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Ιt is clear that the German chancellor is aiming for something more that the (definitive?) return of the Turkish research vessel “Oruc Reis” to its base. She has underlined that the EU has channeled much effort into improving its relations with Turkey.

One month after the day that the island of Samos was hit by a very strong earthquake the residents of the island are still confronted with major problems caused by the 6.9 on the Richter scale temblor in their daily lives,

It will be impossible to station a police contingent outside of all Patras churches and the last thing the government wants is clashes between police and faithful.

The EU recovery fund creates substantial and realistic prospects for a re-structuring and re-orientation (assuming that there was an orientation in the first place) of the battered Greece economy.

Vangelis Marniakis spoke clearly of a distortion of the result of the Olympiakos – Manchester City match. There was an obvious foul before City’s goal.

It took much time and toil for women to find their voice. Yet even in 2020 the meting out of justice for a beating, rape, or murder remains a challenge for any court.

A new ICU unit with 14 beds was created at the State Hospital of Nikaia – E. Marinakis, A. Frangou and ION covered the cost of the new beds

SYRIZA aims to co-opt the centre-left, Pasok-based Movement for Change (KINAL) which refused to sign on to both SYRIZA’s declaration regarding the 17 November anniversary and its statement on healthcare.

The only thing in Greece that seems not to have changed particularly over the last months in which the COVID-19 pandemic has been raging is the domestic political scene

On the international level there have been announcements that vaccines that are being developed are extremely effective and there are three of them in very advanced stages until now.

Politicians can visit the historic Athens Polytechnic campus to leave a flower, as the PM suggested, or to lay a wreath as the main opposition leader proposed.

The opposition’s comparing the government with a junta, because it banned a commemorative march, especially when it is following the recommendations of the National Committee on Public Health is entirely unjustified.

The problem is that despite various indications Turkey’s next moves remain unknown because we have not yet learned to read them properly.

Tsipras may have verbally expressed annoyance but in fact he continues to offer political cover to the phenomenon of Polakism .

The only way to deter a disaster from the second wave of the virus is to get a vaccine and religiously comply with restrictive measures.

Those who seek to circumvent the rules are not many but this juncture is particularly critical for everyone.

As in the spring lockdown, movement will be limited to essentials and citizens will have to send an SMS to get approval to leave home for a very limited number of purposes.

It has been demonstrated that the government’s abolition of university asylum has not solved the existing problems. That requires the active cooperation of the university community.

In this new international backdrop which requires solidarity, cooperation, and the bolstering of democratic institutions the US will unavoidably play a leading role.

The government has not implemented any of the university security measures that have been discussed such as the establishment of a campus police force or the mandatory display of an ID in order to enter university campuses and buildings.

We are all French for reasons more important than bilateral relations or geopolitical games. We are all French above all because we share with the residents of Paris, Nice, and other French cities a common European way of life.

Athens has been offered a great opportunity to exploit the European wave of dissatisfaction with Ankara by responding calmly to provocations, and persistently highlighting Ankara’s violations of Greece’s sovereignty in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean.

The Pope’s comments were the clearest language yet he has used on the rights of gay people.

«If a company is able to offer guidance it shows that they’re able to have a better idea of what’s coming down the road,» said Charlie Ripley, senior investment strategist at Allianz Investment Management.

Naturally Greece’s differences with Turkey are more complex than those with Albania and the path is more difficult, but here too the issue to be resolved is the delimitation of maritime boundarie

With the election of Erdogan’s chosen candidate, Ersin Tatar, many believe that Ankara’s control over the occupied territories will be even tighter and more glaring.

Thousands demonstrated yesterday in Paris and other French cities in the name of democracy – to declare that they will not be afraid, that they will not submit to self-censorship, and that they will make no concessions to terrorism.

Greece has openly expressed its willingness to commence a substantial dialogue with Turkey which both the EU and the US strongly support.

The government must not allow the pandemic and the Turkish crisis to disorient them and they must speed up reform efforts so as to implement necessary changes.

The best answer to Turkish provocations is always diplomacy. That way Athens demonstrates that it is by being the trustworthy regional interlocutor and that in contrast with Turkey it can be a basic pillar of stability.

The issue to be decided in elections in Turkish-occupied Cyprus is whether dialogue and negotiations will proceed or whether Ankara’s provocative stance and the political fatigue of the Turkish-Cypriots will result in deeper impasses.

Even if one accepts the contention that the left-wing government did not intentionally tailor the Criminal Code to benefit Golden Dawn, Syriza has yet to convincingly answer the charge that it was well aware of the repercussions

Liberty and democracy prevailed. Both those who carried out Golden Dawn’s crimes and those who masterminded them should be jailed now Yet this battle is not over.