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Today, with a difficult winter ahead of us, it is impermissible for the problem of the inability to find housing to be piled on to the already grave conditions created by the energy crisis and inflation.

'A woman does not sit back and get raped without wanting it. Let’s not go insane now. She does not become pregnant in this way, she must have participated…both must act for a child to be conceived.'

In Greece, many households and businesses that in previous years relied on heating fuel later opted for natural gas because it was cheaper.

What is certain is that a manichaeistic interpretation of Mikhail Gorbachev legacy will lead to wrong conclusions.

Discussions that encourage political turbulence, a power vacuum, or contribute to an anti-politics current do no service in the effort to protect the country.

Ankara’s objective is obvious. It is trying to convince the international community that provocations in the Aegean are reciprocal, and so the responsibilities are mutual.

The acceleration in the development of the surveillance affair seems to be impacting on the climate shaped by the political wear and tear of the ruling party and the damage it has suffered.

The findings of the GPO poll published by Ta Nea clearly highlight a prospective future problem – the danger of not being able to form a stable, viable government after the next general elections.

Cyprus’ example sends an indirect message to Greece regarding how we can exploit our own natural gas deposits south of the island of Crete and in the Ionian Sea.

Turkish analysts are noting that Erdogan is lagging in the polls on next June’s general elections, and everyone is wondering what means he might employ in order to remain in power.

Our collective support for our athletic champions must not be limited to the days following their triumph, or of the proverbial ancient Greek tearing down of the walls.

The public discussion of EYP's surveillance of PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis raised many unanswered questions, and extreme rhetoric created a very toxic climate.

The Greek government is ready to respond to any provocation, but it has no reason to allow itself to be dragged into a competition of aggressiveness.

Greece cannot forget that its children were once in the position of the dead refugee child at Evros, when its own mothers were dangling from boats and kneeling on the earth to cry for their children.

The handling of the EYP surveillance affair will be a test for Parliament when it re-opens next week as regards the type and quality of parties’ political rhetoric.

The PM and main opposition party leader Alexis Tsipras will address the nation in the midst of the political clash triggered by the wiretapping of a party leader by EYP.

We barely have enough time to place high on the agenda a new policy that will address climate shifts as glaring realities that must be urgently confronted

'In the lifting of confidentiality [of communications] for reasons of national security, the law does not provide that the related request be justified.'

The privacy of the communications of citizens, and even more so of a public figure, is a fundamental right that must be protected .

The number of applications in the two phases of the Fuel Pass (auto fuel subsidies) programme is the clearest indication of the needs created by the hike in fuel costs.

We hastily opted for a “return to normalcy”, prompted by the triumphs of Greece’s “heavy industry” – tourism. Politics, however, is judged by its long-term results.

Under no circumstances will our country’s stance be determined by the actions of Turkey, nor will Greece allow itself to be exploited by Erdogan’s games.

The Turkish president speaks the same language as his Russian counterpart. He, too, would like to be proclaimed a life-long president. He, too, dreams of empire.

“What occurred may have been in line with the letter of the law. I was not apprised [of the action] and obviously I would never have permitted it!” the PM declared.

There is a nationwide public demand for transparency and it should be achieved through a cooperation between parties. It is an issue of democratic order.

Democratic political parties each time set the boundaries and determine the measure of each dispute over plans for the country’s future.

The culture of a putative male “pride” that views women as property did not come out of the blue. It is cultivated and are concealed in daily habits and deeply rooted mores.

Stavros Psycharis was a man who had been around the block, and did not hesitate, when necessary, to soil his hands.

A towering and powerful figure in Greek journalism for decades, who made a reputation for himself as one of Greece's finest political reporters, Psycharis was born in Athens in 1945.

The great response and demand of citizens for the Fuel Pass 2 [a state automobile fuel subsidy] is most indicative of the needs of society and serves as a model.

Turkey knows that Greece and the West constitute a stable front in confronting the game of revisionism, with composure and without high-pitched rhetoric.