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Karamanlis: The Leader Who Dominated Post-World War II Greece

Karamanlis, who passed away on April 23, 1998 at the age of 91, was the man chosen to pull Greece out of 7 years of a dictatorship in 1974.

Greek President Sakellaropoulou Commemorates Struggle Against Junta

President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou attended an event held on Friday for the heroes of the anti-dictatorship struggle, which was held in the former detention centres of a Greek military police interrogation unit that operated during the...

Tsipras, Mitsotakis Interviewed in NYT Democracy Challenges Tribute

Prime minister Alexis Tsipras and main opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis were both interviewed in a New York Times special tribute focusing on the challenges to democracy and, unsurprisingly, had opposite things to say about Greek politics. The prime minister stressed...

Pew Research: Greeks Overwhelmingly Unhappy with Their Democracy

A staggering 79% of the Greek public say that they are unhappy with the way the democratic system works in Greece, according to the "Global Attitudes & Trends" survey by the Pew Research Center. Public attitudes about the political system...

Tsipras: A New Constitution will be a Milestone for Greece

"The 24th of July is a milestone for democracy," Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in his message for the 42nd anniversary of the post-Junta period and called on all political and social forces to engage in a board, open,...

Greece is Europe's Biggest Democracy Backslider, Study Says

  Greek democracy is in retreat, a new European study has found while warning that the crisis-hit country has declined across the rule of law, control of corruption and political stability. The Demos survey, which was published under the title "Backsliders:...

Aristotle Onassis Knew that Greeks Were Not Ready for Democracy

Aristotle Onassis, the shipping colossus of Greek descent, could not be absent from his homeland's political and financial developments. In the early 1970s, he commented on Greek Democracy in a small dinner party at Mrs Jacqueline Onassis' Fifth Avenue apartment...