Two hunger strikes are happening in Athens this week. One is in plain view, in Syntagma Square, where Syrian refugees—perhaps 500 at the protest’s peak—have been camped out for two…
For Greece, this was supposed to be the end. After more than four years and two separate rescues totalling €245bn, PM Antonis Samaras had promised his beleaguered countrymen that 2014…
When Alexandros Grigoropoulos was murdered by a policeman on December 6, 2008, I was still going to school. I went to a private school and we weren’t allowed to go…
I would like to make a prediction based on all the opinions I have heard and read: the Presidential candidate whom the government will propose will get at least 180…
The British Museum has allowed part of the Elgin Marbles to leave London for the first time by lending a sculpture to a Russian museum, despite fears of a new…
What do you get when you combine a croissant with a Greek custard pie? Answer: a bougatsan – and a viral hit on Instagram
As reported already in October, Greece’s participation depended on whether their broadcaster NERIT would become an Active Member of the European Broadcasting Union. While the broadcaster had already taken part…
Paying a critical visit to Greece on Dec. 5-6 amid a gas row in the eastern Mediterranean, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu will join the Turkey-Greece High-Level Cooperation Council meeting in…
trapped to the underbelly of a train, 23-year-old Ali Arzin from Afghanistan had hoped to cross the border of crisis-hit Greece into Macedonia and eventually reach another EU country