OPINION

10.07.2022 / 22:22

A tough decision with personal risk

The decision not to go ahead with early elections was institutional in nature because the country must, at some point, enter a historic phase of having elections at the end of each four-year term.

09.07.2022 / 22:44

So be it

The prime minister has said it again and again these past few days: Elections will take place the in spring, as planned, at the end of the government’s four-year term.

08.07.2022 / 22:34

Governing time

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis demonstrates consistency toward his institutional commitment to see out his government’s four-year term and establish the constitutionally provided electoral cycles. 

08.07.2022 / 20:41

Democracy’s auto-correct

Boris Johnson’s resignation from the leadership of the Conservative Party, like the avalanche of revelations regarding Donald Trump’s role in the uprising of January 6, 2021, is a dramatic instance of democracy’s unique ability to correct its mistakes.

07.07.2022 / 21:17

A difficult summer

It is widely understood by now that anyone who tries to travel by plane this summer will have their patience and endurance tested.

07.07.2022 / 21:00

Digital justice

Speed and transparency in the justice system are first and foremost a matter of the state’s institutional integrity.

07.07.2022 / 11:49

The election uncertainty is hurting the country

Wednesday’s debate in Parliament was carried out in an almost pre-election climate – unsurprising given the recent government leaks, pressure from the main opposition and growing calls from almost all the parties for elections as soon as possible.

06.07.2022 / 22:36

Hope of rebirth from the ruins

I doubt there is a single person who has visited Monodendri, one of the most beautiful villages of Zagori in northwestern Greece, and hasn’t tried the flour pie at the taverna Pita tis Kikitsas.

06.07.2022 / 21:56

The great deficit

If one takes a look at the list of participants in the international scientific conferences in a wide range of fields currently being held in Athens, one will see once again the invaluable human capital that we have allowed to slip away and move abroad.

05.07.2022 / 21:45

Shell games and justice

From the moment the Novartis story broke it was clear that it was a scandal. It wasn’t just the accusations that doctors had been bribed by the multinational pharmaceutical company that shook Greece – it was the political angle of the story that did it.

05.07.2022 / 21:22

Electoral restraint

No decision has been taken on early elections in this country. Yet still, the premature activity of certain government ministers, who have already started their personal campaigning, not only anticipates this decision.

03.07.2022 / 22:25

The bargain in Madrid

Diplomacy is a marathon that never ends. That is why it is quite meaningless to celebrate or lament the outcome of a diplomatic round, because it is just another round.

03.07.2022 / 22:13

Unnecessary ‘advice’

The Turkish president’s advice on who the Greek people should vote for and who not to in the next general elections is a new one. 

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