The decision to expel Ken Loach from the Labour Party, was not one taken lightly. Even since Sir Kier Starmer inherited Labour’s leadership from Jeremy Corbyn, he embarked upon a…
In the beginning was the pain, during these cruel days of August this year. Pain precedes analyses, even the most meticulous. I am not talking about the people who lived…
Although in Varybobi everything is fine and it’s only the forest that’s become charcoal, in Evia we weren’t so lucky. I arrived at our house there on Thursday. Part of…
According to Efthimios Lekkas, professor of Dynamic Tectonic Applied Geology and Disaster Management at the University of Athens, the future looks grim. He warned that “climate change is here” and…
In the end, my family’s house in Varybobi was spared. The fire passed by it twice, at different stages of the blaze, and on both sides of the lot–it burned…
The government has radically reduced the number of MPs allowed in plenary sessions, initially without foreseeing online participation for those absent, which came about at a later date. Eventually MPs…
Aris Papazaharoudakis was ‘arrested’ by the police, if we can call an arrest what he describes as his kidnapping by masked men without uniforms or insignia and who refused to…
In the recent cases of the Lignadis scandal and the prime minister’s violation of pandemic restrictions, we have already witnessed the mainstream Greek media acting completely in line with the…
The danger to see the first victim of hunger strike in Europe on 21th century is ante portas.
On Saturday, April 4, I traveled from Thessaloniki to Athens by KTEL bus. I have made the trip many times before, but not in the middle of a pandemic as…