XENIA KOUNALAKI

Greek center-left locked in civil strife

It is an exaggeration to say that the far-right in Greece is stronger than ever because this assumes a unity in a fragmented and internally conflicted space.

May is the new July in Athens and on the islands

The tour buses for the Acropolis are paralyzing traffic on Amalias Avenue. The crowd of tourists on Dionysiou Areopagitou Street is reminiscent of July. Trash overflows from the bins in the middle of the day.

18.05.2024 / 17:19

It’s realpolitik, stupid!

It is a difficult time for realpolitik. A few weeks before the European Parliament elections, and especially at a time when the Greek prime minister is on a difficult tour of traditionally ultra-patriotic northern Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis is called upon to defy the political cost and confirm the family tradition on issues of foreign policy […]

29.04.2024 / 21:40

‘Greece’s economic indicators are better than Germany’s’

“I’ve never been more angry than at the way the Greek crisis was covered by the German media. It was so cheap.

23.04.2024 / 18:07

Double standards

New Democracy’s decision to nominate Fredi Beleri, the imprisoned mayor of Himare, as a candidate for the European Parliament aims to highlight Albania’s violation of the rule of law as a European concern.

09.04.2024 / 21:15

The Greek crisis through Schaeuble’s memoirs

His political career lasted over half a century; it was full of crises, scandals, even an assassination attempt. But some of the most dramatic passages in the memoirs of Wolfgang Schaeuble concern Greece.

29.03.2024 / 09:42

A Europe for each’s narrative

There is significant concern today regarding the lack of a robust official opposition.

17.03.2024 / 16:00

A president for every citizen

Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou has been banished – along with the prime minister – from the customary Easter celebrations by the Church of Greece, which has chosen this method of payback for the ratification of the same-sex marriage law.

24.02.2024 / 22:20

Mother of Hamas hostage: ‘She’s our only daughter’

Sixty-one-year-old Liora Argamani and her husband Yakov talk about Noa, their 26-year-old daughter, without tears, in steady voices. They are both optimistic. They believe she’s alive.

15.02.2024 / 21:45

The archbishop and the separation of church and state

Archbishop Ieronymos, the leader of the Orthodox Church of Greece, supposedly took a relatively soft stance on the issue of same-sex marriage.

11.02.2024 / 23:31

How to prepare Greece for the onslaught of AI

In an interview with Kathimerini, David Evan Harris, who teaches artificial intelligence (AI) ethics for leaders at Berkeley, suggests identifying at-risk jobs and investing in education.

10.02.2024 / 11:30

A bit of a Trumpish Greek argument

According to the Greek government, its performance on the rule of law and freedom of the press has been judged at the ballot box. This argument is a little “Trumpish.”

04.02.2024 / 19:23

Agony over the gentrification of Athens

Every time I go to a nice new wine bar in some Athenian neighborhood on the outskirts of the city center, I am overwhelmed by contradictory feelings.

03.02.2024 / 20:39

Dragging solidarity through the mud

Suspicion of humanitarian organizations is not a Greek hang-up; it’s universal. The case of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is a typical example.

10.01.2024 / 12:32

Has the loony left become the loony far-right?

Everyone agrees that the country needs a strong opposition, even the government and even the government spokesman, Pavlos Marinakis, who said as much after the election of Stefanos Kasselakis to the leadership of SYRIZA. But what has been going on recently?