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EDITORIAL

Banks are the economy's lungs and they are now healthy enough to pump oxygen on their own, without help from the state. The days of bankruptcy, however, should not be forgotten, because Greece's lenders would not have survived without the significant life support they received.


ALEXIS PAPACHELAS

A good friend wrote to me on Tuesday: “Universities have been closed for two months. My children entered two very good departments in Athens and Patra, two departments that require hard work to finish and which have huge dropout rates.


EDITORIAL

Banks are the economy's lungs and they are now healthy enough to pump oxygen on their own, without help from the state. The days of bankruptcy, however, should not be forgotten, because Greece's lenders would not have survived without the significant life support they received.



PANTELIS BOUKALAS

The talent of acting is a gift from heaven. It shows itself, dazzling at every moment and on every occasion. An example is Notis Mitarakis, the new minister of citizen protection, and formerly minister of migration and asylum, deputy minister of labor and deputy minister of development. I wrote here on Thursday about the prime […]



MARINA ECONOMIDOU

The election of Nikos Christodoulides to the Presidency of the Republic of Cyprus is a new development in the island nation's political scene as it was done, for the first time, without the the support of the two major parties – Democratic Rally (DISY) and communist-rooted AKEL.


TOM ELLIS

The looming rise of the far right in Greece is attracting the interest of foreign observers who follow the country, mainly due to the far right’s approach toward major geopolitical developments. Recently, for understandable reasons, attention has been focused on the leftist main opposition SYRIZA, with the election of its new leader, the internal upheavals, […]



COSTAS IORDANIDIS

There is mounting concern among commentators and analysts over the future of Greek-Turkish talks aimed at gradually normalizing relations between the two countries.



DIMITRIS KARAISKOS

A network of thousands of underground spaces are scattered beneath Athens. Pedestrians hurry past them, not suspecting that the metal lid of a manhole they have just stepped on is one of the gates to a vast web of spaces, which for decades has been sealed in silence and oblivion.



ATHANASIOS KATSIKIDIS

“Beethoven needed four notes for his 5th Symphony to be recognized: ta-ta-ta-taaaa. Theodorakis only needed two: pa-dam!” the famous Dutch violinist and conductor Andre Rieu tells Kathimerini while he is preparing for his first concert in Greece with his Johann Strauss Orchestra.


MARIA KATSOUNAKI

Before email and messaging, we had regular mail and envelopes, which candidates for the national or European Parliament would send off to voters, only so they could form huge piles in the entrances to our apartment buildings.


NIKOS KONSTANDARAS

Citizens are democracy’s first and last line of defense. Institutions are shaped to anticipate problems and prevent deadlock, to regulate the state’s functions, to protect the weak and check the powerful.



APOSTOLOS LAKASAS

Two out of three teenagers think that if they used their mobile phones less they would perform better at school, according to the finds of a survey of 2,291 high school students and graduates by the Poukamisas Educational Center, seeking to assess their relationship with their devices and the impact in and out of school.



SAKIS MOUMTZIS

A groundbreaking law that challenges traditional perspectives, particularly on social issues, must first and foremost persuade the majority of citizens about two things: that it is sound and necessary.


DEMETRIS NELLAS

The Greek parliament on Sunday evening approved the government’s 2024 budget, the first in 14 years with Greek debt listed at investment grade.


ALEXIS PAPACHELAS

A good friend wrote to me on Tuesday: “Universities have been closed for two months. My children entered two very good departments in Athens and Patra, two departments that require hard work to finish and which have huge dropout rates.




DIMITRIS RIGOPOULOS

It was Sarah Whiting’s last morning in Athens. For the final day of this dense, week-long tour of Greece, the weather improved and the winter sun shone over Syntagma Square. From her hotel balcony she enjoyed a typical sunny Athenian panorama, with the silhouette of the Parthenon in the background. Until […]



ANGELOS STANGOS

It is true that a gloom has descended on the holiday season again this winter, with a large part of the population continuing to be wary and mindful of the virus’ effects, particularly as it seems inevitable that the Omicron variant will take over by mid-January.



NIKOS VATOPOULOS

One of the big open questions about the future of Athens is whether and to what extent the disjointed investment plans in the city center will succeed.


NIKOLAS ZOIS

Athens on a winter’s day in February, 10.30 a.m. The US-Greece Strategic Dialogue has ended, the Russians are continuing the war in Ukraine, and the crisis in the Middle East is raging. The “agency” has assigned me to investigate a mysterious escape room, one of those places that attracts groups of […]