OPINION

25.02.2021 / 20:51 EDITORIAL

Understanding priorities

No issue should be excluded from the arena of political debate. That said, however, the big issue that is currently being discussed by party leaders in Parliament lends itself to exaggerations.

25.02.2021 / 13:51 KOSTAS BAKOYANNIS

Kostas Bakoyannis: The murderer should be treated like a murderer, nothing else

Opposing hatred, violence and terrorism is not a political or ideological act. It is something that requires an unwavering commitment from all of us. Without asterisks, without footnotes, without ifs and buts, without calculations.

25.02.2021 / 08:38 TOM ELLIS

A serious debate that unites or a shouting match that divides?

On many issues, a head-on political collision, based on party affiliation, is expected and, at times, can be even useful. On others, such as natural disasters, there could be a greater understanding among the different parties.

24.02.2021 / 21:10 ALEXIS PAPACHELAS

Madness breeding division

Can we all just take a step back? We keep on repeating ourselves at the risk of becoming compulsive, if not peculiar, but the simple fact is that our country will not go far with all this hate in our public discourse.

24.02.2021 / 21:01 EDITORIAL

No alternative

No one wants to see the police intervene on university grounds. This is not the sort of normality we want.

23.02.2021 / 22:38 TOM ELLIS

From the US to China, and Greece’s interests

The pandemic has changed a lot in the world around us. Societies were tested, economies collapsed, alliances were shaken.

23.02.2021 / 20:11 EDITORIAL

Defense against slander and hatred

We have been through this before, and recently. We have experienced what it means to surrender public life to rumors and allegations.

23.02.2021 / 16:39 GEORGE PAGOULATOS

Aligning US-Greek interests in the Biden era

For Europe, Joe Biden’s presidency brings high hopes for reinvigorating the transatlantic partnership. For the United States, succeeding in this task is a prerequisite for achieving an ambitious broader agenda.

22.02.2021 / 01:44 ALEXIS PAPACHELAS

The deadliest sin of all

Our times are incredibly interesting, and dangerous. Everything is done to excess. Especially when it comes to the threats and challenges, from Covid-19 to climate change.

21.02.2021 / 21:21 EDITORIAL

The climate and our defenses

The state needs to learn the requisite lessons from the extreme weather that hit Greece this past week.

20.02.2021 / 22:20 MARIA KATSOUNAKI

An issue or a spectacle?

“The rapist and the rape do not have an ideological hue and belong to no party. We do not care about [the rapist’s] political identity,” Culture Minister Lina Mendoni said.

20.02.2021 / 22:01 EDITORIAL

The road to justice

Anyone who is sincerely interested in revealing the truth and holding the perpetrators accountable in cases of sexual abuse must show real – not rhetorical – confidence in justice.

19.02.2021 / 22:00 DEMETRIES GRIMES

Dereliction of duty

For 43 of 50 Republican senators who convened at the scene of the crime in the US Senate chamber, the truth was secondary.

19.02.2021 / 21:10 NIKOS KONSTANDARAS

Dual purpose sanctions

As next month’s EU Summit approaches and the discussion on possible sanctions against Turkey intensifies, it would be useful if Greece were to focus not only on Ankara’s policies in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Aegean and Cyprus.

19.02.2021 / 21:02 EDITORIAL

Too much hate

Lamenting the quality of public discourse is not merely a matter of taste or an affectation, because public speech can become criminal when it is steeped in political fanaticism.