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Athanasios Ellis

Early signs of civility and consensus

Despite some natural degree of skirmishing and isolated criticism, rays of civility, consensus and cooperation are breaking ...

Alexis Papachelas

The ‘public interest'

Greece can really take off. The economy has already reached its lowest point and is now poised for a spectacular rebound. ...

Alexis Papachelas

No time for mixed signals

We are entering a very thorny patch in Greek-Turkish relations. Turkey’s activities within Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone ...

Yiannis Kafkarides

Cyprus, diplomacy and the dizzying gas effect

The spin on political developments in Cyprus has had a dizzying effect on the public but state institutions seem unshaken ...

Athanasios Ellis

Golden Dawn voters, women and Mitsotakis

Some foreign journalists have in recent days made two negative observations regarding New Democracy’s victory in the July ...

Alexis Papachelas

Recovering lost ground

The government that has just taken power in Greece is different to what we are accustomed to and close to what a big chunk ...

Alexis Papachelas

Which way will SYRIZA go?

It will take a couple of months before we see what kind of style SYRIZA plans to adopt in its reprised role as the country’s ...

Athanasios Ellis

The new government, image and symbolism

The first indications from the new government are sending out all the right signals. Tuesday’s handover ceremonies at the ...

Athanasios Ellis

Mitsotakis, expectations and the need for unity

The coming weeks will naturally see an emphasis on New Democracy’s proposals on all the major issues, from the economy and ...

Alexis Papachelas

A wise verdict

The Greek people voted wisely, as they have done in the past. They have given Kyriakos Mitsotakis a comfortable majority ...

Athanasios Ellis

The others were Merkel’s puppets, we were just naive

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras admitted to being naive enough to believe that his European counterparts, whose countries ...

Athanasios Ellis

Greek elections: The main questions

Who will win? This is usually the fundamental question in any election, but very few people seem to have doubts this time ...

Alexis Papachelas

The liberal narrative and the risks

The new liberal narrative must be protected and shielded because Greek society is exhausted and wary

Athanasios Ellis

A top athlete, a rare human being, a true Greek

Giannis Antetokounmpo is a unique example of a great athlete, but also, more importantly, an exceptional person. He is the ...

Yiannis Kafkarides

When necessity becomes history

Bidding farewell to Demetris Christofias

Alexis Papachelas

Winds of War

They say that history repeats itself as a farce

Alexis Papachelas

The Trump factor

There has been much ado around Greek-Turkish relations, a result of sensationalism and ignorance about the substance of ...

Eleni Xenou

What’s with all the horrifying details?

The most shocking aspect was not so much the discovery of the little girl’s body as it was actually the way we take part ...

Athanasios Ellis

Sixteen years on, frustration with Ankara resurfaces

Turkey has proved a difficult ally for Washington in the past two decades

Eleni Xenou

The truisms of Mr Pamboridis

Will the Democratic Rally’s political bureau tackle all the issues or are they going to sweep things under the rug on the ...

Alexis Papachelas

Prudence and moderation

Greece is going through one of the most toxic pre-election periods it has experienced in decades

Yiannis Kafkarides

Anastasiadescare

When it comes to policy making, politicians should be judged based on the results of their actions not their intentions

Alexis Papachelas

Let us put our minds to work

Politics cannot continue to resemble a variety show

Alexis Papachelas

The silent vote

“It’s better if the result exceeds your expectations”

Athanasios Ellis

Undiplomatic behavior

In democracies governments change

Marina Economides

They are not Europe

Britain and the chaos that has taken over the country is the biggest sign of what dangerous populism can do if it is ...

Athanasios Ellis

The election results and ND’s next challenge

New Democracy triumphed with the widest margin ever seen in European elections in Greece

Yiannis Kafkarides

Against all odds

Cyprus elects first ever Turkish Cypriot MEP, shuns nationalists

Eleni Xenou

How much longer?

I wonder whether all this time since the economic crisis was enough to make us really angry, and I mean, really angry, not ...

Alexis Papachelas

A new chapter for Greece

The dilemma Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras presented voters with has failed

Alexis Papachelas

Ghosts of history

It’s quite tragic that, 75 years after the Greek civil war, we have reached the point where prominent resistance leader ...

Eleni Xenou

Did someone say Europe?

We are just days away from elections and it seems that we need to be reminded about which elections we are talking about

Alexis Papachelas

Old Greece is waiting around the corner

Populism cuts across political parties in Greece

Marina Economides

Toxic environment

The elections will be over in a few days and base politics will take their place, along with voter abstention after all ...

Alexis Papachelas

Turkey is waiting for its next opportunity

Greek-Turkish relations in the forefront

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