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Get Greece out of this dead end
Sadness, rage and hopelessness. These were the feelings of every sensible Greek last night, regardless of their political persuasions, as they watched the riots unfold in Athens and other towns and cities around the country. Greece has gone up in flames and the concept of democracy and law and order has been eliminated. |
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Bloody streets
November 1980. New Democracy in power. Mass demonstrations. Stamatina Kanellopoulou, aged 21, is bludgeoned to death by a policeman's baton. Cypriot student Iakovos Koumis, 26, is killed by a bullet. The promised «exhaustive investigation» and «exemplary punishment of the guilty parties» were nothing but empty words. The guilty parties were never found, and the country's security forces got the message that they enjoyed impunity. |
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EDITORIAL:AthensPlus |
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A false dilemma
The endless controversy over the efforts to legalize private colleges in Greece goes right to the heart of the failure of our politicians and society to adapt to the times. Taboos, prejudices, political grandstanding and fear of the political cost have all been employed to stymie efforts to deal with reality, keeping the colleges and their graduates in limbo for no reason other than an inability to deal with problems. |
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