Agora

In ancient Athens, the agora was the central location where citizens gathered to hear news, discuss and, later, trade. The agora was the heart of the city’s political, cultural and spiritual life and it gave birth to the Greek word for speaking in public: ἀγορεύω (agorevo). It is this spirit we hope to channel in this section of the website.

Here, the Agora is a public forum for discussing events that are unfolding in Greece and beyond. Contributors to Macropolis, as well as guest posters, share their views on political, economic and other matters, while also offering readers the opportunity to express their opinions. As always, those who fail to respect the sanctity of this forum will not be allowed to share in its benefits.

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The diversions of the past

In a week that Greece marked the 49th anniversary of a group of colonels seizing power and embarking on a destructive and divisive seven-year reign of terror and backwardness, one would have thought the responsibility rests with the country’s current leaders (who were not even born then) to show that Greeks are capable of leaving the disunion of the past behind them.

28/04/2016 - 12:34

Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis

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Categories: Politics (171), Greece (260)

What next for Tsipras the shapeshifter?

In the shapeshifting world of Alexis Tsipras, it is difficult to know where things actually stand. His relatively brief time in power is littered with skins that have been shed and vows that have been broken.

13/04/2016 - 13:01

Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis

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Categories: Europe (119), Politics (171), Economy (169), Greece (260)

The men who would be prime ministers

There has been much consternation in Greece over the last few years about the economy’s inability to grow and produce sectors that can flourish. The country’s politicians have come up with a unique way of tackling this problem by creating a growth industry of their own: founding new political parties.

07/04/2016 - 22:53

Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis

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Categories: Politics (171), Greece (260)

A misstep away from absurdity

Greece’s Migration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas could find himself out of a job or demoted soonbecause he slipped up in an interview. That his position is in peril for a verbal faux pas when others are going about their jobs unperturbed despite helping running the country into the ground is a pretty succinct statement on the interminable absurdity of Greek politics

23/03/2016 - 12:04

Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis

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Categories: Politics (171), Greece (260)

EU-Turkey refugee plan: One for one and none for all

European Union leaders and Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu are due to meet again in Brussels this week (March 17–18) to finalise an agreement on the resettlement of refugees. Europe appears ready to come together and hold its nose to get the deal done but there is still the potential it could fail, leaving Greece alone and holding its head.

15/03/2016 - 11:27

Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis

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Categories: Europe (119), Politics (171), Greece (260)

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