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  • Wednesday, 14 October, 2020
    Golden Dawn
    Greece’s Golden Dawn leaders sentenced to 13 years in jail

    Neo-Nazi party heads ran criminal organisation responsible for murder and attacks on migrants on trade unionists

  • Friday, 9 October, 2020
    Convictions force sun to set on Golden Dawn

    Jail terms likely for leaders of far-right party that was third-largest group in Greek parliament in 2015

  • Wednesday, 22 January, 2020
    Top judge to become Greece’s first female president

    Head of state council Katerina Sakellaropoulou secures overwhelming backing of MPs

  • Wednesday, 8 January, 2020
    News in-depthThe Big Read
    Greek economy: will reality collide with fresh optimism?

    The new government has set confident growth targets, but they depend on high levels of foreign investment

  • Friday, 25 October, 2019
    Greece approves economic reforms aimed at spurring investment

    PM Mitsotakis wants to double growth rate by 2023 as part of recovery from crisis

  • Monday, 14 October, 2019
    ReviewBooks
    The Last Bluff, by Viktoria Dendrinou and Eleni Varvitsioti

    A harrowingly detailed tale of incompetence and intransigence in the Greek debt crisis

  • Thursday, 19 September, 2019
    Tony Barber
    Reasons for moderate optimism about Greece

    The political system has proved resilient but the pace of reform must not slacken

  • Wednesday, 7 August, 2019
    Mitsotakis faces first test as Greece’s leader

    Prime minister seeks to evict Tsipras appointee as competition regulator

  • Wednesday, 10 July, 2019
    News in Focus podcast10 min listen
    Can Greece become an economic success story?

    Greece’s centre-right New Democracy party has returned to power after defeating the …

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  • Tuesday, 9 July, 2019
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    Mitsotakis faces big hurdles to reform Greece

    New Democracy must modernise the economy around fiscal targets    

  • Tuesday, 9 July, 2019
    Greek economy
    Greece’s new finance minister warns of economic ‘bombs’

    Christos Staikouras highlights problems at energy group and post office

  • Monday, 8 July, 2019
    News in-depth
    New Greek government vows to get economy moving

    Mitsotakis faces tests within his New Democracy party and in talks with EU partners

  • Monday, 8 July, 2019
    1 min
    Kyriakos Mitsotakis sworn in as Greek prime minister

    Centre-right party back in power after sweeping general election win

  • Monday, 8 July, 2019
    Mitsotakis sworn in as Greece’s new prime minister

    Centre-right restored to power with sweeping snap election victory

  • Monday, 8 July, 2019
    FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
    Deutsche overhaul, Iran limits, Greece election

    Iran says it will breach the curbs set on uranium enrichment levels

  • Sunday, 7 July, 2019
    Instant InsightBen Hall
    Mitsotakis faces long road to complete Greek revival

    Tsipras is gone but Athens governments of any stripe must earn the eurozone’s trust

  • Sunday, 7 July, 2019
    New Democracy eyes majority as Greeks begin voting

    Opinion polls put Syriza 8-10 percentage points behind centre-right party

  • Saturday, 6 July, 2019
    Wildfires
    People’s anger over 2018 wildfires weighs on Greek polls

    Residents complain about government response during the disaster and slow pace of recovery

  • Wednesday, 3 July, 2019
    Tsipras places hopes in rising Greek cabinet star

    Effie Achtsioglou spearheads Syriza campaign but admits to doubts over life in politics

  • Wednesday, 26 June, 2019
    Mitsotakis buoyed by Greeks’ desire for change

    Opposition leader favoured to oust Tsipras as prime minister in July 7 election

  • Monday, 24 June, 2019
    Markets InsightGreek economy
    Elections in Greece pose big risks for investors

    Victory for New Democracy, the main centre-right party, could reignite volatility

  • Wednesday, 12 June, 2019
    Greece
    Middle-class Greeks grow tired of Tsipras

    Prime minister trails in polls as tax increases overshadow modest recovery

  • Monday, 10 June, 2019
    Greece
    Greece to hold snap elections after Syriza’s EU defeat

    Vote to be held on July 7 after Tsipras tenders resignation

  • Monday, 27 May, 2019
    Tsipras pitches Greece into early general election

    Ruling Syriza lost heavily to opposition New Democracy despite recent fiscal handouts

  • Monday, 20 May, 2019
    Tony Barber
    Opinion: Renaming of North Macedonia a rare Balkan success

    Accord over Former Yugoslav Republic highlights crucial role of Greece in region’s stability

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