OPINION

15.01.2021 / 21:08

Europe’s 1001 electors

On Saturday, 1,001 delegates of the Christian Democratic Union will elect their new leader. This will decide whether Germany’s largest political party will continue on the course that Angela Merkel charted in her country and in the European Union.

15.01.2021 / 21:04

Universities: End of an era

Greek universities are plagued by violence and lawlessness. Anyone who questions this fact probably benefits from that state of affairs.

15.01.2021 / 16:53

Closed museums, shut out from public debate

It’s not just the country’s retail sector that has shut down because of the coronavirus outbreak, but also the museums. However, one cannot help but notice the relative indifference shown by the political class, the media and the public about the latter.

15.01.2021 / 15:42 DEMETRIES GRIMES

Hollow oaths

A day after US President Donald Trump visited the Texas border wall with Mexico as a distraction from events in Washington, DC, the FBI had rounded up more than 200 rioters, with more being captured every hour. 

14.01.2021 / 16:53

Erdogan, Rama and the 12 nautical miles

Immediately after Greece announced the expansion of its territorial waters in the Ionian Sea from 6 to 12 miles, some in Albania started playing the same old, tired tune: “Greece is making a grab at our seas.”

14.01.2021 / 12:53

Security and tact

The plan to introduce security measures and a special force to guard the country’s university campuses and clamp down on crime has been designed with a keen awareness of the many sensitive issues involved.
 

13.01.2021 / 21:08

Red lines and fair solutions

Greece and Turkey will resume exploratory talks in a few days. Ankara has made it very clear that the agenda must include the demilitarization of certain Greek islands as well as sovereignty over certain islands and rocky formations.

13.01.2021 / 21:04

No dilemma

The duration of the restrictions imposed with the aim of tackling the second wave of the pandemic has started to become unbearable for the market.

11.01.2021 / 19:44

The world as it is

Last week’s attempted coup by strident supporters of President Donald Trump sullied America’s image in the world, and it also drowned out other significant news regarding American foreign policy during the Biden administration.

10.01.2021 / 21:35

The wick is still lit

The citizens of a country were justifiably angry with their political system and leadership. But suddenly they felt an unprecedented feeling of liberation. It was fully accepted that you could verbally abuse or even throw a yogurt at a politician.

10.01.2021 / 21:32

From words to violence

Words matter. Even a few lines posted on social media that may initially seem fringe and completely outrageous can spread at pandemic speed from the dark corners of the virtual community of social networks to the consciousness of citizens.
 

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