01.10.2022
Editorial: Kamikaze
There is a possibility that Putin, faced with impasses on the field of battle and domestically, may choose to become a kamikaze, dragging the planet down with him.
Vladimir Putin
03.06.2022
Editorial: The 100th day of war
Ukraine’s armed forces endured the first attacks and struck Russian forces where they were most vulnerable, fighting to protect their freedom and to gain international solidarity.
19.05.2022
Dinner with Zelensky: the character of a Ukrainian hero
Journalist and author Vladislav Davidzon organised a dinner with the the then presidential candidate. The atmosphere was so convivial that the discussion lasted three hours.
29.04.2022
Editorial: The third way
It is easy to shout, “We are all Ukrainians!” when we see the corpses in bombed cities and the tragically desperate faces of refugees. What is difficult is to prove it in practice.
28.04.2022
Mount Athos: Confronting Russian influence as Putin’s war rages
Long before his 24 February invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin’s in his two decades in power made enormous headway in his bid to expand Russian influence in Greece.
27.04.2022
Editorial: Cease-fire in Ukraine now!
The current conflagration and the extension of the front into Moldavia demonstrate that wars are always unpredictable and ineluctably lead to escalation.
17.04.2022
Editorial/: Unpleasant surprises for Russia in Ukraine
The Ukrainians have not only have they put up a fierce resistance to the Russian invaders, but they also forced Moscow to retreat from the area of Kyiv and to revise its overall strategy.
02.04.2022
Editorial: The irrationality of Putin’s war
The West must send more aid to Kyiv, impose even stricter sanctions on Moscow, and demonstrate that continuing this war will destroy both Russia and Putin.
02.04.2022
Editorial: The irrationality of Putin’s war
The West must show the megalomaniacal ruler in the Kremlin that continuing this war will only bring destruction upon his country and himself.
13.03.2022
Op-Ed: Is Putin making wayward Erdogan realign with West, and with what impact on Greek-Turkish ties?
Erdogan has not moved an inch in pursuing a wide array of claims and challenges to Greek sovereignty, and the PM must make tough calls on what more Athens may legitimately negotiate, without compromising sovereignty and national interests.
04.03.2022
Editorial: History lessons
This war was foreshadowed years ago, as Putin made clear his intention to revive the Soviet Union and concerns about democratisation in neighbouring countries.
26.02.2022
Editorial: Turning point
Russia's land invasion of a sovereign country on three fronts that began yesterday was accompanied by the intense bombardments of airports, military facilities, and even hospitals
23.02.2022
Editorial: Russian revisionism
Greece is a member of NATO, of the EU and the eurozone. Russia’s initiative is a flagrant violation of international law and poses additional dangers for our country.
19.02.2022
Editorial: The great dilemma
The optimism bred by the Kremlin’s announcement that it is withdrawing certain forces from the Russia-Ukraine border proved to be premature.
06.02.2022
Editorial: A new Cold War
The “true spirit of democracy” to which Xi Jinping referred and with which Putin agreed, has nothing to do with democracy as the US and the EU understand it.
08.01.2022
Editorial: Dilemma
The West cannot withdraw from its security commitments. It can offer guarantees, but it cannot betray its allies. It can exploit the ever greater challenges to Putin to cement its principles.
25.02.2019
Ecumenical Patriarchate responds to Moscow’s attacks, challenge to primacy
Metropolitan Emmanuel of France tells To Vima that Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomeos granted Autocephaly to Ukraine to preserve unity, debunks theory of Moscow as ‘Third Rome’.
04.01.2019
Amidst Russian fury, Vartholomeos asks primates to recognise Ukraine Patriarchate
Seeking primacy in the Orthodox world, the Russians historically called Moscow the “third Rome”, after the collapse of the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantium)
