04.05.2019
Editorial: Utmost caution
For months it has been clear that sooner or later Ankara would proceed with actions aiming to ensure that it has a place on the energy map of the southern Aegean.
English Edition
03.05.2019
Fresh evidence proves initial coverup of Mati fire deaths, state services break-down
Then alternate citizen’s protection minister Nikos Toskas, who was in charge of Greek police, in an apparent effort at plausible deniability declared today that the Prime Minister had not been informed of the deaths because they had not been “officially confirmed”
03.05.2019
Editorial: Marfin Bank tragedy
The crime has been perpetuated because the culprits are on the loose, because such a heinous crime has not been solved, and because there was no remorse for the chilling cry at the time of the crime: “Let them burn!”
02.05.2019
SYRIZA’s polling numbers plunge in northern Greece, over six percentage points behind nationwide
In the 13 prefectures of the region of Macedonia SYRIZA is trailing New Democracy by a whopping 14.3 percentage points.
02.05.2019
Editorial: Burdens
This government has instituted measures which previous ones would never have considered. It tied up state assets by handing them over to the Asset Development Fund, cut pensions, and passed a law lowering the tax-free threshold.
01.05.2019
Conspiracy of silence over criminal-friendly draft penal code
The provision to make many felonies simple misdemeanours will lead to closing about 4,500 felony cases. Thousands of cases involving theft, embezzlement, fraud, and breach of duty will simply disappear.
30.04.2019
Prospect of defeat creates fissures in ruling SYRIZA party
The government’s slew of handout and social benefits that are designed to lure voters does not appear to have substantially improved SYRIZA’s polling numbers.
30.04.2019
Editorial: Customs
A man was killed this Easter and another person is in hospital struggling to survive because of customs such as homemade, hand-held rocket-like fireworks and the celebratory shooting up into the air with rifles.
28.04.2019
Editorial: Paralysis
Given the current impasse and the dark electoral projections the only card the PM has left is snap elections.
25.04.2019
Editorial: Desperation
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told the Financial Times in an interview that he is not going to base his electoral campaign on charity or handouts.
24.04.2019
Editorial: Deplorable
The Left has always been proud of its moral stance. That moral stance was demolished by the left-wing SYRIZA government.
24.04.2019
I will survive: Modern Greek Studies ply forward at universities internationally
'Modern Greek Studies programmes are dynamic loci of that culture as they not only have high-level educational programmes but also act as a vehicle for the transmission of values to society,' says Ohio State University Professor Yorgos Anagnostou.
23.04.2019
No confidence motion after minister attacks paraplegic MD and candidate
Pavlos Polakis blastsKimbouropoulos after said the disabled are not interested in gifts and charity but rather equal opportunity.
23.04.2019
Editorial: Timebomb
It is clear that the demographic problem must be placed at the top of the agenda of the current and future governments.
22.04.2019
New monument honours Greek shipping, great Greek sailors
Many may not be aware of the significance of Greek seamanship. It is not simply the art of sailing. It is a broader nexus of knowledge. It is a traditional code of sailors’ ethics.
22.04.2019
New era in Modern Greek Studies at University of Ohio
The οne $ million fundraising completed by the local Greek community, with lead sponsor Mr. Evangelos Marinakis, safeguards the operation of a department that was destined to close, with the creation of the “Miltiadis Marinakis Professorship for Modern Greek Language and Culture”.
21.04.2019
Editorial: Invasion of privacy
Personal information to which others should not be privy such as one’s body weight or whether one has a pet end up in the hands of companies which sell it to all and sundry.
19.04.2019
Editorial: Cowardice
It is a dishonour for any politician to invoke a law that protects ministers from prosecution by requiring that Parliament lift his or her parliamentary immunity.
