Tassos Symeonides
(RIEAS Academic Advisor)
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It is obvious that Mr. Samaras has set aside all that he was saying during his election campaign and continues on the path blazed by Papandreou, Papademos, et.al.: more crippling, blind austerity without the slightest relief for a moribund society.
John M. Nomikos
(RIEAS Director)
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During the first decade of the 21st century, as long as national and international security is concerned, terrorism remains a major issue. The events of September 11th 2001 in the USA, March 11th 2004 in Madrid, July 7th 2005 in London and most recently July 18th 2012 in Burgas, Bulgaria, indicate, or actually prove, that the distribution and analysis of information by those who are competent to eliminate international terrorism is inefficient.
Tassos Symeonides
(RIEAS Academic Advisor)
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One thing that was plainly clear since the beginning of the political-economic crisis that continues to consume Greece and her people was this: Such is the burden of the Greek sovereign debt that few, if any, countries, and certainly not Greece, could actually hope to muster enough resources to re-pay if not all at least an appreciable part of the loans.
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Though other parts of the continent are improving, Greece actually is worse up close than it appears from the outside, investor Wilbur Ross told CBNC.
Tassos Symeonides
(RIEAS Academic Advisor)
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The Samaras administration has taken one step that should have been taken a long time ago. The Ministry of Citizen’s Protection has finally ordered the police to begin breaking up the Athens downtown illegal immigrant ghetto, which in recent years has become the fertile ground of burgeoning crime, prostitution, drug trafficking, and protection rackets.
Tassos Symeonides
(RIEAS Academic Advisor)
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"Failed state" is a relatively recent concept that has gained popularity among Western governments and researchers in recent years, especially in describing Third World countries, but its validity has not gone without challenge.