Melina Mercouri, the Greek actress and former culture minister who made the return of the Parthenon Sculptures, also known as Elgin Marbles, a major international campaign, was born on October 18, 1920. More than three decades after her death,...
Efforts to overhaul the Constitution in Greece suffered an early setback on Monday after Parliament's first vote on a sweeping package of proposed amendments failed to secure the broad cross-party support needed to ease the path for constitutional reform.
The...
In the 1990s, the Greek government introduced a series of subsidies for certain categories of public sector employees that, by most standards, seemed excessive or even absurd.
When the Greek Socialist Party (PASOK), led by Andreas Papandreou, won the national...
It was June 23, 1996 when Greece lost its first leftist prime minister and great reformist Andreas Papandreou, a politician who was adored by some and disliked by others.
Like all great politicians, Papandreou had many admirers and equally as...
The Greek center-left is undergoing a rapid realignment since the return of former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and the launch of his new political venture, ELAS. Tsipras’ entry has triggered an immediate domino effect across competing factions, fragmenting existing...
The decision by the Greek Supreme Court to archive the case of Greece's wiretapping scandal brought widespread accusations of an "institutional deviation" and "provocative cover-up" from opposition parties and legal experts.
On Monday, April 27, 2026, Konstantinos Tzavellas, the Supreme...
As the 4th Regular Congress of PASOK-Kinal commences on Friday in Athens, party leader Nikos Androulakis faces a high-stakes balancing act. While the congress aims to serve as a springboard for a "victorious pre-election path," it does so against...
Greece is moving to reshape arts studies through a bill now under debate in parliament that would create a Higher School of Performing Arts within the country’s higher education system. If approved, the institution would establish a formal university-level...
Melina Mercouri (October 18, 1920—March 6, 1994) is engraved in the minds of millions of Greeks. In her life, she was several things: a striking woman, a stage and movie actress, a patriot, an activist, and a politician. But...
On February 6, 1982, Greek schools changed with the abolition of the blue school apron—the podia, a move that triggered a cultural debate that still resonates today.
For the newly elected socialist PASOK government, which advocated change, "Allagi", the uniform...
