In France last week, a schoolteacher was assassinated for a second time in the town of Arras, near the Belgian border. Dominique Bernard was his name and he was a …

My summer stay in my birthplace, Athens, comes to an end. Once on the plane, I started missing the sun, Greek food and my friends; this is not a cliché. …

A few months ago, when teaching, I reminded my students that reality is often more bizarre than fiction. A look at current European current affairs defies all logic. Who could …

On Sunday, December 19, 2022, up to 29 million French fans watched the world cup final match against Argentina. The following day, up to 50,000 fans greeted the French football …

This morning, I came across an old song that I first heard many years ago, Never say never, which is perfect for today’s geopolitics. This could occur in the case …

Mainstream governments are facing difficult times. For the last two years, there has been an avalanche of crises. The COVID-19 pandemic has placed governments worldwide in a precarious position. In …

As the night wore on, the temperature in Athens was hot, with lots of wind. During the night, I couldn’t sleep well because dogs in my neighbourhood kept barking  since …

Paris was sunny on July 1, 2022. At the Elysée Palace in Paris, Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese met with the French President Emmanuel Macron under a bright blue sky. …

“The game is still in still in the first half”, I said to a friend on April 24, 2022. “Let’s wait until the end of the second one, on June …

The image of Emmanuel Macron, accompanied by his wife and dozens of children in the Champs de Mars against a backdrop of the Tower of Eiffel in Paris dominated television …