Nikos Konstandaras The shaking earth on Santorini and the surrounding islands reminds us of the fragility of life in our beautiful and...
Editorial and Analysis
The surreal power of the press
Tenia Christopoulos It seems that the United States, the largest and most powerful democracy in the world, is rapidly tumbling into the...
An out-of-touch elite
Alexis Papachelas The worst thing for a country’s elite is losing touch with society and living in a bubble of its own, virtual, reality....
The modernity of the Greek language
Polyvia Parara World Greek Language Day is observed each February 9 to commemorate the passing of Dionysios Solomos, the national poet of...
Living but not learning
Paschos Mandravelis The government was categorical in its assurances that the deadly freight train that rammed into a passenger train at...
Shaken by successive earthquakes
Maria Katsounaki One phenomenon shaking the ground beneath our feet is physical and it is activating existing fault-lines; the other is...
Functional incompetence
Nikos Konstandaras The tragedies of recent years – those which shocked us with the large number of victims and the fact that they may...
Has the government passed the tipping point?
Kostas Kallitsis The public protests called over the Tempe rail crash smashed the government’s illusions of omnipotence. The belief that,...
Will anyone’s sanity survive Trump?
Costas Iordanidis US President Donald Trump was acting like a real estate magnate rather than like the leader of the world’s most powerful...
The institutional deficit
Aristides Hatzis An important factor in the success of the January 26 mass rallies around Greece demanding justice over the deadly train...
Quiet anger that went unheeded
Alexis Papachelas “What happened to bring the Tempe matter back to the fore with such force?” many ask. The truth is that the government...
Irresponsible assurances
Aris Alexandris When you don’t know anything about a subject, it’s best not to talk about it. And if you think you know something based on...
Memory and resistance
Nikos Konstandaras Given his persistent efforts to impose the lie that he won the 2020 elections, it would be no surprise if Donald Trump...
Lessons from Imia
Tom Ellis As the complicated relationship between Greece and Turkey continues – despite the welcome improvement of the last two years –...
Substantive commitments and moral obligations
Alexis Papachelas We were angered by the fact that France is seriously considering selling its long-range Meteor air-to-air...
The silent cry in Syntagma Square
Kostis Karpozilos On January 26, a strange silence prevailed over Syntagma Square. The slogans were sporadic and limited to some active...
Trumpian wave crashing over Greece
Kostas Kallitsis Donald Trump’s election for a second term to the American presidency has caused waves across the globe – waves that are,...
Running out of oxygen
Maria Katsounaki The fact that the end of February marks two years since the deadly head-on train collision at Tempe, central Greece,...
A country that believes it’s an empire
Angelos Syrigos A recent meeting in Istanbul organized by the International Republican Institute, bringing together diplomats, academics...
Drama as an opportunity to regroup
Costas Iordanidis Three days ago, the stock market value of Nvidia, the US manufacturer of advanced chips engineered for AI development,...
