Politics

The growing frustration with politics felt by most Greeks will be expressed in the upcoming elections with an increase in abstention and a tendency to reject systemic parties and strengthen fringe formations - phenomena that will make it more difficult to govern, while also affecting the legitimacy of any government.

Greek political life has registered several achievements which could even be considered world records.

In a political culture where polarization reigns for no specific ideological reason, very often a political party's policies and personnel choices are determined by its rivals actions and personalities. In recent years, this has brought the extreme right to the center stage of politics.

The lawyer of Eva Kaili, the former European Parliament vice president accused of corruption who is to be released from custody and placed under house arrest, said that her fingerprints were never found on the bundles of money found in her residence by an investigator in the so-called Qatargate scandal.

The question remains, since there has been no convincing and honest answer: How is it possible that although members of Golden Dawn have been convicted on the first instance, the case is still under appeal? The murder of the rapper Pavlos Fyssas, which led to the authorities' crackdown on the neo-Nazi party and the charges against its leadership, occurred in 2013.

The recently released US Intelligence Community Annual Threat Assessment for 2023 is blunt in its warning: Nazis and other racist groups are now the "deadliest threat" facing the United States.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Saturday visited the Koukaki neighborhood at the foot of the Acropolis in Athens and spoke to citizens, defending his government's legacy and pledging to continue the progress made during his four-year term. 

A sample of just over 4,000 likely voters polled last month reveals a deep distrust of Greece's political institutions.

Parliament's Arms Committee has approved the activation of the mid-life upgrade (MLU) program for the Hellenic Navy's four MEKO frigates.

It was approved Friday by a committee majority with ruling New Democracy, PASOK and Greek Solution voting in favor, while the representative of SYRIZA, who was not present in the Parliament, expressed the party's positive view.

As "The Telegraph" recalls in its text, in the summer of 1934, Hitler ordered the assassination of the leaders of the SA, a Nazi private militia that had gotten out of control and threatened his power.