OPINION

24.03.2021 / 09:00

1821 – 1981 – 2021: The long-lasting creation of a European nation

The answer is not evident. The question was asked by the Center for Liberal Studies (in a survey conducted in December 2020 by MARC). The question was “which, according to your opinion, is Greece’s most important achievement during the last two hundred years?” The most popular answer (11.6%) was Greece joining the European Union and […]

23.03.2021 / 21:39

Law and conscience

Now that the National Health System is reaching its absolute limits, it is time for everyone to do their best to contribute toward this battle. 

23.03.2021 / 21:03

Sign of maturity

The decision by the main opposition party to vote in favor of the legislature on the future of the Elliniko illustrates that the Greek political system is maturing and finally converging on the obvious: that growth and new jobs will not be created by setting up roadblocks, whether metaphorical or literal, to stop investments.

21.03.2021 / 23:09

A new cold war

The world is on the cusp of another cold war – there is absolutely no doubt about that – with the United States and China being the key protagonists.

21.03.2021 / 22:53

Clashing rocks

There is a generation that has found itself between the clashing rocks of two crises – the economic and the health crisis. 

20.03.2021 / 23:00

What does Tsipras actually believe?

“I am sorry to say that we have elevated a terrorist, who has been condemned for his actions not just by the Greek justice system but also in the conscience of Greek citizens, into an influential factor of political life. It is a lamentable low.”

20.03.2021 / 21:19

Frontline duty

The tragic example of the Metaxa Cancer Hospital of Piraeus, where dozens of healthcare workers and patients have tested positive for Covid-19, leaves no room for complacency.

19.03.2021 / 21:10

Proving that vicious cycles can break

Like a laboratory experiment, the waves of the pandemic and the behavior of politicians and society highlight the positive and negative aspects of our public life, and the vicious cycles in which this often gets trapped.

19.03.2021 / 21:02

Profiting from fear

Europe is going through a dark moment of a very difficult ordeal, and it is an ordeal that everyone is going through across the continent, including Greece.

18.03.2021 / 20:18

Greeks, more progressive than we think

There exists a tendency among Greeks of highlighting and criticizing a wide range of issues perceived as endemic to the Greek identity, including a certain “parochialism” in comparison to the more “advanced” Euro-Atlantic countries.

17.03.2021 / 22:15 AVIRAMA GOLAN AND YOSSI AMRANI

Greece, a bird of freedom

Freedom, “ελευθερία” is a most noble value. Since ancient times, more so in the last 200 years since its War of Independence started, it is Greece’s greatest contribution to the European spirit, the spirit of the free world.

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