trump’s win as an aberration, something to ride out. Eight years later, European leaders are now trying to gauge what a second Trump presidency will mean for the continent. While Jean Monnet famously said “Europe will be forged in crisis,” the political turmoil in Germany and France, Europe’s two largest …
A cemetery for Russian soldiers who have died in the war with Ukraine in Ulan-Ude, Russia, May 30, 2023. Concrete information about Russian casualties is sparse, but some journalists and researchers have found innovative ways to count them, and British and Ukrainian military officials, as well as BBC researchers, claim that Russia suffered its highest …
Judicial authorities have reportedly filed criminal charges against the president and four senior officials of Olympiakos soccer club in connection with a major case involving 167 defendants accused of being part of a criminal organization in Greek soccer. The activities of this organization have also been linked to the death of a police officer late …
New Democracy’s ethics committee has unanimously approved Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ decision to expel former prime minister and lawmaker Antonis Samaras from the ruling party’s parliamentary group. According to reports, no objections were raised during the brief session on Tuesday. The decision is set to be formally submitted to the speaker of Parliament on Wednesday. …
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Greece’s major labor unions are set to stage a general strike on Wednesday, protesting the rising cost of living and demanding better wages and collective agreements. The strike, organized by the civil servants’ union ADEDY and private-sector union GSEE, which collectively represent over two million workers, will bring public transportation to a standstill. Rallies are …
For the first time, Asia Minor studies will have a focused presence in Greek higher education with a new endowed chair at the University of Macedonia’s Department of Balkan, Slavic and Oriental Studies. The chair focusing on Asia Minor – Anatolia in modern Turkey – aims to bridge Balkan and Middle Eastern research. According to …
While Parliament is a hotbed of contention and tension, Greece’s main political parties agree on the core principles of democratization, Europeanization and modernization, the writer argues. [AMNA] This is politics in Greece in the fall of 2024, half a century after the restoration of democracy: intense and constant fighting between the opposition and the government …
[Giorgos Zachos/InΤime News] Greece is set to implement stricter regulations for light personal electric vehicles (LPEVs) as part of a new traffic code being pushed by Deputy Transport Minister Vassilis Oikonomou. With scooter use rising in cities, the regulations aim to ensure safer integration of micro-mobility vehicles, such as scooters, alongside pedestrians and cyclists. New …