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The SYRIZA-Independent Greeks government offered a hell on earth to people who sought refuge in Greece in order to escape the ills of their own countries.

The narrative regarding a “clean exit” and a Greek success story due to the completion of the memorandum in August, was followed by the constant demands of creditors.

The images revealed by investigative reporting at the Moria refugee camp, on the island of Lesvos, are not only shameful. They are images of horror.

The government treats an issue such as pension cuts as if it concerns mainly its own political survival, rather than the lives of senior citizens.

Despite the mixed signals from creditors, which Tsakalotos recognised, he said that, “We have the fiscal space not to cut pensions [as of 1 January, 2019] and not lower the tax-free threshold [as of 1 January 2020].

The vileness of the defence minister’s actions against freedom of the press may dominate public debate, but at the same time there is an ongoing undeclared war within the ruling SYRIZA party. A series of guided articles, written by well-known mouthpieces of the government, have been critical of ministers – especially those whose portfolio is […]

The solution does not lie in the death of older pensioners, as the PM implied at the Thessaloniki International Fair, but rather with the creation of new jobs and lower unemployment rates.

The government persistently pledge handouts, which citizens know have no credibility, but which also harm the country and the economy due to the distrust they provoke in partners and investors

When the drums of handouts are beating, the markets are hardly dancing. Instead, they are reacting in a manner that can bring the Greek economy to the edge of the abyss

As those who are aware of the obligations of the government explain, there is no way not to implement the commitments enshrined in the post-bailout programme

The finance ministry has been feverishly threshing out various alternative scenarios, in order to persuade creditors that pension cuts are not necessary

Any increase of the minimum wage will be essentially symbolic in nature, rather than a true return of the minimum wage to decent levels

The agenda includes promises to civil servants, talk of a suspension of pension cuts, a hike in the minimum wage, and a distribution of part of the large primary surplus

The only way to deal with the markets successfully is to return to growth and gain the trust of the Greek people – trust as regards both investment and bank deposits

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The former Minister of Finance Yanis Varoufakis claimed that he threatened Greece’s European creditors with a departure from...