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13.02.2024 / 14:05

The Cyprus problem and the prospect of resuming reunification talks was one of the issues that dominated Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis’ meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in New York on Monday.


29.01.2024 / 12:06

The recent unanimous rejection by the influential Greek Church’s governing Holy Synod of government plans to legalize same-sex marriage is perceived as a success for Archbishop Ieronymos in navigating the perennial antagonism between the more modernizing and conservative, at times obscurantist, factions within the Hierarchy.



19.01.2024 / 12:10

Amid the controversy generated by the upcoming bill on same-sex marriage, the Greek Church is trying to strike a delicate balance between competing groups from within, and its congregations, while at the same time trying not to burn bridges with the government.



09.01.2024 / 15:50

Athens is optimistic that concrete steps will be taken in February, at the latest, regarding Greece’s purchase of F-35 fighter jets from the United States. 


15.12.2023 / 19:51

The European Union needs to commit more resources to controlling migration and tackling the impact of climate change, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in comments as he arrived for an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday.


13.12.2023 / 23:42

The underwhelming performance of Greek students in the latest PISA (the acronym stands for Program for International Student Assessment) competition organized by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development likely did not come as a surprise. 


12.12.2023 / 15:15

For the third time in less than two years, the government is confronted with an extreme manifestation of sports violence, which requires the adoption of emergency measures.


02.12.2023 / 18:05

Henry Kissinger, the former US secretary of state and national security adviser who died on November 29, was a “red flag” for the Greeks and the diaspora, as he was viewed as largely responsible for the attitude that the United States and NATO adopted toward Turkey following its invasion of Cyprus.


27.11.2023 / 12:27

Efforts are under way to address mounting tension in the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, centered on Archbishop Elpidophros, though some circles speak of imminent developments in the coming days.


15.11.2023 / 21:15

The day after in SYRIZA finds the new leader grappling with a new reality. Day by day, Stefanos Kasselakis is running out of barbarians.


01.11.2023 / 21:28

“In the beginning we said that the first to get money were those whose houses collapsed. That wasn’t the case.”