Dictatorship

"Democracy is always unfinished business. It is not a recipe for Paradise on Earth," John Keane, the renowned professor of political science at the University of Sydney, tells Kathimerini.

The past year showed that the future of humanity is in the hands of the voters of democratic countries. This year will show which way we are headed. We know how autocratic regimes behave and what their aims are. The great challenges of our time demand virtues that only the voters of free nations can appreciate and choose.

As a millennial, I learned about the Athens Polytechnic Uprising in a rather quiet manner, through books and from two or three trusted people who were there. I read poems about it and listened to songs; I went to events that had an emotional impact.

LGBT groups are readying to resist the pressures and bans of Erdogan's government - but the autocratic President looks determined to crack down even harder on a vulnerable segment of society.

The convoy has been blocking the city for more than three weeks.
The law on emergency situations was adopted in the parliament with 185 votes for compared to 151 votes opposing the law, and the minority liberal government received the support of the left-wing New Democrats.

Regulations including the extension of some state of emergency measures were approved in the Turkish Parliament early on July 18.

An omnibus bill that included regulations on the economy was passed in the General Assembly of the parliament and became law.

“Macron, no to the health dictatorship”, some were shouting

There is no control over assessment of what is emergent and to what extent, lawyer says

The National Emergency Management Committee (CNSU) proposes the extension of the alert state by 30 days from August 16, and a government decision in that respect will be submitted for approval to a government sitting, Head of the Emergency Management Department Raed Arafat said on Friday.

The government is about to approve the extension of the state of alert by 30 days nationwide under a decision of the National Committee on Emergency Situations (CNSU), Prime Minister Ludovic Orban announced on Tuesday at the beginning of a government meeting.