I’ve always harboured a good deal of sympathy for Scylla, the Homeric monster that according to Virgil, inhabited a cave in the strait between Sicily and Calabria. According to Hyginus, …

As far as Putin’s war against Ukraine is concerned, Greece is deeply split. The Russian president has many fans in the country. Part of the reason are historical roots. There’s …

There is a much greater understanding in Cyprus today of the importance of the diaspora and its role in helping secure a just resolution of the Cyprus issue. This is …

Many years ago, as a student at the Sorbonne, in Paris, I read “The Great Chessboard” written by Zbigniew Brzezinski, Polish American diplomat, political scientist and former National Security Advisor. …

As the war in Ukraine rages on, a parallel war is underway within the Orthodox Church. Not much has been said about this religious conflict in the mainstream media, even …

My late uncle Stathis was my first ever contact with Karagiozis. Possessed of a deep, rumbling voice, he would insert of all the great Greek shadow puppet play hero’s catchphrases …

Any political junky loves budget week. The rumours, the leaks, the speculation, and the positioning. What makes a budget week even more interesting is when we are in an election …

We often hear stories from our grandparents about their lives back in the ‘olden days’ and the stories their parents used to tell them. However, of those stories, how many …

The 25th of March is a day of great joy, celebration and passion for Greece and Greeks abroad as they commemorate the beginning of the War of Independence in 1821. …

“GIVE war a chance.” That is the message being attributed to pro-Russian demonstrators in Europe. And there are more of them than you might think. A few days ago, I …