Nick Malkoutzis
@nickmalkoutzis.bsky.social
Co-founder of political and economic analysis website MacroPolis (www.macropolis.gr) & co-host of The Agora podcast (https://shows.acast.com/the-agora)
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We discuss the recent bonanza of energy deals and what they mean for Greece's national energy strategy
With Washington looking on, Greece announces first gas drilling plans in decades & will play key role in getting US LNG to Ukraine. Athens also reviving talks about electrical interconnector with Cyprus. @georgianakou.bsky.social explains what’s going on in The Agora
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Main character energy: Greece vies for leading fossil fuel role | The Agora
Deals for hydrocarbon drilling and LNG transfer mark turning point in Greek strategy
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November 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
We discuss the recent bonanza of energy deals and what they mean for Greece's national energy strategy
With Washington looking on, Greece announces first gas drilling plans in decades & will play key role in getting US LNG to Ukraine. Athens also reviving talks about electrical interconnector with Cyprus. @georgianakou.bsky.social explains what’s going on in The Agora
shows.acast.com/5ead72cc41f1...
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Main character energy: Greece vies for leading fossil fuel role | The Agora
Deals for hydrocarbon drilling and LNG transfer mark turning point in Greek strategy
shows.acast.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:43 PM
With Washington looking on, Greece announces first gas drilling plans in decades & will play key role in getting US LNG to Ukraine. Athens also reviving talks about electrical interconnector with Cyprus. @georgianakou.bsky.social explains what’s going on in The Agora
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It's clearly in the public interest that West Ham stay up this season
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West Ham relegation from Premier League would cost taxpayers £2m
Struggling club’s annual rent of £4million to play at the London Stadium will be halved if they drop down to Championship, under the terms of 99-year lease
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October 31, 2025 at 10:41 AM
It's clearly in the public interest that West Ham stay up this season
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Good morning! New episode is out!
This isn't a happy one.
Famine in WWII nazi occupied Greece was severe and loomed large in the nation's psyche for decades afterwards.
We can hear my yiayia telling us some stories.
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#podcast #history #ww2 #greece #28october
This isn't a happy one.
Famine in WWII nazi occupied Greece was severe and loomed large in the nation's psyche for decades afterwards.
We can hear my yiayia telling us some stories.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
#podcast #history #ww2 #greece #28october
The Great Greek Famine of World War Two
Podcast Episode · The Delicious Legacy · 10/29/2025 · 25m
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October 29, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Good morning! New episode is out!
This isn't a happy one.
Famine in WWII nazi occupied Greece was severe and loomed large in the nation's psyche for decades afterwards.
We can hear my yiayia telling us some stories.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
#podcast #history #ww2 #greece #28october
This isn't a happy one.
Famine in WWII nazi occupied Greece was severe and loomed large in the nation's psyche for decades afterwards.
We can hear my yiayia telling us some stories.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
#podcast #history #ww2 #greece #28october
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Patreon exclusive Episode:
Greece commemorates WW2 on 28th of October, the resistance against the Axis started with the "Ohi" against the Italian invasion. But paid a heavy price in terms of occupation from '41 onwards. This episode looks at the events then:
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Greece commemorates WW2 on 28th of October, the resistance against the Axis started with the "Ohi" against the Italian invasion. But paid a heavy price in terms of occupation from '41 onwards. This episode looks at the events then:
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Famine Food and Survival in WW2 Greece | The Delicious Legacy
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October 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Patreon exclusive Episode:
Greece commemorates WW2 on 28th of October, the resistance against the Axis started with the "Ohi" against the Italian invasion. But paid a heavy price in terms of occupation from '41 onwards. This episode looks at the events then:
www.patreon.com/posts/141963...
Greece commemorates WW2 on 28th of October, the resistance against the Axis started with the "Ohi" against the Italian invasion. But paid a heavy price in terms of occupation from '41 onwards. This episode looks at the events then:
www.patreon.com/posts/141963...
Alexis Tsipras is primed for a return to front-line politics in Greece. Why is he considering a comeback & why the old formula won't work this time - some thoughts for @fesonline.bsky.social IPS Journal www.ips-journal.eu/topics/democ...
Greek idol returns
After leaving Syriza, Alexis Tsipras is seeking a new political beginning
www.ips-journal.eu
October 24, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Alexis Tsipras is primed for a return to front-line politics in Greece. Why is he considering a comeback & why the old formula won't work this time - some thoughts for @fesonline.bsky.social IPS Journal www.ips-journal.eu/topics/democ...
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Experimental, sensual and political, D’Angelo radically redrew the boundaries of soul music
Experimental, sensual and political, D’Angelo radically redrew the boundaries of soul music
The late singer may have suffered from setbacks and only released three studio albums, but the range he displayed in this perfect catalogue was astonishing
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October 15, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Experimental, sensual and political, D’Angelo radically redrew the boundaries of soul music
15% Uncertainty: Greece, Europe and the tariff shockwave.
On the latest episode of The Agora, we chat with economist Jens Bastian about how a headline tariff number translates into real costs for Greek businesses & what broader implications there are for global trade shows.acast.com/5ead72cc41f1...
On the latest episode of The Agora, we chat with economist Jens Bastian about how a headline tariff number translates into real costs for Greek businesses & what broader implications there are for global trade shows.acast.com/5ead72cc41f1...
15% Uncertainty: Greece, Europe and the tariff shockwave | The Agora
How will EU's deal with Trump administration affect Greek economy?
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October 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
15% Uncertainty: Greece, Europe and the tariff shockwave.
On the latest episode of The Agora, we chat with economist Jens Bastian about how a headline tariff number translates into real costs for Greek businesses & what broader implications there are for global trade shows.acast.com/5ead72cc41f1...
On the latest episode of The Agora, we chat with economist Jens Bastian about how a headline tariff number translates into real costs for Greek businesses & what broader implications there are for global trade shows.acast.com/5ead72cc41f1...
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With the magnificent @oliahercules.bsky.social of course!
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Good morning! I had a lovely chat with the incredible Olia Hercules about Ukrainian Food Culture, its rich, diverse and delicious roots& the beautiful land of Ukraine. It was emotional.
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#podcast #food #history #ukraine
Listen here:
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#podcast #food #history #ukraine
Ukrainian Food Culture - With Olia Hercules
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October 1, 2025 at 7:42 AM
With the magnificent @oliahercules.bsky.social of course!
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#Europe’s #climate #refugees: The #Greek communities wiped off the map
Villages in #Thessaly, the country’s agricultural breadbasket lie half-abandoned two years after catastrophic floods.
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Villages in #Thessaly, the country’s agricultural breadbasket lie half-abandoned two years after catastrophic floods.
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Europe’s climate refugees: The Greek communities wiped off the map
Villages in the country’s agricultural breadbasket lie half-abandoned two years after catastrophic floods.
www.politico.eu
September 20, 2025 at 8:03 AM
The new political season in Greece is underway with PM Mitsotakis offering tax cuts galore as he hopes to recover lost support among voters. @yiannismouzakis.bsky.social & @georgianakou.bsky.social ponder what kind of impact his interventions might have shows.acast.com/5ead72cc41f1...
DETH and taxes: The only things certain in Greek politics | The Agora
PM Mitsotakis launches new political season with big tax cuts but will they work?
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September 16, 2025 at 11:43 AM
The new political season in Greece is underway with PM Mitsotakis offering tax cuts galore as he hopes to recover lost support among voters. @yiannismouzakis.bsky.social & @georgianakou.bsky.social ponder what kind of impact his interventions might have shows.acast.com/5ead72cc41f1...
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I wrote about the Prespa lakes region in northern Greece for @theguardian.com today. At the crossroads of three countries and my home for the past quarter of a century, it's a place that continues to surprise me with its wild beauty and rich human cultures.
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Balkan bounty: the little-known corner of Greece now ripe for walkers and nature tourism
Mountains, butterflies, bears and pelicans are among the natural wonders in the stunning Prespa lakes region, which straddles three countries
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August 6, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I wrote about the Prespa lakes region in northern Greece for @theguardian.com today. At the crossroads of three countries and my home for the past quarter of a century, it's a place that continues to surprise me with its wild beauty and rich human cultures.
www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
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A wasteland of rubble, dust and graves: how Gaza looks from the sky
A wasteland of rubble, dust and graves: how Gaza looks from the sky
The Guardian joins a Jordanian military airdrop for a rare chance to observe a landscape devastated by Israel’s offensive
Seen from the air, Gaza looks like the ruins of an ancient civilisation, brought to light after centuries of darkness. A patchwork of concrete shapes and shattered walls, neighbourhoods scattered with craters, rubble and roads that lead nowhere. The remnants of cities wiped out.
But here, there has been no natural disaster and no slow passage of time.
Members of Jordan’s military stand among pallets of aid about to be dropped on Gaza. Continue reading...
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August 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
A wasteland of rubble, dust and graves: how Gaza looks from the sky
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#Greece’s farm fraud offers damning evidence that — after three bailouts and a financial crisis that lasted over a decade — the country still hasn’t cleared out the rot.
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Greece’s Mitsotakis blocks probe into ministers over massive EU farm funds fraud
The prime minister is wielding his parliamentary majority to prevent a full-scale investigation into ministers suspected of wrongdoing.
www.politico.eu
August 6, 2025 at 5:25 AM
#Greece’s farm fraud offers damning evidence that — after three bailouts and a financial crisis that lasted over a decade — the country still hasn’t cleared out the rot.
www.politico.eu/article/gree...
www.politico.eu/article/gree...
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Angela's family story isn't unheard of, families uprooted once in '48, then again from Beirut, all the time hiding or being ashamed of their identities. Yet the episode offers hope, beauty and positive points, when we share food we sit and listen and understand others. Listen to the episode👇
Good morning! For this episode I talk to writer Angela Zaher on what it means to be of Palestinian heritage, and how is this manifested through food. A very emotional episode please listen & share!
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Palestinian Food, Culture and Identity
Podcast Episode · The Delicious Legacy · 03/07/2025 · 1h 15m
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July 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Angela's family story isn't unheard of, families uprooted once in '48, then again from Beirut, all the time hiding or being ashamed of their identities. Yet the episode offers hope, beauty and positive points, when we share food we sit and listen and understand others. Listen to the episode👇
Any hopes of a calm summer in Greece have vanished. A political storm is brewing over a deepening scandal tied to the misuse of EU agricultural funds. @yiannismouzakis.bsky.social & @georgianakou.bsky.social joined me in The Agora to discuss the fallout shows.acast.com/5ead72cc41f1...
Subsidise this: Fraud scandal delivers new blow to Greek PM | The Agora
Alleged misuse of EU farming aid triggers fresh upheaval for Mitsotakis administration
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July 3, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Any hopes of a calm summer in Greece have vanished. A political storm is brewing over a deepening scandal tied to the misuse of EU agricultural funds. @yiannismouzakis.bsky.social & @georgianakou.bsky.social joined me in The Agora to discuss the fallout shows.acast.com/5ead72cc41f1...
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Several officials at the top of Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ center-right government resigned on Friday after their names appeared in a file from the European prosecutor implicating them in a massive scheme to defraud the EU’s lavish farm budget
www.politico.eu/article/gree...
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Greek farm scandal triggers top-level government resignations
European prosecutors accuse two former ministers of fraud with EU funds.
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June 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Several officials at the top of Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ center-right government resigned on Friday after their names appeared in a file from the European prosecutor implicating them in a massive scheme to defraud the EU’s lavish farm budget
www.politico.eu/article/gree...
www.politico.eu/article/gree...
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Greeks have plenty of reasons to be angry with their political masters. But many feel they’ve nowhere to turn.
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Greeks feel they have no one to vote for
With so many parties on the left and right fighting each other, the ruling New Democracy still leads the polls — despite being roundly disliked.
www.politico.eu
June 11, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Greeks have plenty of reasons to be angry with their political masters. But many feel they’ve nowhere to turn.
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“EPPO will continue its work impartially to establish the truth, no matter the attacks & intimidation against prosecutors.The purpose of these attempts is to deviate attention from what is at stake:Was there organized agricultural subsidy fraud&corruption, yes or no?”
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European prosecutor slams ‘attacks’ and ‘intimidation’ against Greek farm fraud probe
Staff at the Greek agency responsible for doling out agricultural funds obstructed EU prosecutors in a corruption probe.
www.politico.eu
May 27, 2025 at 6:13 AM
“EPPO will continue its work impartially to establish the truth, no matter the attacks & intimidation against prosecutors.The purpose of these attempts is to deviate attention from what is at stake:Was there organized agricultural subsidy fraud&corruption, yes or no?”
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Trump's tariffs are causing concern in some countries about high-value exports, but Greece is worried about feta sales. Why is this cheese so precious to Greeks? Thomas Ntinas, host of @deliciouslegacy.bsky.social joined us in The Agora to discuss (& provide recipes) shows.acast.com/5ead72cc41f1...
Fet-a-ccompli: Tariffs and Greece’s big cheese | The Agora
Why are Greeks so protective of feta?
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May 23, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Trump's tariffs are causing concern in some countries about high-value exports, but Greece is worried about feta sales. Why is this cheese so precious to Greeks? Thomas Ntinas, host of @deliciouslegacy.bsky.social joined us in The Agora to discuss (& provide recipes) shows.acast.com/5ead72cc41f1...
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I've made a guest appearance on The Agora podcast talking to @nickmalkoutzis.bsky.social about the no1 priority of every Greek: what else but Feta cheese!
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Fet-a-ccompli: Tariffs and Greece’s big cheese | The Agora
Why are Greeks so protective of feta?
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May 20, 2025 at 8:17 AM
I've made a guest appearance on The Agora podcast talking to @nickmalkoutzis.bsky.social about the no1 priority of every Greek: what else but Feta cheese!
Listen here.
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Listen here.
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Did you listen to the latest archaeogastronomical adventure? Thirsty for some wine?
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#ancientwine
#history
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Wine in Ancient Greece - Myths, Legends and History
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May 2, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Did you listen to the latest archaeogastronomical adventure? Thirsty for some wine?
Listen here:
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#podcast
#spotify
#ancientfood
#ancientwine
#history
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⚠️ 🇬🇷Greece ranks 89th in @rsf.org’s 2025 World Press Freedom Index - coming last in EU for the 4th consecutive year - with impunity in the Karaivaz murder & wiretappings cases being a key factor.
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May 2, 2025 at 4:08 AM
⚠️ 🇬🇷Greece ranks 89th in @rsf.org’s 2025 World Press Freedom Index - coming last in EU for the 4th consecutive year - with impunity in the Karaivaz murder & wiretappings cases being a key factor.
rsf.org/en/country/g...
rsf.org/en/country/g...
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Greece’s opposition parties are demanding an investigation into the government’s ties to a politically connected communications company that they link to shadow financing and online propaganda for the ruling New Democracy party.
www.politico.eu/article/fina...
www.politico.eu/article/fina...
Financing scandal rocks Greece’s ruling party
Opposition parties demand probe into links between a PR company and the New Democracy party of PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
www.politico.eu
May 1, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Greece’s opposition parties are demanding an investigation into the government’s ties to a politically connected communications company that they link to shadow financing and online propaganda for the ruling New Democracy party.
www.politico.eu/article/fina...
www.politico.eu/article/fina...
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"The find has not been directly addressed by the country’s center-right government – a reminder that many Greeks still find it easier to walk past the country’s ghosts than confront them."
www.ekathimerini.com/news/1268339...
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Discovered by chance, a mass grave revives memories of Greece’s brutal civil war | eKathimerini.com
It’s common to find ancient remains or objects in Greece. But hulking Yedi Kule castle was a prison where Communist sympathizers were tortured and executed during Greece’s 1946–1949 Civil War.
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April 30, 2025 at 5:56 AM
"The find has not been directly addressed by the country’s center-right government – a reminder that many Greeks still find it easier to walk past the country’s ghosts than confront them."
www.ekathimerini.com/news/1268339...
www.ekathimerini.com/news/1268339...