Greek State

The problems of daily living at times influence voters far more than major national challenges preoccupying the country's central political stage. Such problems can become insufferable as they fester for years

Greece is not the first country or the last country that will attempt to put an end to football fan club violence, which means we can do it, as long as we pursue the effort to the very end.

It would be a welcome change as if those who bear responsibility for tragedies in which many people died when they were in power [SYRIZA], and for an ensuing cover-up operation, exhibited greater self-awareness and modesty.

At a time that the academic community must handle the repercussions of the pandemic, tolerance for any type of violence leads ineluctably to a further downgrading of our universities. Thuggery, terrorism, and those harm democracy.

Confronted in the coming days with the danger of a merging of the fourth and fifth wave of the pandemic, let us maintain our endurance and make a few additional sacrifices. It is up to us to exit the pandemic on our feet.

The new framework law which the government and the education ministry are rightly pushing forward has at its core meritocracy in selecting teaching staff, and the autonomy of educational institutions.

'Admittedly, I would not have expected vaccine deniers to be joined by “deniers” of the ongoing census, who often refuse to open their door and cooperate with those conducting it.'

Prevention of flooding does not mean only the readiness of the Fire Service or of the Army. It involves the small things that must be done daily at every administrative level of the state, such as the cleaning of gutters around public schools and of storm drains on major avenues and small streets.

A repetition of the phenomenon and incidents of far-right violence, and indeed in vulnerable and sensitive places such as schools, can lead to the reappearance of neo-Nazi groups that often have political ambitions.

Precisely because the repercussions of the issuance of fake COVID-19 vaccination certificates are not limited to public health, but also touch on the social contract to which we have all agreed, the state has a duty to fully shed light on these cases.

We all saw how the smaller and more efficient state that has been touted by this government since it came to power as a key objective failed to make the grade.

There is a pressing need to ensure that the state will be he here after the end of the pandemic to supporτ citizens financially and in terms of public health.

In the last four years what prevailed was the simplistic and naïve view that what is crucial is to take power and everything else follows or even worse happens on its own.

Cases that preoccupied public opinion over the last four years and had an air of scandal or in any way besmirched the reputation or conscience of anyone must be fully probed.

Every Greek citizen has suffered the martyrdom of dealing with a monstrous and constantly expanding bureaucracy.

The state must do everything necessary to protect the citizenry. Infrastructure must be repaired. Services must be equipped with suitable tools. Personnel must be trained. Officials must be vigilant.

It has been proven that the judiciary was used as a tool. High Court judges were manipulated and prosecutors were forced to or simply agreed to serve devious aims.

“Now that we have an improvement in the terms of borrowing for the Greek state, one should expect an improvement of the terms of borrowing for Greek banks.  We may now have fewer banks, but they are stronger and the future belongs to them,” Stournaras declared.

In the US, which is the citadel of Modern Greek studies around the world, citizens and professors have undertaken a particular brand of activism that demonstrates that Hellenic culture, which  historically reached all corners of the known world, still has its own way of surviving and spreading its wings.

Eleftherios Venizelos, one of the greatest statesmen of the Modern Greek state, spoke more about interests than about just rights.

The plan states that the employment regime and tenure of clergy, religious functionaries, and employees will remain the same as employees of a public law legal entity.

Lanthimos placed our country back on the map of international film. Tsitsipas reminded us that tennis is not the sport of the rich as it may have been in the past.

Unfortunately, we must admit that Greek reality usual undermines instead of facilitating those who wish to go beyond mediocrity.

Why did the PM hasten to express an opinion on a judicial case that is still under investigation? Who were the people who did not shield him from such an embarrassment?

The murderer has apologised neither to Bakoyannis’ loved ones, nor to those of all the other people that he murdered.