19.06.2019
Editorial: Temptations
It is absolutely necessary to tone down the rhetoric and to not give the impression that Ankara’s sabre-rattling can influence Greek domestic politics.
PM Alexis Tsipras
10.06.2019
Editorial: Youth
No other government promised so much only to break one after another of the pledges that it handed out right and left.
30.05.2019
Tsipras struggles to resuscitate devastated ruling party
SYRIZA will “take into account the message of citizens by turning our attention to the future of Greek society while at the same time waging the battle of ideas in order to achieve the goal of victory in the general election”.
29.05.2019
Editorial: Errors
The Greek Police Chief has also been spotted and photographed at political party gatherings in the provincial cities of Agrinio and Xanthi. Was he overseeing security as he sat in the first row there as well?
28.05.2019
Government considering 7 July general election date, after university entrance exams
The exams involve tens of thousands of families, many of which must travel long distances to cast their ballots because they have chosen to retain their voting rights in their ancestral provinces.
27.05.2019
Editorial: Elections were the only option
The decimation of the ruling party cannot be intrerpreted as a huge victory for the main opposition party.
27.05.2019
ND enters general election race with air of victory, SYRIZA devastated
Tsipras opted for a major gamble by framing the election as a referendum on his stimulus package and for the first time in nearly four years he lost the bet.
27.05.2019
Tsipras calls for snap election in June after stinging defeat in EU poll
'The electoral result does not satisfy me and I will not ignore it…I cannot ignore it. The final verdict is always delivered by the people. I will not escape,' the PM said.
26.05.2019
SYRIZA trails ND in Europarliament election exit poll
The looming question now is whether the PM will call a general election immediately or wait until October when his term ends in an effort to turn the tide.
21.05.2019
Editorial: Yachts
What national interest is served by having film industry executives and ministry staff traveling on a regular passenger ship to see Greece’s beauties even as the competent deputy minister was sailing on a yacht?
20.05.2019
Editorial: Disappointment
The queues of pensioners at ATMs the day the first pension bonus was disbursed demonstrated how much retirees need that money to cover their living needs.
19.05.2019
Editorial: Crime
The government exceeded primary surplus targets by taking from the many so as to hand out electoral benefits to the few.
17.05.2019
Editorial: Offence
Five months ago Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras inaugurated the metro there with a ticket vending machine that was painted on canvas as a backdrop.
13.05.2019
Editorial: Tempests
The UK has suffered both a domestic and foreign policy shock brought on by Grexit
09.05.2019
Editorial: In secret
It is impermissible for a prime minister to be hosted on a yacht by a private citizen who in turn receives from the PM a public office, a diplomatic passport, and a nomination to gain membership in an international organisation.
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.
28.04.2019
Editorial: Paralysis
Given the current impasse and the dark electoral projections the only card the PM has left is snap elections.
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.
