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The Polytechnic uprising, the diaspora, and the fight to restore democracy in Greece

Alexander Kitroeff, a professor of history with an expertise on the Greek diaspora experience, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss the Athens Polytechnic uprising of November 17th, 1973, against the military dictatorship, and look at the diaspora's key role in the broader story of restoring democracy to Greece.

Defections redrawing parliamentary map

In an unprecedented turn of events, Greece's Parliament finds itself in a state of profound instability, a scenario unseen in the post-war era. The political landscape, shaped by the 2023 elections, has been dramatically reshaped as six out of eight parliamentary parties face significant defections and expulsions.

Netanyahu: From which countries he can be arrested after the warrant from the International Criminal Court

 

Arrest warrants issued yesterday against Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu, former Defense Minister Yoav Galland and the head of the armed forces department of Hamas Mohammed Daif represent a historic development for the International Criminal Court, which has been struggling for 22 years to have its jurisdiction recognized and to gain enforcement powers.

Turkish FM raises minority issue

In a provocative address to the Turkish Parliament's budget committee, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan again raised the issue of Greece's Muslim minority, referring to the "Turkish minority in Western Thrace" and demanding Greece refrain from any provocations. 

A new party under Antonis Samaras?

It is a tactical and long-term strategic error for a former prime minister to create a new, inevitably small party simply because he wants to express the clarity of his views, and this not only concerns Antonis Samaras, who was recently expelled from the ruling conservatives for questioning the government's policies.

Aegean diplomacy meets domestic discord

At the end of the day, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis had no choice but to show former prime minister Antonis Samaras the door. The expulsion of a former head of government from a political party is unprecedented in Greece. Yet, the rift within New Democracy did not emerge out of thin air.

Ankara irked by European maritime map

Turkey has voiced sharp criticism of a European Commission map delineating potential maximum maritime zones for Greece, calling it an affront to its territorial claims in the Eastern Mediterranean.

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