OPINION

27.06.2021 / 22:24

What happened to the opposition?

In the next few years, our country will be required to manage 100 billion euros’ worth of funds (Next Generation EU, EaSI, private funds). These funds, used properly, can transform Greek society.

27.06.2021 / 21:25

A false dilemma

Weighing the pros and cons of a decision is always difficult. Health measures to stop the pandemic entail economic and social burdens. 

27.06.2021 / 21:20 ALUSH GASHI

A partnership short of recognition

Pristina welcomed Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias’ visit on June 4. It was his second visit in less than a year.

26.06.2021 / 23:09

What is more dangerous, the variants or the deniers?

Every urging has been exhausted, the appeals abound. In all languages, symbolically and literally, the presidents of the European Centers for Disease Control, infectious disease specialists, WHO experts, politicians, stars, celebrities, videos, posts and publications are desperately pleading with people to be vaccinated. 

26.06.2021 / 22:49

Justice for more people

The cliche that the burdens of the social security system are borne by the younger generations is not without merit. 

25.06.2021 / 21:45

In the cage with the beast

The greatest part of the world’s population is exposed to the most contagious and perhaps most dangerous variant of the coronavirus. The Delta variant is 60 percent more contagious than the Alpha strain.

25.06.2021 / 21:30

Forging ahead

The day-to-day lives of thousands of citizens have already changed for the better as a result of the Greek state’s ongoing digital transition. The process must continue now with the electronic platform for transferring property rights.

24.06.2021 / 22:07

Who’s afraid of evaluations?

No one in the public sector needs to be afraid of any performance evaluation system if they’re doing their job. This is especially so in the education system, where the lion’s share of educators are good at what they do.

24.06.2021 / 22:03

The UAE joins Greece’s network of alliances

Since the recent meeting between Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, where the rhetoric was clearly more positive, everyone has been talking about a “calm summer.”

23.06.2021 / 21:39

Unjustified relaxation

And suddenly, the pandemic is gone. It doesn’t exist. It exists only in the statistics of epidemiologists and in the calls of the government to those who are reluctant to get vaccinated. 

20.06.2021 / 21:21

A confident rebranding

It’s something we achieved in the 1960s: making Greece fashionable, reintroducing it to the world not just as the home of so many marvelous ancient and historical monuments, but as a modern, Mediterranean country with a distinctive local culture.

19.06.2021 / 11:33

Optimism must be very measured

Concerning Greece and its citizens, the apparent constants in our lives are not very reassuring, except, perhaps, the opinion polls showing the leftist SYRIZA party’s following mired at levels that offer no prospect of its regaining power in the near future.

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