June 29, 2023
Editor, FEATURED, Greece, Opinion, Politics
In an unexpected move but not a surprised one after the crushing defeat on the June 25 elections, Alexis Tsipras announced on Thursday noon that he resigns as leader of left-wing SYRIZA. He will not be a candidate in elections for the new party leadership, he added. This decision was …
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March 9, 2023
Editor, FEATURED, Greece, Opinion, Politics
Broadcasting live the introduction statement by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the start of the cabinet meeting on Thursday morning was rather a flop even though several ministers showed deep mourning and devastation ten whole days after the deadly train collision in Tempi on February 28, 2023.. Addressing the ministers …
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March 1, 2023
Editor, FEATURED, Opinion
Authorities in Greece arrested the station master in Larissa on Wednesday afternoon for the deadly train crash that costed the lives of at least 45 mostly young people and had dozens injured. According to the Larissa traffic police department that is conducting the investigation, the arrest order has been signed …
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January 6, 2023
Editor, FEATURED, Opinion
The Greek Orthodox tradition to throw a Holy Cross into the waters on the Epiphany Day remains largely a males-only issue even in the 21st century. Dozens of men, as young as 8 years old and as old as 89, jumped into the cold sea, into a river or a …
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July 20, 2022
Editor, FEATURED, Opinion
“Investigations have ruled out lightning or a short circuit as the causes of Tuesday’s Penteli fire in North-East Athens,” Civil Protection Minister Christos Stylianides said at an extraordinary life briefing on Wednesday afternoon. It was certainly a surprise for the former EU Commissioner to have to rule out “lightning” on …
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July 13, 2022
CORONAVIRUS, Editor, FEATURED, Opinion
Greece’s National Health Care organization EODY must have certainly believed that the “Ancient Greek Spirit” is eternal and every Greek hides a Pythagoras inside him – a mathematician… . Therefore, it issued its first weekly bulletin on Tuesday based on abysmal and fuzzy mathematics formulas that the average Greek has …
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June 23, 2022
CORONAVIRUS, Editor, FEATURED, Opinion
Greece’s health authorities triggered a big confusion on Thursday afternoon, when they announced people as young as 30 years old could be administered the 4th dose (2nd booster shot) of vaccination against Covid-19. First it was the National Vaccination Committee that announced its decision to allow the 4th dose for …
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June 13, 2022
Editor, FEATURED, Opinion, Politics, Turkey-GR
The Turkish folk, famous for their seafarer skills since their Mongolian past, wants to expand their territories and grab islands. In the West. Greek islands in the Aegean Sea. And half the Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean, they illegally occupies since 1974. Haven’t Turkish politicians often claimed in the 1990’s …
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June 6, 2022
Editor, FEATURED, Opinion, Politics, Turkey-GR
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is under pressure, in his own country due to an inflation that has gone out of control. What does he do? He “sells” to his countrymen expansionist rhetoric and targets Greek and Arab territories for the sake of collapsed Ottoman Empire, a year but a …
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June 1, 2022
CORONAVIRUS, Editor, FEATURED, Opinion
Mask mandate is lifted on June 1 and the majority of Greeks commenting on TV channels said they are relieved that they don’t have to wear the mask anymore. “Freedom! Finally!” an elderly man told state broadcaster ERT on Wednesday morning. A middle-aged woman said too she was happy about …
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July 19, 2021
Editor, FEATURED, Social
With the gender-based violence and femicide on the rise in Greece, there are many voices calling for the urgent need for education and self-criticism of the society, the dismantling of stereotypes and no tolerance against such crimes. And there come the conservative misogynists in the mainstream media trying to acquit …
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June 21, 2021
Editor, FEATURED, Opinion
An interesting phenomenon even if despicable has been observed in the heinous crime where a 32-year-old pilot killed his 20-year-old wife Caroline Crouch and was trying to cover up the murder for 37 days, misleading the police, the media and the shocked Greek society. The “interesting” phenomenon is that some …
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May 17, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, Editor, FEATURED, Opinion
“Welcome, nice to see you again, how are you doing?” said the young man as he arranged a table and two chairs at safety distance from the other customers. “How was the winter?” I asked and I knew the answer before he replied “tough!” We winked with the eyes, looked …
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May 4, 2021
Editor, FEATURED
The long Greek Easter weekend was extended to Tuesday because the Labor Day on May 1 was moved to today. May Day is a strike day with shops and even supermarkets closed and this was impossible on Easter Saturday. Media are also on strike and in this sense the flow …
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December 24, 2020
Editor, FEATURED, Opinion
Yes, this Christmas is “different.” To start with, for the first time since ever, there was no smiling, bold or shy child at my door step singing the Christmas carols. Blame the lockdown and the pandemic. And I must confess: this morning in deafening silence spoiled the whole mood for …
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October 7, 2020
Editor, FEATURED, Greece, Opinion
“Pavlo, you did it, my son, you did it, my son, my son!” With tears in her eyes, face and arms towards the sky, a figure from an ancient Greek tragedy, Magda Fyssa screams minutes after the appeals Court in Athens ruled that the neo-nazi party of Golden Dawn is …
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September 16, 2020
Editor, FEATURED, Politics, Refugees
Questions arise as Greece’s Citizens Protection Minister has vowed to empty the island of Lesvos of all refugees by Easter.One main question is, of course, that if all 12,000 refugees leave in the next 6 months, why does Greece build a permanent camp on the island, expected to be in …
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September 14, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, Editor, FEATURED
Schools throughout Greece opened on Monday in completely different conditions than all previous years due to the coronavirus pandemic: face masks for students and teachers, antiseptics and social distancing where possible. The rules from the Education Ministry are clear: no pupil will be allowed in the class-room without a face …
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August 25, 2020
Editor, FEATURED, Politics
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas warned that “the slightest spark in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea region could cause a disaster” and called for “an immediate end to all provocations in the area.” We suppose that Maas was addressing Turkey without mentioning it by name, and not Greece, while he was …
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June 23, 2020
Editor, FEATURED, Turkey-GR
Turkey has proposed a dialogue with Greece to solve bilateral issues. At the same time, it threatens with a hot pursuit should Athens try to prevent Turkey’s planned drilling for hydrocarbon south of the island of Crete No one will dare stopping our drilling. These are our sovereign rights that …
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