24.08.2018
Editorial: The supreme value of life
The tragic death of a young man on Philopappos Hill in Athens, reminds us in the most dramatic manner that without security there can be no liberty
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23.08.2018
Ministerial responsibility law key in judicial probe of Mati fire
Under the law, only parliament and not the judiciary can probe the criminal responsibility of ministers, who are also granted an exceptionally short statute of limitations, almost always leading to their evading prosecution.
23.08.2018
Editorial: Memory
A government that had social services at the top of its agenda, would have been the first to tend to the relief of the fire-stricken and would have made sure that their tragedy will not be forgotten
22.08.2018
Ankara blasts Greek High Court’s decision to uphold asylum for Turkish officer
'The Greek authorities should not any further allow their country to provide a safe haven to treacherous coup plotters by using as an excuse their judiciary,' the Turkish foreign ministry stated
22.08.2018
Editorial: He failed
The PM offered untrammeled demagoguery, but he did not say a word about his own misdeeds, and the crisis within a crisis which his imprudent policy triggered in the first half of 2015
21.08.2018
Mitsotakis blasts Tsipras on bailout exit address from Ithaca
'We shall not transcend the crisis as long as the current government – which insists dogmatically on an irrational mixture of taxes and insurance contributions – is in power,' said the main opposition leader
21.08.2018
Editorial: The essence
'The truth is that creditors will have the last word on a series of issues, and any divergence from what has been agreed to will be anything but easy. All of this means that the post-bailout reality will not be much different than in the memorandum period'
20.08.2018
ESM, Eurogroup welcome Greek bailout exit, urge caution, reforms
'Today we can safely conclude the ESM programme with no more follow-up rescue programmes, as for the first time since early 2010 Greece can stand on its own feet,' said Eurogroup chief Mario Centeno
20.08.2018
Editorial: Battle
When a government is annoyed (to put it mildly) by a daily, that means that the newspaper is most likely doing is job properly
18.08.2018
Editorial: Trust
The situation does not permit much optimism. The structural characteristics of the economy have not improved. Public administration is not trustworthy and the judiciary is dysfunctional.
17.08.2018
Barrage of lawsuits filed by Mati fire victims target government ministers, officials
The lawsuit targets Interior Minister Panos Skourletis, former public order minister Nikos Toskas, Attica Prefect Rena Dourou, former civil protection chief Ioannis Kapakis and Marathon Mayor Elias Psinakis
17.08.2018
Editorial: Adventure
'The ENFIA real estate tax is so unjust that it cannot be corrected, and it must be abolished,” SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras had said at the Thessaloniki International Fair in September, 2014
16.08.2018
Editorial: Relief
The two Greek officers were arbitrarily arrested, unjustly imprisoned, used in vain as a negotiating chip, and freed when they were no longer useful for the regime in Ankara.
15.08.2018
Pyatt congratulates Greek Foreign Ministry for work toward release of two officers
The US Ambassador had issued repeated public calls for the release of the two Greek officers, as had other US and EU officials
15.08.2018
Greek officers return home after 167-day ordeal in Turkish prison
Their unconditional release was ordered by a Turkish court, but there have been feverish diplomatic efforts in the last five-and-a-half months – with the EU, Nato, the US and other allies - by the Greek government to pressure Ankara for their release.
14.08.2018
Venizelos: Political framework in Greece refuels the crisis
“The crisis found the eurozone without the necessary tools for preventing it and combating it. The Greek programme was belated. It offered inadequate means, and was excessively optimistic and incomplete,” said Venizelos
14.08.2018
Editorial: Memory
Our approach and conviction, just as that of all creditable newspapers in the world, is that we publish the truth, regardless of the name and identity of the publisher, and that we check power, of whatever stripe
14.08.2018
First lawsuits filed by families of the Mati tragedy, with charges of manslaughter, criminal negligence
A lawyer for the family of victims in the deadly Mati fire has attributed blame to the Attica Prefecture, the Fire Service, and municipalities.
