Opinions

Αt a time of various crises, tensions, but also οf military conflicts,  how do people assess humanity’s prospects? What can Greece, the birthplace of Western culture, expect from Eastern cultures? An answer is provided by a recent resolution of the 78th General Assembly of the United Nations, adopted by consensus, which declares  June 10 as […]

No one has ever claimed or implied that Chairman Mao was centre-left. I suspect that if someone had told him so to his face, he wouldn’t have known what they were talking about. Not that this has prevented Greece’s centre-left from honouring him by confirming a famous saying of his in practice: “great disorder under […]

Only hypocrites or the deliberately obtuse can claim not to have understood what happened in the European elections. Because, one, there’s nothing complicated about it, and two, it’s clear as day. New Democracy didn’t bother actually talking to the voters, never so much as mentioned the things that concern them, so it’s no surprise many […]

Europe’s voters have shifted the political balance to the right. In France and Germany, traditionally the political power centers of the European Union, far-right parties are celebrating historic triumphs. How these tectonic shifts will affect political processes remains to be seen. The leaders of the right-wing parties are notorious for their radical rhetoric. Finding consensus, […]

If a visitor to Greece believed everything they heard recently on TV and in the coffee shops, they would have fallen from the clouds today. Because—amazingly—the citizens of Greece aren’t voting to bring down the government or raise up the opposition! No, we will have the self-same government and opposition tomorrow. Nor are they are […]

The prevailing mood in Europe is troubled. Europe and the European Union are no strangers to crises, yet currently, the challenges are mounting both within the bloc and beyond its borders. When Europeans last elected members of the European Parliament in 2019, climate change dominated the debates. Additionally, the impact of Donald Trump’s presidency and […]

The more technology advances, the more we wish for long-lost simpler times.

Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza is about to enter its ninth month. Russia’s war with Ukraine is now in its third year. And there are still no signs of normalization or appeasement on the horizon. Even worse, none of the warring parties appears to have a strategy for exiting crises which, with no prospect […]

if Europe is absent from people's lives; if it fails to address the cost of living crisis, immigration, unemployment; if it can't even forge a common position on the Middle East, then what exactly is it asking us to elect?

In an increasingly alarming world, the West can’t afford to rest for much longer.

The body has become emblematic of the EU’s dysfunction, but this year’s vote may actually matter.

Power, a Chimera, a multifaceted concept, is not static. It evolves, comprising disparate parts, each more imaginative, implausible, and dazzling than the last. The broader concept of power encompasses the ability to instigate or inhibit change. Within social and political philosophy, more precise definitions of power delineate the specific types of changes involved. Social power, […]

With just three weeks to go until the European elections, you might say we’re in the home straight. But to what? An electoral contest that has provoked nothing but yawns, and whose outcome everyone has rushed to predict with impatient over-confidence. The only event that actually looked and felt like an election rally was Edi […]

Needless to say, Mitsotakis’ visit to Ankara and his meeting with Erdoğan is not destined to change the course of history, just as it hasn’t stirred up waves of nationalist enthusiasm. But it is a necessary effort aimed at mutual understanding and coexistence. Made in the hopes that it will prove to be an honest […]

In the heated landscape of artificial intelligence (AI), where algorithms reign and the boundaries of innovation blur with uncertainty, a chorus of voices rises, echoing the call for regulation with complex features. These are not just any voices—they are the voices of the “AI elite”, the luminaries of our digital age, studying and analysing constantly, […]

The trial of those charged in relation to the deadly Mati fire of 2018 has come to an end. But it has failed to satisfy the public. To the extent that a trial relating to a dreadful tragedy has descended into a trial of a trial. It seems the Association of Judges and Prosecutors was […]

For many Christians around the world, Easter is long past, with the Easter Sunday celebration on 31 March 2024 a distant memory. For the Orthodox Christians, though, this year’s Easter is only now approaching, with Easter Sunday falling on 5 May 2024. Located as I am these days in Sparta, Greece, I am going through […]

China’s leader Xi Jinping kicks off a six-day trip to Europe on Sunday, his first visit to the continent over the past five years. But he will land in a very different Europe compared to 2019, when he travelled to Italy, Monaco, and France. The highlight of his visit back then was the endorsement of […]