Every time that extreme-right wing thugs have been called on to face the consequences of their actions, they have presented themselves as repentant and misguided and not merely as innocent.…
In a speech to Parliament, Golden Dawn MP Konstantinos Barbarousis shouted “you should all hang in Prespes!”, a reference to the agreement recently reached in Prespes, Greece by Greece and…
Maria tends to her daily chores around the house. She talks to her husband on the phone to see if her children are back from school and if they have…
On May 14, 1948 David Ben Gurion proclaimed the establishment of Israel thereby kicking off a war which on the one hand materialised the vision of a state for the…
I walk through the neighborhood of Kerameikos in the heart of Athens. The old, multicolored single-family homes with the lights outside and neon signs flickering “Open” stand side-by-side with the…
DiEM25, the pan-European movement founded by Yanis Varoufakis in 2016, has always had the support of certain leading leftist intellectuals. Over the last year, though, it has also been developing…
Ever since 1975, hidden levies on borrowers have been ending up in a Public Treasury account with the Bank of Greece—but for 24 years, from 1992 to 2015, that account…
It should come as no surprise that Greece boasts the largest fleet in the European Union, at more than 17,000 vessels. The majority of these are small boats used for…
The week before last, the Guardian advertised a package tour of crisis-stricken Greece. Interested parties could, for a significant price, visit refugees, NGOs and Greeks afflicted by the crisis; they…
“Battered for a decade, Greece feels an unexpected whiff of revival as Europe gains strength … It’s nearly springtime in Athens: Street trees are heavy with citrus, wildflowers are erupting…