OPINION

27.02.2021 / 21:25 EDITORIAL

Wall of prevention

As the tourism sector is poised for a timid restart this summer, the experience from last year’s mistakes will have to be put to good use.

26.02.2021 / 21:08 NIKOS KONSTANDARAS

Hope for a new outlook

If we focus on the present, Thurday’s debate in Parliament on the quality of public dialogue was disheartening. However, if we look to the future, we may have cause for some hope.

26.02.2021 / 21:01 EDITORIAL

A cure for toxicity

Thursday’s debate in Parliament showed that no one stands to gain from rolling around in the mud.

25.02.2021 / 20:51 EDITORIAL

Understanding priorities

No issue should be excluded from the arena of political debate. That said, however, the big issue that is currently being discussed by party leaders in Parliament lends itself to exaggerations.

25.02.2021 / 13:51 KOSTAS BAKOYANNIS

Kostas Bakoyannis: The murderer should be treated like a murderer, nothing else

Opposing hatred, violence and terrorism is not a political or ideological act. It is something that requires an unwavering commitment from all of us. Without asterisks, without footnotes, without ifs and buts, without calculations.

25.02.2021 / 08:38 TOM ELLIS

A serious debate that unites or a shouting match that divides?

On many issues, a head-on political collision, based on party affiliation, is expected and, at times, can be even useful. On others, such as natural disasters, there could be a greater understanding among the different parties.

24.02.2021 / 21:10 ALEXIS PAPACHELAS

Madness breeding division

Can we all just take a step back? We keep on repeating ourselves at the risk of becoming compulsive, if not peculiar, but the simple fact is that our country will not go far with all this hate in our public discourse.

24.02.2021 / 21:01 EDITORIAL

No alternative

No one wants to see the police intervene on university grounds. This is not the sort of normality we want.

23.02.2021 / 22:38 TOM ELLIS

From the US to China, and Greece’s interests

The pandemic has changed a lot in the world around us. Societies were tested, economies collapsed, alliances were shaken.

23.02.2021 / 20:11 EDITORIAL

Defense against slander and hatred

We have been through this before, and recently. We have experienced what it means to surrender public life to rumors and allegations.

23.02.2021 / 16:39 GEORGE PAGOULATOS

Aligning US-Greek interests in the Biden era

For Europe, Joe Biden’s presidency brings high hopes for reinvigorating the transatlantic partnership. For the United States, succeeding in this task is a prerequisite for achieving an ambitious broader agenda.

22.02.2021 / 01:44 ALEXIS PAPACHELAS

The deadliest sin of all

Our times are incredibly interesting, and dangerous. Everything is done to excess. Especially when it comes to the threats and challenges, from Covid-19 to climate change.

21.02.2021 / 21:21 EDITORIAL

The climate and our defenses

The state needs to learn the requisite lessons from the extreme weather that hit Greece this past week.

20.02.2021 / 22:20 MARIA KATSOUNAKI

An issue or a spectacle?

“The rapist and the rape do not have an ideological hue and belong to no party. We do not care about [the rapist’s] political identity,” Culture Minister Lina Mendoni said.

20.02.2021 / 22:01 EDITORIAL

The road to justice

Anyone who is sincerely interested in revealing the truth and holding the perpetrators accountable in cases of sexual abuse must show real – not rhetorical – confidence in justice.