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A leader from nowhere, but to where?
Stefanos Kasselakis was elected the new leader of Greece’s main opposition party, SYRIZA, on Friday. Based on 75 pct of the 133,700 votes counted on Sunday night, he gained roughly 57 pct of the vote, against around 43 pct for his rival Efi Achtsioglou, a former labour minister.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (387), Greece (498)
Our cruel summer
For decades, jumping onto a ferry at the last minute as it prepared to leave for one of the islands was almost a rite of passage in Greece. The lax safety procedures never bothered anyone. It was quaint to leap onto the loading ramp without being impeded by crush barriers, security checks or coast guard officers, but it was also convenient. But this view, commonly accepted for so many years, changed overnight.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Society (142), Greece (498)
Energy Without Russia: The Case of Greece
Greece’s reliance on natural gas as a “transition fuel” left the country highly exposed to Russian energy imports on the eve of the Ukraine war. The efficacy with which the economy adapted to the energy crisis proved to be a valuable learning experience.
Contributor: Georgia Nakou
Categories: Europe (282), Economy (331), Greece (498)
Podcast - Understanding Erdogan's foreign policy
The Agora takes a look at what is happening just across the Aegean from Greece, where Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is back for a third term and already prompting questions about whether he is shifting his foreign policy.
Contributor: Agora Podcast
Categories: Europe (282), Politics (387), Greece (498)
Podcast - Lost at sea: The Pylos shipwreck and its aftermath
On the night of June 14, a fishing boat called the Adriana, packed with hundreds of migrants who had paid traffickers to get them from Libya to Italy, sank in the deep waters of the Mediterranean, about 90 kilometers southwest of the town of Pylos in the Peloponnese.
Contributor: Agora Podcast
Categories: Europe (282), Politics (387), Society (142), Greece (498)