Syriza’s victory has electrified the left in Europe – even moderate social democrats who have floundered in search of ideas and inspiration since the 2008 crisis. Now there is talk everywhere of “doing a Syriza” – and in Spain,
Greece.- A turn toward responsibility
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ekathimerini 29.01.2015
By Alexis Papachelas
Whatever is meant to happen with regard to the new government’s negotiations with the country’s partners and creditors will happen swiftly as political correctness and established diplomatic courtesy is currently running out on both sides. No one should nurture any illusions. Anyone who does so will not differ from politicians meeting with Andreas Papandreou in the 1980s, when the PASOK founder managed to appease them with his well-known mantra “I can understand exactly what you’re saying,” before firing them as soon as they were out of the door.
Acting as messengers now will be the usual suspects: French President Francois Hollande and European Parliament President Martin Schulz, among others, based on the logic that a
Grecia.-Once nombres para un cambio histórico
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El primer ministro griego, Alexis Tsipras, ha reducido a diez las carteras de la veintena existente en anteriores gabinetes. Yanis Dragasakis será el viceprimer ministro
Tsipras diseña un nuevo Gobierno griego con fuerte acento económico
El País Madrid 27 ENE 2015 - 23:25 CET
Yanis Dragasakis, viceprimer ministro del nuevo Gobierno griego. / ARIS MESSINIS (AFP)
Yanis Dragasakis | Vicepresidente del Gobierno
Este economista asume la vicepresidencia económica del Gobierno y será el encargado de negociar con la troika de acreedores (Comisión Europea, Banco Central Europeo y Fondo Monetario Internacional). Es el único miembro del gabinetecon experiencia gubernamental y uno de los autores del programa económico de la coalición izquierdista Syriza. Dragasakis (Creta, 1947) desde el colegio fue activo en el
Debt crisis: Greek shipowners face being levied for first time in crucial austerity bill
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Greek shipowners are set to be levied for the first time as part of the latest make-or-break austerity Bill narrowly passed by politicians in Athens on Wednesday night.
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Their mantra was 'Hope begins today': the inside story of Syriza’s rise to power
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The Guardian 29.01-2015
Ten years ago, Syriza scraped just 4% of the vote in Greek elections. This week, the leftwing party took control under the charismatic leadership of Alexis Tsipras. How did it do it? For 22 days, Paul Mason followed the party’s campaign trail and saw an anti-austerity message delivered with youthful plausibility win over a nation
The leader of Syriza, Alexis Tsipras, waves to supporters at a rally in Athens, 22 January 2015. Photograph: Reuters
The Greek economy continues to suffer, but the country's shipowners are spending as though there were no crisis
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The Greek economy continues to suffer, but the country's shipowners are spending as though there were no crisis. Once popular, Greece's shipping companies are now widely reviled.
There was a time when Greece's shipowners adorned the covers of gossip magazines and ran football clubs, secure in the affection of millions of fans. But these days, men like Theodoros Veniamis, one of the richest shippers in the country, need personal protection. Many don't leave home without it.
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On the list of Greeks hated by their countrymen, shipowners have almost reached the top; only politicians are more reviled. They are threatened by radical leftist groups and even physically attacked. There have also been attempted kidnappings. In at least one case, a family of a