Politics

An excited crowd of 400 came to see Yanis Varoufakis in discussion with Dr. Helen Vatsikopoulos last Friday at the NSW Teacher’s Federation Conference Centre. The much-admired figure of leftist politics invariably draws large audiences, who want to witness his proclivity for explaining the origins and future directions of the political and economic forces that define our world. The most hope in Varoufakis and Vatsikopoulos’ discussion was found at the beginning of the evening, as Varoufakis discussed his recent book ‘Raise Your Soul’. The book is a deeply personal and political story of five women in his family who changed his life, spanning 100 years. These women found hope for themselves and their families through political resistance during some of the most transformative...

The Greek government says it is exploring ways to set up repatriation centers for irregular migrants outside the EU. Asylum Minister Thanos Plevris said that the government was hoping to join an initiative currently being explored by Germany to set up such facilities. However, German authorities have remained rather tightlipped about their plans. Speaking on Greek public broadcaster ERT, Migration and Asylum Minister Thanos Plevris announced on Wednesday that his country was hoping to enter a strategic partnership with Germany, to set up repatriation hubs outside of the EU in an unspecified African country."We are already in talks with safe African countries that could take in illegal migrants," Plevris said, adding that this plan was built on what he re...

The investigation uncovered a sprawling network of targets that effectively spanned the country’s power centers. Public Domain The emergence of an official registry detailing individuals and organizations targeted by the Predator spyware has provided a stark new perspective on Greece’s surveillance crisis. This revelation by the Vima newspaper follows a landmark decision by an Athens court, which handed down 126-year prison sentences to four individuals linked to the illegal software. The Hellenic Data Protection Authority (DPA) investigation uncovered a sprawling network of targets that effectively spanned the country’s power centers. The list includes: Government & Politics: High-ranking ministers, advisors to Prime Minister Mitsotakis, and lawmakers from both the ruling party and t...

The Greek government suffered a major blow due to the farm subsidies scandal that revealed widespread mismanagement of EU funds. Credir: Greek Reporter Credit: AMNA Greece’s government announced a cabinet reshuffle on Saturday, bringing several new ministers into key roles following a farm subsidies scandal. A hard-right figure will also run the migration policy of the country. The shake-up follows Friday’s dramatic political crisis in the ruling New Democracy party after the resignation of four senior officials, all caught up in a massive fraud investigation surrounding OPEKEPE. The OPEKEPE was Greece’s state body that handed out European agricultural subsidies. What started as questions about farm payments has become one of the worst political headaches Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mits...

BOSTON. With the intervention of the Greek government, Archbishop and Abbot Damianos of the Monastery of Sinai was transferred to Athens, in a preventive move to avoid worse developments. According to information obtained by The National Herald, there was the possibility that he would be arrested by the Egyptian police, as had already happened to an official of the Ambetios School in Cairo, who is accused of orchestrating the dispatch of thugs to the Monastery to expel the monks. According to the Athens News Agency (ANA-MPA), “At 7:15 a.m. on Friday, September 5, a special Aegean Airlines flight from Sharm El Sheikh landed at Athens International Airport ‘Eleftherios Venizelos,’ carrying a Greek delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Alexandra Papadopoulou and the Secretary General of t...

SA-BEST leader Connie Bonaros comment "Malaka" has become a trending topic. The Greek Australian politician used the term in a notable public statement. However, the moment quickly spread online. The Viral Exchange In a fiery moment that's lighting up social media, Connie Bonaros, a Greek Australian politician, has unleashed the classic Greek insult "malaka" on a colleague from the opposing party during a press conference. The exchange, captured in a viral clip circulating on social media, shows the politician amid rising tensions over policy or personal jabs blurting out the word, which roughly translates to "wanker" or "idiot" in its vulgar Australian-English equivalent, though in casual Greek it can mean "bro" among mates.   "That word is Malaka”: SA-BEST leader Connie B...

The Greek frigate Kimon is seen off the coast of Limassol, Cyprus, Sunday. [AP] French President Emmanuel Macron and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visit Cyprus on Monday to show solidarity with the European Union island nation, which was attacked by a drone last week, effectively drawing it into the ongoing crisis in the Middle East. Later on Monday, the two leaders will meet with Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides in Paphos, a coastal city in southwest Cyprus. The visit aims to ensure freedom of navigation and coordinate the safety and repatriation of European citizens in dangerous areas. After a drone attack targeting the British bases at RAF Akrotiri last Monday, Greece immediately took steps to contribute to the island’s defense. The Greek govern...

A few days after Politico shed light on the so-called “Team Truth” and its alleged role in a shadowy propaganda and funding network tied to Greece’s ruling New Democracy party, a fresh report from French daily Libération has added fuel to the fire.According to Libération, the Greek government faces “serious allegations of covert funding” involving a private company with close ties to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis‘ inner circle. The article refers to a “real labyrinth where the scent of dirty money lingers”—borrowing the phrase from the Greek news site in.gr—as it outlines what is shaping up to be a growing political and financial scandal.The French report notes that initial revelations emerged around Orthodox Easter in mid-April, a period during which the issue went largely unnoticed....

In a landmark decision on Tuesday, Greece’s highest election court expelled three lawmakers from parliament due to their ties to a jailed far-right figure convicted of leading a violent criminal organisation. The expelled lawmakers, all elected under the far-right Spartans party in the June 2023 elections, were found to be acting under the influence of Ilias Kasidiaris, a former senior member of the neo-Nazi-inspired Golden Dawn party. Kasidiaris is currently serving a 13-year prison sentence for orchestrating attacks against migrants and political rivals, as part of his leadership in what the court ruled was a criminal organisation. The ruling, which cannot be appealed, was welcomed by Greece’s center-right government. It reduces the number of MPs in the 300-seat Hellenic Parliament to 29...

Greece’s supreme court has ordered a probe into a bombshell report that more than 30 politicians, journalists and businessmen were targeted by state surveillance, a justice source said Sunday (6 November). The editor of leftist weekly Documento which broke the story, Kostas Vaxevanis, has said he will testify on Monday. The weekly on Saturday said the list of targets included former premier Antonis Samaras, current members of the cabinet and shipping magnate Vangelis Marinakis, owner of Olympiakos and Nottingham Forest football clubs. Spyware known as Predator was used illegally in collaboration with technology employed by Greece’s state intelligence agency EYP, the newspaper added. Influential members of the conservative New Democracy party, potential rivals in any future leadership chall...