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Marina Economides

You can call it political karma

With the re-election of Nicos Anastasiades, many were puzzled with Harris Georgiades’ decision to insist that he not be ...

Alexis Papachelas

Critics must put their money where their mouth is

Americans and Europeans often complain about China’s economic penetration of Greece

Eleni Xenou

Probe on a probe finding

It was to be expected that the president of the Republic would stand by the finance minister, emphasizing that he still ...

Alexis Papachelas

The breakdown of civil protection

In Greece the political pendulum has often swung from one extreme to the other

Marina Economides

You know why

'You know why' was the nuanced slogan of DIKO party MP candidate Fytos Constantinou who was running his election campaign ...

Yiannis Kafkarides

Cooperative Anathema: Dissolution or sale

Cooperative Bank verdict sees the closure of the bank as a negative development but financially speaking that was the right ...

Turkish and Greek nationalism, a two way street

Blue Homeland was front and centre due to the naval drill of the Turkish Armed Forces, but analysts have been wasting ink ...

Athanasios Ellis

Arrogance in Greek politics

Absolute power corrupts absolutely

Eleni Xenou

This is B’s story

“B” is just 25 years old, born and raised in Kyrenia. His parents, both Turkish Cypriots, were never against peace. Today ...

Alexis Papachelas

This is what Greece can be

“This is Greece.” This oft-used excuse gets on my nerves and I apologize for using it here, but I just cannot come up with ...

Alexis Papachelas

Wrestling in the Colosseum

How will the hatred that has spread around us in the years of the crisis be erased? The Greek people have been deeply divided. ...

Alexis Papachelas

‘It’s the algorithm, stupid’

Paranoia and conspiracy theories whizzing around never fail to impress

Athanasios Ellis

The US-EU crisis, NATO and Greece

The Euro-Atlantic family is going through one of the worst crises in its history

Alexis Papachelas

Key moments, tough decisions

Will there ever be a mainstream center-right party

Yiannis Kafkarides

The Guterres Framework

In an era where the public can change allegiances based on one tweet, sincerity and integrity are greatly appreciated

Athanasios Ellis

First contacts with candidates for the US presidency

Tsipras met former US vice president Joe Biden on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference

Athanasios Ellis

SYRIZA and ND should now both push for the use of the qualifier ‘North’

It’s now time to focus on the implementation of the deal

Yiannis Kafkarides

Our View: Auditor’s actions lack moral compass

Public officials should protect and defend the rights of the individual whilst conducting regulatory checks

Athanasios Ellis

The balancing act after the Tsipras - Erdogan meeting

Greek-Turkish relations have always been a delicate balancing act

Alexis Papachelas

New Democracy is not SYRIZA

SYRIZA has a tactical advantage

Athanasios Ellis

This is not the time to stir the Greece-Turkey pot

Circumstances today call for moderation and calm when it comes to the Aegean and Cyprus

Alexis Papachelas

‘I am not getting involved’

Very few respectable people want to get involved in politics

Yiannis Kafkarides

The Importance of Integrity

Integrity as a measure of political action is directly linked to accountability

Athanasios Ellis

Greeks and Jews

A persecuted people who, in their effort to protect themselves, evolved into one of the world’s most powerful

Athanasios Ellis

Greece after Prespes

Despite having generated intense confrontation between political parties and painful division in Greek society, the name ...

Athanasios Ellis

Greece’s moment of truth

Parliament to vote on North Macedonia name deal

Athanasios Ellis

Erdogan’s mosques in the Balkans

A growing Turkish presence via the seemingly benevolent path of religion

Athanasios Ellis

Prespes: The rally, the raw numbers, and the day after

What is at stake is not only the ratification of the deal between Athens and Skopje but also the potential redrawing of ...

Alexis Papachelas

The perils of extreme behavior

We have been so divided in recent years; let’s not be divided any further

Athanasios Ellis

Foreign support for Tsipras and respect for the opposition

It is easy to see why Greece’s partners are happy with Alexis Tsipras on a range of issues

Alexis Papachelas

From the auditoriums

Tsipras is constantly mutating and has no problem with devouring friends and allies

Alexis Papachelas

Product with an expiry date

We are experiencing the opposite of 2015

Athanasios Ellis

Angela Merkel in Athens

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s visit is taking place in a completely different political environment

Alexis Papachelas

Europe without the US

The EU risks being left out in the cold without an American shield

Athanasios Ellis

Reliable journalism and the influence that comes with it

It’s easy to go with the flow

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