July 8 (UPI) --New Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis formally took power Monday, a day after he said the electoral victory shows there's a strong mandate for change in the Mediterranean nation. ...
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How the world sees Greece
Monday, July 8, 2019
New Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis takes power after Tsipras defeat
The Latest: Greece's Golden Dawn Says Will Seek Recount
The extreme right Golden Dawn party says it plans to request a nationwide ballot recount after it narrowly failed to reach the 3% threshold of votes required to enter parliament in Sunday's general ...
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Greece bond issue talk resurfaces in post-election glow
LONDON/ATHENS, July 8 (Reuters) - Greece's debt agency could take advantage of a post-election boost to issue new debt at record low borrowing costs in the coming weeks to repay an expensive ...
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The three mistakes behind Syriza’s demise in Greece
Alexis Tsipras and his party promised ‘hope is coming’, then refashioned his government as a rightwing force In January 2015, Alexis Tspiras stormed to power as a firebrand of the radical left. He vowed to wage war against the Greek oligarchy, stand up to the EU technocracy and strike fear into the hearts of investors around the world. “Greece leaves behind catastrophic austerity, it leaves behind fear and authoritarianism, it leaves behind five years of humiliation and anguish,” he proclaimed to a throng of supporters on election day in 2015. Related: Syriza betrayed its principles – and the Greek people. Its days are numbered | Alexander Kazamias Continue reading...
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Greek Voters Welcome Centrist Government, Reject Leftists, Amid Long Financial Crisis
Greeks elected a conservative party led by the scion of a powerful political dynasty in national elections on Sunday, a rejection of the country's left-wing government seen as being too slow in ...
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Opinion: GREEK government change amid beach holiday
"You don't want to ruin the people's beach holiday," Andreas Papandreou, a former socialist GREEK prime minister, once warned in the 1980s when his ...
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Former Greek Civil War, Junta Prison Island Ruled Archaeological Site
During the rule of the Colonels of Greece’s junta from 1967-74, political prisoners were often sent to the island of Makronissos in the northern Cyclades, […] The post Former Greek Civil War, Junta Prison Island Ruled Archaeological Site appeared first on The National Herald.
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