The reactions of the senates of two large educational institutions to government plans for the creation of a special campus security force did not surprise those who know the endemic university culture.
In a first in our postwar history, the West this year found itself in the midst of a major crisis without a leader. Well, the helm was not exactly empty, but rather occupied by a leader who divided the West instead of bringing it together, while also unleashing the darkest of forces.
The large increase in the cost of private healthcare appears to have come at a bad time, given the coronavirus pandemic and the ensuing financial crisis.
“You can buy as many aircraft, submarines and ships as you like; it won’t be enough,” Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar recently warned Greece. The fact is, they probably will be enough and they’re certainly causing concern.
The fact that (almost) all of the country’s political leadership stepped forward to have themselves publicly vaccinated against the novel coronavirus was not just an important symbolic move.
The Covid-19 pandemic has shaken the world and brought many countries to a standstill. The virus has swept through our nations, communities and lives, exploiting gaps in our emergency preparedness, weaknesses in our health systems and inequalities in our societies.
I recently finished a great book on the Yalta Conference before picking up a biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt. After I had finished reading both books, I could not help but ask myself a question, which I hope will not be misunderstood: Why is it that Greeks never named a public square after the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin?
Turkey is demanding that Greece not ask for help from others and not involve the European Union in their disputes. This was recently repeated by the foreign and defense ministers of Greece’s eastern neighbor.
September 17-21, 1975. Official visit of French President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing to Greece (Athens and Thessaloniki). Substantial talks with Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis, in a warm atmosphere.
Kathimerini had long ago raised the alarm on the seriousness of Greek jeweller Folli Follie’s case. Not for political reasons, which were not yet known at the time, but because this scandal seriously damaged the country’s credibility.
Recently, three former US presidents – Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama – announced that they would get the coronavirus vaccine, and offered to do so publicly to help better inform and persuade Americans who are skeptical about its safety.
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