Greece

Yacht Plot

“Invert your ensign and pretend to be Serbs.” Such is the advice currently offered by Greek port officials to Russian yachts en route to Turkey. The Aegean now plays host to an Olympian game of musical chairs. No one wants the music to stop while a “problem boat” is hovering in their harbor. I know, because I’m aboard one right now. “This ...


Greece

Demagogue Days

Back in the good old days of 2,500 years ago, the Greeks blamed the gods for their self-induced disasters. In modern times the Brits were to blame and then the Americans. Now it's the Germans. Modern Greeks are not renowned for ...

Alexis Tsipras

Greece

As the World Turns

Over the past few years I don"€™t know how many hours I"€™ve wasted reading articles in newspapers about the Greek debt crisis. It isn"€™t as if I could have affected it in one way or the other. Moreover, newspapers these days, ...

Alexis Tsipras

Greece

The Despots of Democracy

"€œLast night hope for real change brought the smiles back to Greek faces after five long years"€: that was a fairly representative statement in the British left-wing press on the day following the Greek election. And the photos ...


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