OPINION

10.03.2021 / 22:10 KONSTANTINOS BITSIOS

Diplomacy and strength

If the recent Greco-Turkish crisis has taught us anything, it is that we have not yet achieved a common national line on how to manage our relations with Turkey.

10.03.2021 / 21:15

A unique, genuine patriot

Yiannis Costopoulos was a true gentleman and a special part of Greece’s history. He was, above all else, a deeply fascinating man who possessed a wide range of interests, from sailing to history.

10.03.2021 / 21:02

Protest and responsibility

Even under the conditions of general confinement, the government has shown tolerance as regards people exercising their right of assembly.

09.03.2021 / 21:03

Accountability

The police must act professionally, not only when its officers operate in the field, but also when it is required to show accountability and discipline its officers for any mistake.

08.03.2021 / 15:06 MARYAM ZAR

Build hope, not walls

On this International Women’s Day, I am sitting in lockdown, still in touch with the women I met last year at the Moria refugee camp on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos after working with them over a two-week period in Mytilene on an empowerment workshop run by The Azadi Project. 

07.03.2021 / 22:37

The really fearless

Stavros T. wasn’t “born on November 17” but represented what that day symbolized. Under the 1967-74 dictatorship, he was tortured like few others.

07.03.2021 / 22:07

Playing with fire

The Third Hellenic Republic recently passed a historical stress test. Its institutions have gone through the ravages of bankruptcy.

07.03.2021 / 10:13

National Theater: From fear to derision

“Whatever you write will be misunderstood. People are up in arms,” said a friend with a long-time connection to the National Theater and who feels great pain over what is happening and the swirling rumors that, in the past few days, have been focusing on its drama school.

06.03.2021 / 20:00

Joining forces

The public healthcare system has withstood the weight of the pandemic without bending.

05.03.2021 / 21:40

Liked by many, useless to all

Those who are indifferent to the spread of Covid-19, either by waging a propaganda war against measures to contain it or by encouraging and taking part in demonstrations, are awfully proud of their rebellious spirit.

05.03.2021 / 21:19

Vaccines and the legacy

The milestone of 1 million vaccinated individuals is a bright spot in the most difficult moment of the coronavirus pandemic.

04.03.2021 / 19:47

Willful blindness

If, hypothetically, one was to draw a list of the challenges facing the country, none of our political leaders would think to place the Lignadis and Koufodinas affairs in a prominent position.

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