OPINION

22.01.2022 / 21:15 EDITORIAL

Essential digitization

The amount of red tape and bother that people are subjected to in order to simply transfer a real estate asset does not reflect the image of the “digital state” we want Greece to be.

22.01.2022 / 16:25 NIKOS MARANTZIDIS

The last mile and other over-optimistic proclamations

For the uninitiated, a mile is a unit measuring distance and is equal to 1,609 meters. It is used in Britain and a few other countries instead of the kilometer.

22.01.2022 / 10:30 THEMISTOKLIS CHATZIIAKOVOU

France’s EU presidency will be good for Greece

It is a common assumption among Greeks that France is, perhaps, their country’s oldest ally.

21.01.2022 / 21:50 EDITORIAL

Futile taxes for black holes

Greek taxpayers continue to pay a futile levy for the support of state-owned firms. What they are basically paying for is the political system’s incompetence and lack of courage.

21.01.2022 / 21:02 NIKOS KONSTANDARAS

Under the same banner

Journalism is a battlefield in which desires, myth and reality clash.

21.01.2022 / 09:00 EVANGELOS VENIZELOS

EastMed and the new circumstances

In May 2020, the Greek Parliament ratified (Law 4687/2020), by a broad majority, the intergovernmental agreement of Greece, Cyprus, Israel and Italy on a gas transportation system from the Eastern Mediterranean to European markets, the EastMed pipeline.

21.01.2022 / 08:30 APOSTOLOS LAKASAS

Impunity at universities

The debate around violence and intimidation at Greek universities has been raging for years.

21.01.2022 / 08:15 EDITORIAL

Who pays?

This is not really news: Squatters at two schools in Athens destroyed the premises.

21.01.2022 / 00:08 TOM ELLIS

Bοurla, Dimon, and so many others

A few days ago, I was watching CNBC. Along with its website, the TV channel is a well-respected, authoritative source of information, mainly on financial issues.

19.01.2022 / 21:10 ALEXIS PAPACHELAS

Rising costs, the next difficult opponent

The issue of rising costs was like a pandemic in the beginning. Many believed that it would last three, five, or even six months and that our lives would return to normal afterward.

19.01.2022 / 21:00 EDITORIAL

Police and will

The special police force that is already being trained to operate at Greece’s five biggest universities will not magically solve the problem of violence and delinquency on campuses.

19.01.2022 / 17:56 STAVROS TZIMAS

As Zaev exits, Orban’s specter lurks

North Macedonia was thrust into the post-Zaev era on December 22. In a short statement, Zoran Zaev announced that he had submitted his resignation as prime minister to the country’s parliamentary speaker.

18.01.2022 / 21:10 PANTELIS BOUKALAS

‘I’m a man, and I’ll do what I want’

Throughout the ages and across the world, men are taught from early on in life to believe that violence is their prerogative and their right.

18.01.2022 / 21:00 EDITORIAL

Gloom for Turkish justice

Monday’s ruling by an Istanbul court extending the detention of Turkish humanitarian Osman Kavala, who has already been in prison for more than four years without being convicted of any crime, shows the true face of Erdogan’s regime.

18.01.2022 / 20:45 KOSTAS KALLITSIS

The price of PCR tests

The Piraeus Bank employees’ association has been providing its members and their families with molecular (PCR) tests since September – when their retail price was 60-70 euros – at a price of 25 euros each, reaching 15,000 people.