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My old Echo mate Gareth Jones took this image yesterday. This is the one that should be the enduring image of the parade and should be shared far and wide. Gareth is a magician 🙌🏻

Mitsotakis in his 6-year tenure has overseen the drop in Greeks' spending power to the bottom of the EU, only above Bulgaria #Greece

#Greece's gov tries to argue that corruption at the subsidy agency was endemic; however, it has trouble sustaining this line of defence as the European Public Prosecutor’s investigation that sparked the current political crisis is limited to the period of ND latest term in office

In TV interview, recently ousted OPEKEPE president, an ex-judge, played down the gov claims that the problems were a legacy issue. He said some issues may have existed before New Democracy came to power, the "organisation fell apart" in 2022 and 2023, when the IT system collapsed

I just watched a great compilation of various people's views about what is coming: x.com/Scr0nkf1nkle/s…

Property prices in #Greece at all time high, since Q1 2019 prices are up by ~65%, nominal wages have increased by roughly 25%

After aggressively pursuing the Golden Visa scheme and allowing unregulated Airbnb expansion in a property market facing serious supply issues as the debt crisis led to collapse in housing construction and property availability, the gov rushes to remedy the problem #Greece

Greeks are the most overburdened in EU with over 35% of disposable income going to housing expenses vs. 19% EU average. Rents up 11% YoY, electricity up 18%, and gas 11% in May based on latest CPI data #Greece

US intelligence has reached an assessment that Iran is not pursuing a nuclear weapon and even it did it is years away from obtaining one edition.cnn.com/2025/06/17/pol…

The cost of the US forever wars in Afghanistan and Iraq - Costs of war project watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/

Iran: Weeks away from having nuclear weapons since 1995

“We did not have any proof of a systematic effort to move into a nuclear weapon.” IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency ⚛️ Director General affirms his agency’s findings about Iran’s nuclear program.

Drones fired two missiles, followed shortly after by a shell from an Israeli tank positioned between 400 and 500m away from the crowd bbc.com/news/articles/…

Union report sums up grim state of Greek wages, policy shortcomings macropolis.gr/?i=portal.en.m… #Greece #economy

“There’s been, I think, too much certainty in the public discussion that this 30,000 lb bomb could actually eliminate Fordow,” cautions former Chair of the Joint Chiefs Mike Mullen. Nonetheless, “we are very, very close to a wider war breaking out,” he says.

Details of the investigation by European Prosecutor into the livestock farming subsidy scandal leaked to media since the case file was sent to Parliament paint a rather grim picture for the ruling party, pointing to an established system and network of fraudulent activity #Greece

Mitsotakis is running out of road in trying to maintain his image as a competent, trustworthy technocrat after a series of serious errors and failings. With his party in power for six years, not many voters will buy the argument that his government has not had enough time #Greece

OPEKEPE US edition

Podcast - Subsidise this: Fraud scandal delivers new blow to Greek PM Yiannis Mouzakis & Georgia Nakou join Nick Malkoutzis in The Agora to discuss potential political implications of EU probe into major farming aid swindle macropolis.gr/?i=portal.en.t… #Greece

They are shooting at people waiting for a bag of flour, drone strike at water pick up points, bomb refugees in tents