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Nick Malkoutzis

@nickmalkoutzis.bsky.social
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Co-founder of political and economic analysis website MacroPolis (www.macropolis.gr) & co-host of The Agora podcast (shows.acast.com/the-agora)

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Nick Malkoutzis @nickmalkoutzis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
My tribute to one of West Ham's greatest goalkeepers, a childhood hero, a football pioneer, an adopted son of the East End & to the memories created - and emotions invested - as we watched him from the stands
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Nick Malkoutzis @nickmalkoutzis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Piece for @agendapublica.es on Andy Burnham's speech at Labour conference - what was in it of note, the significant omissions & why it marks a possible turning point agendapublica.es/noticia/2151...
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Andy Burnham combina emoción y nuevas ideas para reactivar al Partido Laborista y al Reino Unido
El periodista Nick Malkoutzis analiza el giro político de Andy Burnham, que en su primer discurso ante el congreso laborista como primer ministro sostuvo que "el Brexit ha hecho más daño que bien" y p...
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Nick Malkoutzis @nickmalkoutzis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The latest ProMacro_Scope – our blend of analysis and exclusive polling – is out. It explains why Greece is macro-stable but socially strained. Data indicates foreign policy caution, fragile economic sentiment and entrenched institutional distrust as the general elections approach.
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Nick Malkoutzis @nickmalkoutzis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Dinos, again!
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Nick Malkoutzis @nickmalkoutzis.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Trailblazer, great goalkeeper, crowd favourite and thoroughly decent man. A full life, albeit too short. Ludo will be remembered and continue to be sung about by West Ham fans for many more decades to come. Oi, big boy! www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Ludek Miklosko obituary: West Ham goalkeeper whose fans still chant his name
Ludek Miklosko, who has died aged 64, was a cult figure with West Ham supporters after his move to London in 1990.
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Nektaria Stamouli @nstamouli.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
#Greece sabotages its own plans to reverse the brain drain of scientists Athens is trying to lure back researchers after an exodus during the financial crisis, but a major #EU-backed scheme has fallen apart. www.politico.eu/article/gree...
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Greece sabotages its own plans to reverse the brain drain of scientists
Athens is trying to lure back researchers after an exodus during the financial crisis, but a major EU-backed scheme has fallen apart.
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Nick Malkoutzis @nickmalkoutzis.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Has Greece really recovered from the crisis? @ebrd.bsky.social economists Peter Sanfey & Dimitris Sourvanos examined this in an excellent paper for the LSE's Hellenic Observatory. They joined me in The Agora to discuss what's been achieved & what's still to be done shows.acast.com/5ead72cc41f1...
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Has Greece really recovered from the crisis? | The Agora
EBRD economists explain what their paper has found about country's progress and lingering challenges
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The Delicious Legacy Podcast @deliciouslegacy.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Being lost at sea for ten years is a hungry business! So with Nolan's Odyssey out this Friday, I thought it was time to explore the food of The Odyssey and Homeric epics, as well as the real Bronze Age food! So, what did people eat? And what is philoxenia? open.spotify.com/episode/58pB...
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Odyssey: Food, Feasting and the meaning of 'Xenia'
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Nick Malkoutzis @nickmalkoutzis.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Greece enters most fluid political moment since peak crisis. In The Agora, with @yiannismouzakis.bsky.social & @georgianakou.bsky.social we examine how Tsipras’s new party, ELAS, altered balance of power - challenging ND, destabilising SYRIZA & forcing PASOK rethink shows.acast.com/5ead72cc41f1...
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Party time: Greek politics in flux ahead of next elections | The Agora
New entrants change dynamics as clear majority eludes Mitsotakis
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Nick Malkoutzis @nickmalkoutzis.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Are Greeks who left the country during the economic crisis actually returning or is it just a nice story we like to tell? I had a discussion with Dr Elli Siapkidou about what's happening & what factors could drive a "brain regain" shows.acast.com/5ead72cc41f1...
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Brain Drain or Brain Regain? Understanding Greece’s Talent Flows | The Agora
Are Greeks who left during the crisis returning home?
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Nick Malkoutzis @nickmalkoutzis.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Good riddance
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Nick Malkoutzis @nickmalkoutzis.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Still run like a circus
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Nektaria Stamouli @nstamouli.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Top EU prosecutor complains to Brussels about Greece amid farm fraud probe The Greek government earlier this week submitted an amendment to effectively block European prosecutors from probing lawmakers. www.politico.eu/article/eu-p...
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Top EU prosecutor complains to Brussels about Greece amid farm fraud probe
The Greek government earlier this week submitted an amendment to effectively block European prosecutors from probing lawmakers.
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Nick Malkoutzis @nickmalkoutzis.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
In this episode of The Agora, we break down how Iran conflict is affecting Greece’s economy & energy security. @yiannismouzakis.bsky.social assesses economic implications, @georgianakou.bsky.social explains how turbulence in energy markets could impact shows.acast.com/5ead72cc41f1...
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Shockwaves from the Gulf: What the Iran war means for Greece | The Agora
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Nick Malkoutzis @nickmalkoutzis.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Our Q4 data for Greece show a sharp rise in foreign policy scepticism, deepening electoral volatility & voters demanding moral clarity over charisma. ProMacro_Scope, produced in partnership with Prorata, breaks down what’s shifting, and why it matters for 2026
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Nick Malkoutzis @nickmalkoutzis.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
When previously unknown photos of 1944 Kaisariani executions appeared on eBay, they reopened a charged chapter of Greek 20th C history. Our episode with Prof Elias Dinas examines why the images matter now: from suppressed memory to politics of who tells story of past shows.acast.com/5ead72cc41f1...
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Kaisariani photos: Why Greece’s past is present | The Agora
Previously unseen WWII images spark questions about collective memory and political identity
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Nick Malkoutzis @nickmalkoutzis.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Foreign policy expert George Tzogopoulos explains why Greece is treading carefully on the international stage
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Nick Malkoutzis @nickmalkoutzis.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
On Carney's analysis of an illusory international framework www.macropolis.gr?i=portal.en....
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From nice story to pulped fiction: Carney delivers reality check on rules-based order
The speech delivered by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the World Economic Forum in Davos has rightly attracted significant attention. It offered the crisp, crystallised analysis of global orde...
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Nick Malkoutzis @nickmalkoutzis.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
A few brief observations on the light and shade in Greece's post-crisis recovery and rehabilitation, for @elpais.com elpais.com/economia/neg...
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Un exterior brillante, un núcleo frágil
Grecia está mejor que durante la depresión y la agitación de la crisis, pero no ha superado sus problemas crónicos
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Nick Malkoutzis @nickmalkoutzis.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Greece's 2026 budget has been approved in Parliament. What's in it & why does it matter? @yiannismouzakis.bsky.social has the answers shows.acast.com/5ead72cc41f1...
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Tax cuts and balancing acts: Greece’s 2026 budget | The Agora
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Nick Malkoutzis @nickmalkoutzis.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Warrior, hero, man of honour
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Georgia Nakou @georgianakou.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
We discuss the recent bonanza of energy deals and what they mean for Greece's national energy strategy
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Nick Malkoutzis @nickmalkoutzis.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
With Washington looking on, Greece announces first gas drilling plans in decades & will play key role in getting US LNG to Ukraine. Athens also reviving talks about electrical interconnector with Cyprus. @georgianakou.bsky.social explains what’s going on in The Agora shows.acast.com/5ead72cc41f1...
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Main character energy: Greece vies for leading fossil fuel role | The Agora
Deals for hydrocarbon drilling and LNG transfer mark turning point in Greek strategy
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Nick Malkoutzis @nickmalkoutzis.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
It's clearly in the public interest that West Ham stay up this season www.thetimes.com/article/813f...
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West Ham relegation from Premier League would cost taxpayers £2m
Struggling club’s annual rent of £4million to play at the London Stadium will be halved if they drop down to Championship, under the terms of 99-year lease
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The Delicious Legacy Podcast @deliciouslegacy.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Good morning! New episode is out! This isn't a happy one. Famine in WWII nazi occupied Greece was severe and loomed large in the nation's psyche for decades afterwards. We can hear my yiayia telling us some stories. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... #podcast #history #ww2 #greece #28october
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The Great Greek Famine of World War Two
Podcast Episode · The Delicious Legacy · 10/29/2025 · 25m
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The Delicious Legacy Podcast @deliciouslegacy.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Patreon exclusive Episode: Greece commemorates WW2 on 28th of October, the resistance against the Axis started with the "Ohi" against the Italian invasion. But paid a heavy price in terms of occupation from '41 onwards. This episode looks at the events then: www.patreon.com/posts/141963...
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Famine Food and Survival in WW2 Greece | The Delicious Legacy
Get more from The Delicious Legacy on Patreon
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Nick Malkoutzis @nickmalkoutzis.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Alexis Tsipras is primed for a return to front-line politics in Greece. Why is he considering a comeback & why the old formula won't work this time - some thoughts for @fesonline.bsky.social IPS Journal www.ips-journal.eu/topics/democ...
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Greek idol returns
After leaving Syriza, Alexis Tsipras is seeking a new political beginning
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 15/10/2025
Experimental, sensual and political, D’Angelo radically redrew the boundaries of soul music
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Experimental, sensual and political, D’Angelo radically redrew the boundaries of soul music
The late singer may have suffered from setbacks and only released three studio albums, but the range he displayed in this perfect catalogue was astonishing
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Nick Malkoutzis @nickmalkoutzis.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
15% Uncertainty: Greece, Europe and the tariff shockwave. On the latest episode of The Agora, we chat with economist Jens Bastian about how a headline tariff number translates into real costs for Greek businesses & what broader implications there are for global trade shows.acast.com/5ead72cc41f1...
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15% Uncertainty: Greece, Europe and the tariff shockwave | The Agora
How will EU's deal with Trump administration affect Greek economy?
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The Delicious Legacy Podcast @deliciouslegacy.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
With the magnificent @oliahercules.bsky.social of course! X
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Nektaria Stamouli @nstamouli.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
#Europe’s #climate #refugees: The #Greek communities wiped off the map Villages in #Thessaly, the country’s agricultural breadbasket lie half-abandoned two years after catastrophic floods. www.politico.eu/article/euro...
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Europe’s climate refugees: The Greek communities wiped off the map
Villages in the country’s agricultural breadbasket lie half-abandoned two years after catastrophic floods.
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Nick Malkoutzis @nickmalkoutzis.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
The new political season in Greece is underway with PM Mitsotakis offering tax cuts galore as he hopes to recover lost support among voters. @yiannismouzakis.bsky.social & @georgianakou.bsky.social ponder what kind of impact his interventions might have shows.acast.com/5ead72cc41f1...
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DETH and taxes: The only things certain in Greek politics | The Agora
PM Mitsotakis launches new political season with big tax cuts but will they work?
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Julian Hoffman @julianhoffman.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
I wrote about the Prespa lakes region in northern Greece for @theguardian.com today. At the crossroads of three countries and my home for the past quarter of a century, it's a place that continues to surprise me with its wild beauty and rich human cultures. www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
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Balkan bounty: the little-known corner of Greece now ripe for walkers and nature tourism
Mountains, butterflies, bears and pelicans are among the natural wonders in the stunning Prespa lakes region, which straddles three countries
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 05/08/2025
A wasteland of rubble, dust and graves: how Gaza looks from the sky
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A wasteland of rubble, dust and graves: how Gaza looks from the sky
The Guardian joins a Jordanian military airdrop for a rare chance to observe a landscape devastated by Israel’s offensive Seen from the air, Gaza looks like the ruins of an ancient civilisation, brought to light after centuries of darkness. A patchwork of concrete shapes and shattered walls, neighbourhoods scattered with craters, rubble and roads that lead nowhere. The remnants of cities wiped out. But here, there has been no natural disaster and no slow passage of time. Members of Jordan’s military stand among pallets of aid about to be dropped on Gaza. Continue reading...
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Nektaria Stamouli @nstamouli.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
#Greece’s farm fraud offers damning evidence that — after three bailouts and a financial crisis that lasted over a decade — the country still hasn’t cleared out the rot. www.politico.eu/article/gree...
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Greece’s Mitsotakis blocks probe into ministers over massive EU farm funds fraud
The prime minister is wielding his parliamentary majority to prevent a full-scale investigation into ministers suspected of wrongdoing.
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The Delicious Legacy Podcast @deliciouslegacy.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Angela's family story isn't unheard of, families uprooted once in '48, then again from Beirut, all the time hiding or being ashamed of their identities. Yet the episode offers hope, beauty and positive points, when we share food we sit and listen and understand others. Listen to the episode👇
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Nick Malkoutzis @nickmalkoutzis.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Any hopes of a calm summer in Greece have vanished. A political storm is brewing over a deepening scandal tied to the misuse of EU agricultural funds. @yiannismouzakis.bsky.social & @georgianakou.bsky.social joined me in The Agora to discuss the fallout shows.acast.com/5ead72cc41f1...
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Subsidise this: Fraud scandal delivers new blow to Greek PM | The Agora
Alleged misuse of EU farming aid triggers fresh upheaval for Mitsotakis administration
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Nektaria Stamouli @nstamouli.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Several officials at the top of Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ center-right government resigned on Friday after their names appeared in a file from the European prosecutor implicating them in a massive scheme to defraud the EU’s lavish farm budget www.politico.eu/article/gree...
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Greek farm scandal triggers top-level government resignations
European prosecutors accuse two former ministers of fraud with EU funds.
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Nektaria Stamouli @nstamouli.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Greeks have plenty of reasons to be angry with their political masters. But many feel they’ve nowhere to turn. www.politico.eu/article/gree...
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Greeks feel they have no one to vote for
With so many parties on the left and right fighting each other, the ruling New Democracy still leads the polls — despite being roundly disliked.
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Nektaria Stamouli @nstamouli.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
“EPPO will continue its work impartially to establish the truth, no matter the attacks & intimidation against prosecutors.The purpose of these attempts is to deviate attention from what is at stake:Was there organized agricultural subsidy fraud&corruption, yes or no?” www.politico.eu/article/euro...
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European prosecutor slams ‘attacks’ and ‘intimidation’ against Greek farm fraud probe
Staff at the Greek agency responsible for doling out agricultural funds obstructed EU prosecutors in a corruption probe.
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Nick Malkoutzis @nickmalkoutzis.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Trump's tariffs are causing concern in some countries about high-value exports, but Greece is worried about feta sales. Why is this cheese so precious to Greeks? Thomas Ntinas, host of @deliciouslegacy.bsky.social joined us in The Agora to discuss (& provide recipes) shows.acast.com/5ead72cc41f1...
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Fet-a-ccompli: Tariffs and Greece’s big cheese | The Agora
Why are Greeks so protective of feta?
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The Delicious Legacy Podcast @deliciouslegacy.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
I've made a guest appearance on The Agora podcast talking to @nickmalkoutzis.bsky.social about the no1 priority of every Greek: what else but Feta cheese! Listen here. shows.acast.com/5ead72cc41f1...?
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Fet-a-ccompli: Tariffs and Greece’s big cheese | The Agora
Why are Greeks so protective of feta?
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The Delicious Legacy Podcast @deliciouslegacy.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Did you listen to the latest archaeogastronomical adventure? Thirsty for some wine? Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/1114... #podcast #spotify #ancientfood #ancientwine #history #foodpodcast #historypodcast #ancientgreece
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Wine in Ancient Greece - Myths, Legends and History
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Vas Panagiotopoulos @vaspanagiotopoulos.com · 02/05/2025
⚠️ 🇬🇷Greece ranks 89th in @rsf.org’s 2025 World Press Freedom Index - coming last in EU for the 4th consecutive year - with impunity in the Karaivaz murder & wiretappings cases being a key factor. rsf.org/en/country/g...
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Nektaria Stamouli @nstamouli.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Greece’s opposition parties are demanding an investigation into the government’s ties to a politically connected communications company that they link to shadow financing and online propaganda for the ruling New Democracy party. www.politico.eu/article/fina...
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Financing scandal rocks Greece’s ruling party
Opposition parties demand probe into links between a PR company and the New Democracy party of PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
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Damian Mac Con Uladh @damomac.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
"The find has not been directly addressed by the country’s center-right government – a reminder that many Greeks still find it easier to walk past the country’s ghosts than confront them." www.ekathimerini.com/news/1268339...
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Discovered by chance, a mass grave revives memories of Greece’s brutal civil war | eKathimerini.com
It’s common to find ancient remains or objects in Greece. But hulking Yedi Kule castle was a prison where Communist sympathizers were tortured and executed during Greece’s 1946–1949 Civil War.
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Nick Malkoutzis @nickmalkoutzis.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Sounds like the start of a José Saramago novel
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Nektaria Stamouli @nstamouli.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
#Greece must face punishment over abuses against migrants, #Frontex Fundamental Rights Officer says, calls on Brussels to take action www.politico.eu/article/fron...
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Greece must face punishment over abuses against migrants, Frontex official says
Athens has 13 open cases into alleged human rights violations involving migrants, the single largest number of incidents across the bloc.
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Nick Malkoutzis @nickmalkoutzis.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Same old Chelsea, always cheating
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Nick Malkoutzis @nickmalkoutzis.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Two years since it happened, Greece's deadliest rail disaster is causing turmoil in the country's political scene. Why is it happening now & what could be the consequences? @yiannismouzakis.bsky.social & @georgianakou.bsky.social joined me in the The Agora to discuss shows.acast.com/5ead72cc41f1...
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Greek politics feels aftershock from Tempe train crash | The Agora
Two years on from Greece's deadliest rail accident, the government is coming under intense pressure
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