Ruling conservative party New Democracy keeps flying low in public opinion preference, while main opposition SYRIZA occupies a place after socialist PASOK that comes second, the latest poll conducted by MRB has shown.. However, Greeks’ disapproval of ND policies does not bring wins for the big opposition parties but rather …
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Station master arrested: A scapegoat for Greece’s chronic problems?
Authorities in Greece arrested the station master in Larissa on Wednesday afternoon for the deadly train crash that costed the lives of at least 45 mostly young people and had dozens injured. According to the Larissa traffic police department that is conducting the investigation, the arrest order has been signed …
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Supreme Court prosecutor’s threats on wiretapping triggers outcry in legal community
The prosecutor of the Supreme Court Isidoros Dogiakos, threatens the members of the independent Authority for Communication Security and Privacy (ADAE) with prison sentences if they continue the checks on mobile phone providers for the surveillance. Independent Authority for Communication Security and Privacy (ADAE) no longer has the authority to …
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Lost in hypocrisy: Greece’s lenders celebrate end of bailout programs
A historic day. The end of bailout program. The begin an new era. Lenders celebrate the “great news.”The Greek government cheers. Greece ‘s creditors and and the country’s government congratulate each other. Internationale media are in euphoria. A success story with happy end. You did it! Congratulations to Greece and its …
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“Syriza is undermining democracy in Greece,” writes ex PM Samaras in FT
“Syriza is undermining democracy is Greece,” and the “Tsipras government has mounted an attack on the rule of law,” writes former prime minister Antonis Samaras from conservative New Democracy. In an opinion article posted on Financial Times, the prime minister who closed state broadcaster ERT overnight in June 2013is unfolding …
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Berlin’s “Only Greeks are tax-evaders” exposed: German companies in tax havens
The Paradise Papers revealed several big German companies and at least 1,000 German private clients incl. an ex Chancellor, parked their money in tax havens. Siemens, Sixt, Bayer are among the companies listed in the leaked documents. Just when everybody was convinced by the year-long campaign of Berlin that only …
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German MP Troost: Schaeuble is not the Prime Minister of Greece
Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble is not the Prime Minister of Greece and he has to accept this. Greek people must be able to take their destiny in their own hands through their parliament and government. This is what German MP Axel Troost (DIE LINKE) wrote in a press release ahead …
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ANALYSIS Experiment Greece: Operation successful, but the patient died…
“Greece’s latest cuts extend austerity to decade mark,” Associated Press wrote this morning with reference to the new austerity package bringing measures worth 4.9 billion euros for 2018-2021. Just a decade? The country is been restructured and rescued, while parts of the society cannot afford a descent living. The upcoming …
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The Greece Blame Game Revisited
Greeks have seen this film of “Greece Blame Game” a thousand times since 2010. At first, it was the Euro crisis, now it is the Refugees. For the European “partners” economically weak Greece is the easy target that can be blamed everything, for all problems of the European Union. EU’s …
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KTG-report: “Finally, Tsipras did something!” Yet, not all Greeks think, Referendum is the right decision
“Finally, he did something! I don’t know if it is good or bad, I cannot think of the consequences right now, but Tsipras finally did something,” Nikos tells me Saturday afternoon, a couple of hours after Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced a Referendum on creditors’ proposals. I asked around …
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Baltakos-Gate stirs Greece’s political world, as the PM suffers from strong headaches
“I decided to play a specific role for the good of the party and Greece, we could not leave 500,000 Greeks trapped in Golden Dawn and do nothing. Somebody had to maintain contacts with them. I was telling them what they wanted to hear.” With these words former cabinet secretary …
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Op-ed on Pavlos Fyssas murder: dangerous political game that backfired and got out of control
Αll signs show that it was a cold-blooded murder. Eye witnesses speak of a car that drove the one-way street the opposite direction, that assailant came out of the car and stabbed the victim twice. 34-year-old anti-fascist and rapper Pavlos Fyssas died short after the stabbing in the hospital. 45-year-old …
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ERT shutdown: Greeks say “This is junta!”
“This is junta!” Giorgos’ comment is very clear when I ask him what does he think of ERT’s shutdown. “An overnight decision that brings totally upside down. That’s the very point: the citizen does not know what will happen to him, from one day to the next.” Giorgos, 30, is …
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WSJ: a glorifying win-win portrait for Greek PM Antonis Samaras
There are moments in my life when the only comment that comes in my mind is “whatever…”. That’s what I also thought when I read this article at Wall Street Journal. Researcher and historian Stan Draenos glorifyies Greek prime minister Antonis Samaras with striking argumentation like “determination, effective governance and …
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Huffington Post: Bill Frezza “How Long Until Junta?”
How long does it take until Greek society explodes under the heavy load of austerity measures? “How long will these proud people put up with such degradation?” asks himself Bill Frezza, a Greek-American whose columns appear in Forbes and The Huffington Post. Frezza’s article appears in KTG with the author’s …
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Society Boils but Politicians Won’t Listen: A Swan Song for Greece?
Is this a swan song we’ve been listening here? A song sung by a corrupt political system and a society in despair? No, it’s not. Because the swan song is supposed to be beautiful even though the last one before death. But what we’re experiencin ghere is ungly. And I wouldn’t know …
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Troika Inspection of Greece Starts on the Anniversary of “Democracy Restoration”
Somebody must have had a promiscuous sense of humour to send the Greece’s lenders, the so-called “Troika”, to Athens today. On the 38th Anniversary of the “Restoration of Democracy” that marks the end of the military dictatorship in Greece, on 24th July 1974. Who arranged this arrival on such day? Christine Lagarde? Jose …
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Guest Post: “The Villains, the Benefactors and the Greeks”
KTG received this guest post by a young Greek woman living in the UK. Evi Marami, 30, an education psychologist, felt the need to write right from the heart her thoughts about the results of June 17 elections and the disturbed relations between the Greeks and their lenders. Cartoon about Greeks’ election dilemma The …
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When Greek Voters Hold the World Destiny in their Hands, the Dilemma is: Doomsday-Salvation, Left-Right, Drachma-Euro
Athens. Friday, June 15, 2012. Six o’ clock in the afternoon. Two days before the elections. I am sitting in front of my pc. The sun is shining with full power on the walls of my office. A fan fights to get me a breath. The cat insists on laying on my …
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Max Keiser: Papandreou is the Greek “Ceauşescu”
Somebody is really mad about what happened in Athens on Wednesday and the unprecedented use of tears gas even expired one (see picture below). Interesting is the fact that he is not even Greek. He is Max Keiser, the famous American broadcaster, film-maker, and former equities broker and host of “Keiser …
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