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	Turkey's EU future and Greece (In Greek) by Dimitra Karantzeni
	Scandals and Media ...in Greek by Dimitra Karantzeni
	Greek Report by Euro Reporter Government’s green agendaTop government figures, including what appeared to be half the Cabinet, yesterday expressed their commitment to curbing pollution and dealing with climate change on World Environment Day. Environment and

	Wicked is the world by Trol Somehow it is expected among fellow Greeks that as a Greek myself I would feel some particular attachment to the Aegean Sea, enough to exclude any other destination for my summer vacation, while I personally have often preferred and favoured other
	Reforestate, if you dare (in Greek) by Dimitra Karantzeni Αυτή θα μπορούσε κάλλιστα να είναι η εντο
	EU's Regional Policy and Kurdish Question by Europe & Us The Republic of Turkey has a credibility problem regarding solutions to the Kurdish question. Accepting Kurds as interlocutors seems difficult for those ruling elites whether they are old-style Kemalists or new-fa
	Missing Alex - A Greek thriller (in Greek) by Dimitra Karantzeni Τα νέα έκαναν το γύρω του κόσμου… O Άλ
	Some thoughts on the Greek fires (In Greek) by Dimitra Karantzeni Το περυσ
	Hooligans & Youth (Greek) by Dimitra Karantzeni «Βάνδαλα άτομα που βιαιοπραγούν στο όνομ
	It Was All Greek to Me by Clint Wayne Back in the summer of 2004 I found myself, like a lot of my fellow football compatriots, cheering on the Greek National team as they took on the hosts Portugal in the European Nations Football Final. Of course you understand that this had absolut
	100 history and one misery that must go! by Thanos Kalamidas Too many times over the last few years I have written articles about the lethal responsibility of the billionaire owners of football teams and their potential to destroy the world’s most popular sport. Without any real sense of their acti
	Whither Democracy in America? Part 3: Myths and Lessons of Athenian Democracy by Dr. Habib Siddiqui In 1871, Walt Whitman, the great poet of America, wrote, "We have frequently printed the word democracy, yet I cannot too often repeat that it is a word the real gist of which still sleeps, quite unawakened, notwithstanding the resonan
	Greek Independence by Thanos Kalamidas March 25th for the Greek people is a very special day and a dual celebration. On this day in 1821 the Greeks began a revolution against the Ottoman Empire that led to freedom and independence after 400 years of occupation and for the Greek Orthodo
	A survey with many edges (in Greek) by Thanos Kalamidas Πριν από λίγες μέρες έγραψα για τον Τσίπρα με το
	A Short Story of Greek DIY Punk Passion by Zorba the Freak/Sakaflias Once upon a time there were two guys. One (Zorbas) lived in the capital of Greece while the other one (Sakaflias) came from a little corner of the Greek countryside called Trikala. For many years they had been unawar
	Blogs, sex and lies by Thanos Kalamidas Η Ελληνική κυβέρνηση του κ. Καραμανλή όλο
	Greek Reporter by Euro Reporter Skopje just like UK! Athens and Skopje have about two weeks to respond to the latest UN proposals for resolving their dispute over what the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (Fyrom) will be called. UN mediator Matt
	The Tsipras phenomenon (in Greek) by Thanos Kalamidas Καιρό τώρα σκέφτομαι να γράψω κάτι για το
	When I had enough (in Greek) by Thanos Kalamidas Όταν πριν από ένα χρόνο περίπου αποφάσιζ
	The Siemens Connection by Thanos Kalamidas Reading the financial news for the last few years I get the strong feeling that fraud and scandals have become the most common issue between big companies and I suppose that’s another sign of globalization. Coming to globalization, putting a
	Long live the new archbishop! (in Greek) by Thanos Kalamidas Ο θάνατος του Αρχιεπισκόπου Αθηνών Χριστ
	Turkey: Karamanlis, Al Bashir and Alliances Of Civilizations by Europe & Us A visit to Turkey for a Greek prime minister must have been the most troublesome. In fact Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis was barely able to make the visit that had been announced in 2005. Or since 1959, when Greece's legendary polit
	Spinaloga: The graveyard of Hansen's disease by Thanos Kalamidas Off the shores of Crete there is a small island that symbolizes a very old embarrassing story, not only for Greece, but for the whole world and that’s why you will not find long reports or historical facts in any encyclopedia. Spinaloga is a
	Reporters in crisis (in Greek) by Thanos Kalamidas Δημοσιογραφία σε κατάσταση υστερίας.
	Greek report by Euro Reporter A DilemmaGreece’s leading transport experts are divided over whether politicians should risk unpopularity and introduce congestion charges in cities that suffer traffic problems. A professor has said that any “poli
	Suicide justice (Greek) by Thanos Kalamidas Πριν τα Χριστούγεννα έγραψα ένα άρθρο με
	Comical, but tragic (In Greek) by Thanos Kalamidas Πριν από λίγες μέρες με επισκέφτηκε Έλληνας που
	Grece: mobilisation de la rue contre la reforme du regime des retraites by Newropeans-Magazine Devant les initiatives de Costas Karamanlis, le Premier ministre grec, qui souhaite réformer rapidement le régime des retraites, la société grecque se mobilise. D’importantes manifestations sont prévues le mercred
	Greek Report by Euro Reporter Pensions not under threat People’s pensions will not be reduced as a result of the reforms the government wants to introduce; Employment and Social Security Min
	A memory from the Polytechnic in Athens by Thanos Kalamidas Η πορεία του 1980 για το Πολυτεχνείο, ήταν η τε
	Andreas, we lost by Thanos Kalamidas Ανδρέα ...χάσαμε! Με έκπληξη και χωρ
	A tragedy by Thanos Kalamidas I have often mentioned that I grew up and met adulthood during one of the darkest times of the Modern Greek history, during the seven years of the military dictatorship. And I have often said that it is very difficult to d
	Thucydides - The Historian by Jack Wellman �Many feel the birthplace of history was Ancient Greece. If that is true, the child prodigy was Thucydides. The word 'history' comes from the Greek historia, and liter
	Greek elections (in Greek) 3/3 by Thanos Kalamidas Το τι συμβαίνει αυτή τη στιγμή στο ΠΑΣΟΚ ε
	Greek elections (in Greek) 2/3 by Thanos Kalamidas Για την παρουσία του κυρίου Καρατζαφέρη τ
	Fires...in Greek by Thanos Kalamidas Τελικά είτε μου αρέσει είτε όχι, νιώθω υποχρεωμ
	Greek-report by Euro Reporter Attica’s worst fire in decades The worst forest fire in more than a decade ravaged some 3,000 hectares of Mount Parnitha, one of the few oases of g
	Discriminative fan... (in Greek) by Romanos Dragasis Από την περασμένη Πέμπτη στην Ελλάδα - και με αφο
	Motive ...football (in Greek) by Thanos Kalamidas Όταν μοναδική πηγή πληροφόρησης από την
	Media made in Greece (In Greek) by Thanos Kalamidas Σκοπός μου ήταν πάντα να γράφω κείμενα στ
	It is all ...Greek by Thanos Kalamidas Τελικά αυτό που μας ενώνει στην Ελλάδα δε
	Sofia's Letters from London #4 by Sofia Gkiousou Coming from a Mediterranean country, the first thing you realise about London is that it’s difficult to get accustomed to the food. Even for me, a dedicated cook of Greek cuisine and experimental fusion (which
	Posa einai ta arthra? by Thanos Kalamidas Πόσα είναι τα άρθρα; Αγαπητοί συν
	The Antikythera Mechanism by Louie Parsons A computer in antiquity would seem to be an anachronism, like Athena ordering takeout on her cellphone, but a century ago pieces of a strange mechanism with bronze gears and dials were recovered from an ancient shipwreck off the coast of Greece.
	Caffeinated: Countryside VS the City by Giorgos Vrachliotis The longest traffic jam I’ve ever seenCountryside VS the CityRight now I’m travelling through some forests returning to the city from a weekend at my parents house in Corfu island and I’m th
	Caffeinated: Congratulations suckers! by Giorgos Vrachliotis Congratulations suckers!You succeeded in making me flee this shithole. In other words, a short intro-duction to the Greek higher education system.The basic idea...... or at least what it
	Thirty-three years of duty! by Thanos Kalamidas It must be over two years ago, since a known Iranian editor-director in Finland was showing off to some office girls saying that he’s an experienced commander because, during the Iran-Iraq war, he was a captain
	Heroes and non-heroes by Anna Oistros Ήρωες και ... αντιήρωες του Πολυτεχνείου
	What did the Finn see? by Thanos Kalamidas Αγαπητοί συντρεχαλητές στις skate-λεωφό
	28th of October in Greece, the OXI day by Anna Oistros Πίσω από τους πολέμους υπάρχουν άνθρ
	What happened with BLOGME.gr by Thanos Kalamidas � Το κείμενο που ακολουθεί είναι αυτο
	Local elections with European colour by Ergo te Lina In the municipality of Vamos (Chania-Crete), the pre-elections speeches and pamphlets were also in English because many of the assembled voters of Vamos emanate from countries inside the European Union and have the right to vote in the elect
	Football terrorism? by Thanos Kalamidas Here I was listening to the game in total concentration, the Serbians had the ball and I started to worry, the goalkeeper catches and I take a deep breath. Wednesday night and I am following my national team on the r
	The shame is always with us by Ergo te Lina Mehmet Ali Birand’s text is translated from Turkish by Ergotelinen Click here to read the original Turkish text.
	Hiç unutamam. by Ergo te Lina Click here to read the article in English. 50 yıl önce İstanbul’da yaşananların canlı t
	Nikos Kazantzakis: The truth of an alleged excommunication by Anna Oistros For over fifty years since his death, everybody believed that the Nobel Prize winning Greek author Nikos Kazantzakis had been excommunicated from the Greek Orthodox Church. This was not true.
	Passion for the Christ by Asa Butcher A few hours ago I completed my first Nikos Kazantzakis’ novel and a few minutes ago, while researching some details for this review, I started reading it again. This novel marked a number of other firsts for me, I had never read any Greek li
	Spicing up history by Asa Butcher Pepper...is hot and scorches, just like the sunSalt...is used as needed to spice up one's lifeCinnamon...is bitter and sweet, just like a womanMy experience with Greek films begins with Zorba the Greek
	Καρυκεύοντας την ιστορία by Asa Butcher Σκηνοθεσία και σενάριο Τάσος Βουλμέτης
	Kitten Stevens by Thanos Kalamidas Does the name Yusuf Islam say anything to you? You might have read something about this name a few months ago when the FBI and American customs forbid him entry to the US because he had suspected links with