How did an ex-banker end up leading Greece’s Syriza party?
The past decade has not exactly been short of surprises in Greek politics. But even to seasoned observers, the election…
New Democracy’s election success is a turning point for Greece
With early results showing a resounding victory for the centre-right New Democracy (ND) in the first round of elections in…
Greece is erupting in anger after its train disaster
‘Message me when you get there.’ This phrase became a rallying cry when hundreds of thousands of people took to…
Turkey's president Erdogan faces his greatest crisis yet
President Erdogan’s aggressive foreign policy is what usually captures the attention of the international media, but it is at home…
How Turkey is fuelling the Belarus-Poland migrant crisis
In the cold, damp forest lining the border between Poland and Belarus, thousands of refugees flown over from the Middle…
The Greek wildfires and the failings of the state
The wildfires raging across Greece for what is by now more than a week, show no sign of abating. High…
In defence of Novak Djokovic
Why does no one like Novak Djokovic? If Roger Federer is the player that even non-tennis fans can’t help but…
Keir Starmer and the 'Pasokification' of Labour
As the Greek debt crisis took hold in the wake of the financial crash, there was one big political casualty.…
The free speech row tearing apart the tech community
Donald Trump’s Twitter suspension after the riot at the US Capitol made headlines around the world. What was less reported,…
The fall of Golden Dawn
The fall of Greece’s neo-Nazi party
Greece vs Turkey: tensions are rising in the Mediterranean
Greece and Turkey are in a battle for hegemony
Will the Hagia Sophia be a wake-up call to the west?
Turkey’s strongman president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced that the Byzantine church of Hagia Sophia will become a mosque again,…
Greece is not just for Greeks — it belongs to the world
It often proves difficult to talk about modern Greece. Not just because of the relentless stream of news coming at…
Can democracy survive the tidal wave of technological progress?
For a brief moment in 2011, standing among thousands of people occupying Syntagma, the central square in Athens, it looked…
