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LEADING OPINION

LEADING OPINION

The Silent Anschluss: Germany Formally Requests That Greece Hand Over Its Fiscal Independence The Silent Anschluss: Germany Formally Requests That Greece Hand Over Its Fiscal Independence

It was tried previously (several times) under “slightly different” circumstances, and failed. Yet when it comes to taking over a country without spilling... 

Democracy’s cradle, rocking the world Democracy’s cradle, rocking the world

by Mark Mazower On Tuesday, the whole world was watching Greece as its Parliament voted to pass a divisive package of austerity measures that could have critical... 

Greek P.M.: Zionism and the IMF’s Last Best Friend Greek P.M.: Zionism and the IMF’s Last Best Friend

James Petras 02.25.2011. US Zionists, recently returned from a visit to Athens described Papandreou as by far the most amenable (‘servile’) European leader they... 

Benefit from the Lisbon Treaty? The deal for the avatar citizen. Benefit from the Lisbon Treaty? The deal for the avatar citizen.

An interesting article was published by P. Nikiforos Diamandouros in “New Europe” regarding the benefits of “European Citizens” in a Europe governed by the... 

Asylum is a Greek word, and so is Ephialtes and “Malakas”

There is nothing about the article that appeared in the Guardian by Mr. P. Papakonstantinou, under the title “Asylum is a Greek word”, that was worth debating about, except... 

LEST WE FORGET THAT NOBLE AND IMMORTAL NATION GREECE

“When the Italians invaded Greece it seemed as if yet another country would fall to the Axis powers. But the Greek army defied the expectations of the world and chased the Italian... 

What’s new? Some answers from Ancient Greece

In the new millennium, what lessons can the modern world learn from one of the oldest civilisations? New economies, new politics, new technologies, new media. New products and services,... 

The Heresy Of The Greeks Offers Hope

By John Pilger As Britain’s political class pretends that its arranged marriage of Tweedledee to Tweedledum is democracy, the inspiration for the rest of us is Greece. It is hardly... 

The Coming European Debt Wars

EU Countries sinking into Depression by Prof. Michael Hudson. Government debt in Greece is just the first in a series of European debt bombs that are set to explode. The mortgage debts... 

Greek Dependence Day

This month marks the anniversary of Greek independence. If the Greek patriots of 1821, who fought a life or death struggle against the vast Ottoman Empire could see the present state... 

America’s Shame: Neglected Treaties

Double standards raise a lot of questions about credibility, especially when blood is shed in support of one while applying the other by a world power and proponent of Democracy, Freedom,... 

An Open Letter to Greek Americans

An Open Letter to Greek Americans: Greek Americans for Obama/Biden By Lauren in Chicago, IL – Oct 9th, 2008 at 2:20 pm A group of prominent Greek Americans recently issued the... 

Absentee voting bill

A roll-call vote on a bill for introducing absentee voting for Greeks residing abroad will be held in parliament on Tuesday, on the first reading (in-principle vote) of the bill, aiming... 

To meet deadlines…ask for an extension

An interesting article by Chris Cobb appeared in the Ottawa Citizen, regarding “anti-personnel mine” stockpiling in Greece, Turkey and Belarus. According to the article,... 

A Hellenic Case Against Hillary

by Theodore G. Karakostas The following critique is not motivated by partisanship. I am a critic of the anti-Hellenic and anti-Orthodox policies of both major political parties. However,... 



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