OPINION

26.07.2024 / 22:41

Cynical unionism

It is, unfortunately, not unusual for Greece’s unionist instincts to result in one group of professionals causing an enormous amount of hassle for thousands of citizens.

26.07.2024 / 16:40

Health needs care

The tension between the health minister and the Panhellenic Medical Association is an acute symptom of a chronic ailment – the lack of organization in the public health system and the absence of necessary coordination with the private sector.

25.07.2024 / 23:10

Golden Visa distortions

The decision to raise the threshold for acquiring a Golden Visa, that is Greek citizenship in exchange for a real estate purchase, seems to be paying off.

25.07.2024 / 18:56

Greece celebrates 50 years of democracy

Greece is celebrating 50 years of democracy, the restoration of which followed the collapse of the seven-year junta that ended disastrously with the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in July 1974.

24.07.2024 / 22:55

Who controls the market?

There is no such thing as a self-regulating market. Even liberals agree that there needs to be some degree of oversight – not enough to kill competition but enough to keep things on track.

24.07.2024 / 18:16

Real changes, not window dressing

Sweeping shake-ups are taking place at the Attica Regional Authority Department of Sanitation and Health and at the Athens Municipal Police following the recent revelations of a major corruption scandal involving local officials.

24.07.2024 / 15:10 EVANGELOS VENIZELOS

The Metapolitefsi after the economic crisis

The 50th anniversary of the Metapolitefsi – the transition from dictatorship to democracy in 1974 and the period since – necessitates a rethinking of our relationship with historical time. In fact, the polysemous Metapolitefsi itself challenges our calculation of historical time, in each and every version of it: the Metapolitefsi as an event and a state, a transition and a time period.

23.07.2024 / 22:27

Limits of tolerance

Greece needs to start learning from the example of popular destinations – such as Majorca and Barcelona – that have exceeded their capacity and tolerance for mass tourism.

22.07.2024 / 22:15 ARISTIDES HATZIS

Institutional successes and failures

I was seven years old on July 24, 1974, as Thessaloniki celebrated, and the chant “he’s coming!” sounded from cars, the streets and balconies. The optimism of those days was vindicated.

22.07.2024 / 15:32

The Reality-Unreality axis

Our reading of a country’s politics is usually based on the relationship between Left, Right and Center. In recent years we lament the threats that the Center faces, we worry about its survival, we note the rise of extremes, and so on.

22.07.2024 / 14:51

Turning a new page

The 50 years of democracy Greece has experienced since its last period of authoritarian rule and strife have been the best in the history of the modern nation. It has been free of wars and coups, and despite some painful glitches, it has been relatively stable and prosperous.

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