Greece

Kostas Vaxevanis (L) being escorted to the public prosecutor in Athens

Kostas Vaxevanis: "The only way for the Greek people to know about their own country is through the foreign press"

By Daniel Trilling - 22 April 9:04

The Greek journalist, who was instrumental in the publication of the "Lagarde list" of major tax evaders in October 2012, talks to the NS's Daniel Trilling.

A migrant worker at Manolada's strawberry fields, photographed in 2008.

Greece's modern slavery: lessons from Manolada

By Yiannis Baboulias - 19 April 11:43

A shooting in a small agricultural town in the Peloponese demonstrates the stark dangers of the anti-immigration rhetoric gaining ground in Greece.

Alexis Tsipras casts his ballot in Greece's general election of June 2012.

Alexis Tsipras of Syriza: be daring, Ed Miliband

By Yiannis Baboulias and Daniel Trilling - 18 March 9:22

Greece's opposition leader on meeting with Labour officials, and his views on the "self-destructive" Cyprus bailout.

Ilias Kasidiaris (centre) leaves court in Athens on 4 March. (Photo: Getty.)

"We are powerful and we will soon be dominant": Golden Dawn's intimidation in the courtroom

By Yiannis Baboulias - 12 March 18:52

How can Greeks ever be sure of justice for neo-Nazi crimes?

Osborne's anti-green agenda is strangling growth

By Michael Jacobs - 12 March 17:48

The government's refusal to commit to a decarbonisation target is preventing the creation of tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs.

Greek pensioners demonstrate outside the Labour Ministry in Athens

Greek government makes extraordinary and undemocratic attacks on free speech

By Yiannis Baboulias - 27 February 14:50

While no one is looking, the Greek government goes on a rampage.

Members of the Greek ultra-nationalist Golden Dawn party wave Greek flags

Selective zero-tolerance: is Greece really a democracy anymore?

By Yiannis Baboulias - 05 February 10:04

The abuse suffered by four young anarchists, arrested for a bank robbery, at the hands of the police proves it’s time to call Greece’s coalition government what it is – a far-right authoritarian group.

Food and clothes are distributed in Athens. Photo: Getty

A manifesto for the New Year: forget labels, and fix the problems

By Alex Andreou - 31 December 15:51

Alex Andreou's message for 2013.

A woman places a carnation on the smashed iron gate of the Athens Polytechnic

A warning from Athens

By Daniel Trilling - 12 December 7:25

In Greece, the far right has taken advantage of public anxiety caused by hyper-austerity, stoking xenophobia and violence. But the country’s experience is by no means unique.