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Athens

Public School Politics

How does a government entrusted to care for the entire citizenry instead channel every penny they can muster into upper class pockets? Tory Cabinet ministers don't sweat over getting caught because they and their toney cronies suffer no penalties beyond the spasms of bad press. Tory schemes to reform domestic welfare only resulted in a misnamed Universal scheme that shortchanged all its hard-pressed recipients, who are not the sort to vote Tory anyway. Meanwhile, the insider dispensing of 'contracts for the boys' is rampant, naked and unchecked

Crimson Code

In the context of the report, Greta Thunberg, the teenage climate activist, has called on the public and media to put "massive" pressure on governments to act.

Cauldron in Athens

More than 700 firefighters, including reinforcements from Cyprus, France and Israel, have been deployed to fight the blaze north of Athens, assisted by the army and water-bombing aircraft.

Verdict in Greece

The sheer scale of the new Prime Minister’s victory ~ his party has an absolute majority in Parliament ~ is expected to give him a free hand to pursue reforms that have been delayed or opposed by successive governments.