Articles by Helena Smith
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Greece – SS Songs and Antisemitism: The Week Golden Dawn Turned Openly Nazi
Helena Smith – The Guardian,
9 Jun 2014
7 Jun 2014 – Supporters of the far-right party gave Hitler salutes and sang the Horst Wessel song outside parliament last week. How Golden Dawn has taken on a sinister new tone.
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Larry Elliott, Phillip Inman and Helena Smith in Athens – The Guardian,
10 Jun 2013
The International Monetary Fund admitted it had failed to realise the damage austerity would do to Greece as the Washington-based organisation catalogued mistakes made during the bailout of the stricken eurozone country.
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Helena Smith in Athens – The Guardian,
15 Aug 2011
Greek officials begin appointing advisers for fire-sale of state assets intended to raise €50bn by 2015. The starting gun for one of the biggest fire-sales in western history was fired as Greek officials began appointing advisers for the country’s ambitious privatisation drive.
→ read full articleIsraelis Opened Fire before Boarding Gaza Flotilla, Say Released Activists
Dorian Jones in Istanbul and Helena Smith – The Guardian,
7 Jun 2010
First eyewitness accounts of raid contradict version put out by Israeli officials.
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