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QUEEN CLEOPATRA: Tina Gharavi’s response to criticism of her Netflix...
“You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks”. —Winston Churchill. And while I’m using this turn of phrase only to illustrate the more austere, ancient...
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What Thucydides Teaches Us About War
Thucydides, the ancient Athenian general, famously observed that “it was the rise of Athens and the fear this instilled in Sparta that made war inevitable” in his account of The History of the...
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The sad plight of the Ahmadiyya in Pakistan
There is no better illustration of the plight of the Ahmadiyya people in Pakistan than a recent video put out in the public domain by the London-based NGO, International Human Rights Committee (IHRC)....
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THE FAILURE OF A STATE
My Thought of the Day The recent selling of three hotels by Greek Cypriot refugees in the occupied city of Famagusta to Turkish interests, it was inevitable! Since the Cyprus issue remains unsolved,...
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China Faces Alarming Situation as Corporate Layoffs Deepen Unemployment Crisis
In a troubling trend, major Chinese companies have been carrying out widespread layoffs since the beginning of this year. The current job cut wave exacerbates the unemployment crisis among Chinese...
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Azerbaijan = Corrupt + Terrorist + Evil
There may be no regime more loathsome and deserving of U.S./European condemnation and punitive sanctions than that of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and his crew of criminals and monsters. Corrupt...
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Continuing exodus of Pakistanis to the West via Greece
All street interviews on YouTube featuring Pakistani youth have one common feature – the shared sentiment of going abroad for a better life. Pakistan runs on monopolistic dynasty rule where meritorious...
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Heatwave exposes Xi government’s tall claims
Extreme heat fuelled by climate change and inadequate government response is causing severe hardship and distress to Chinese citizens. More people face the risk of heat stress and even death as average...
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Faster than lightning: How Russia uses its precision weapons in Ukraine
Last week in one of his daily addresses to the nation, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that all of NATO’s Patriot air defence systems handed over to Kiev are intact and are fulfilling their...
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Youth Discontentment on the Rise in China
Demands for freedom and democracy, notwithstanding economic deprivation, are fueling discontent among the youths in China. In defiance of state censorship and repression, discontent among Chinese youth...
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Pro-Turkish mercenary spilled the beans on the Ukraine war
In the last month, multiple sources in the Middle East and Europe reported on a scandal around fake dollars in Syria, originally from Ukraine. At the beginning of June, in Azaz, local police of the...
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Last hope summit: how the meeting of NATO leaders in Vilnius may decide the...
The NATO Summit set for 11-12 July in Vilnius will become a turning point for Ukraine and its President Volodymyr Zelensky. As the high-level meeting is approaching, experts are engaging in discussion...
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Chinese Spy Activities in the U.S.’ Backyard
China quietly makes inroads into the United States’ neighbourhood through reported surveillance activities in Cuba. As per a report from The Wall Street Journal, China has secured a “secret deal” with...
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Mitsotakis did not utter the word Cyprus at the NATO Summit to not displease...
In a meeting, in which… the “good atmosphere” and broad smiles overflowed, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis jointly decided to rekindle their...
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Mitsotakis “trumpeted” retreat…
Immediately after the Greek elections, in which Kyriakos Mitsotakis won, as expected the way was opened for the “Prespes of the Aegean”, which had been being prepared for a long time. In an era...
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The EU needs to stop giving GSP+ status to Pakistan
As the European Union’s (EU) 10-year preferential trade arrangement approaches its expiry in 2023, Pakistan has intensified efforts to enhance compliance with key international conventions covering a...
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FROM A HOT FRYING PAN INTO ANOTHER
A Pentagon enforcement agent twice had arrived in Cyprus to ensure our government complies with all the American instructions on sanctions against Russia in support of Ukraine and also to insist on...
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The monobrow and persistent racism in Australia
You don’t get that many Toulas around anymore. A name that was once ubiquitous within the Greek community has now, to all intents and purposes, vanished or become disguised under more acceptable forms....
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What will Pristina’s officials do in Athens if Greece does not recognise Kosovo?
Former diplomat Zoran Milivojević does not see the invitation of the Greek Prime Minister to attend a working dinner in Athens with the leaders of the countries of the region and representatives of...
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To project Turkish influence in Africa Erdogan needs an unstable Libya
As a result of NATO intervention in Libya and the overthrow of Gaddafi in 2011, Libya has become the scene of a civil war and a clash of geopolitical interests. However, the conflict is no longer...
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Subsidised Chinese Electrical Vehicles and an EU controversy
The issue of Chinese electric vehicles caught a global controversy after the European Union started an anti-subsidy investigation into Chinese electric vehicle (EV) imports. China has described the...
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WHAT NOW FOR CYPRUS AFTER NAGORNO-KARABAKH?
Now that it appears Nagorno-Karabakh will be fully absorbed into Azerbaijan, Hellenism faces a new challenge. The only thing preventing Azerbaijan from recognising the “Turkish Republic of Northern...
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Asian Games: Host China set to take advantage, politically and diplomatically
The 19th Asian Games has brought a global spotlight on China due to the escalating geopolitical conflicts in Asia and elsewhere in the world. Even as leaders from several Asian countries gather in...
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Nagorno-Karabakh: French-Turkish confrontation in the Caucasus could provoke...
Azerbaijan announced on September 19 that it had launched an “anti-terrorist campaign” against the militarised groups of Nagorno-Karabakh – the region at the centre of Azerbaijani-Armenian disputes and...
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The USA and Russia want the “Zangezur corridor” but there can only be one...
A consistent demand from Azeri dictator Ilham Aliyev and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is the opening of the so-called “Zangezur Corridor”, a transportation corridor that would connect...
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A response to the NYT – They see an economic miracle in Greece while people...
In the article “Greece, Battered a Decade Ago, Is Booming” by Liz Alderman, with additional reporting from Niki Kitsantonis (Monday, September 25), we read that Greece was hit by an economic crisis a...
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China’s unfettered environmental abuses
Rapid industrialization characterized by carbon-intensive industries and uncontrolled rise in pollution levels has led to a severe environmental crisis threatening the health and livelihood of millions...
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India on the “Silk Road” and the role of Greece
The Central Asian region is part of India’s “extended neighbourhood” and is of great geostrategic value to India, especially as New Delhi tries to balance China’s massive presence. INDIA has come to be...
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From Pakistan to Palestine, extremism has one face
On the 10th of October 2023 Daniel Pearl would have turned 60. For those that don’t remember his name, he was a brilliant reporter for the Washington Post who was lured to Karachi where he was...
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The forgotten Greek homeland of Pelagonia
Pelagonia (Πελαγονία) is a region in modern-day North Macedonia, encompassing around the same territory as the “statistical region” in the respective country, directly near the Greek border. It is not...
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Darius and Xerxes against ancient Greece, the Mullahs against Israel –...
Persia, 2,500 years ago, tried to wipe ancient Greece off the map, and Iran now aims at Israel. “Stand against Hamas’ terror or stand with them” was the title of an article in New York Daily News a few...
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From international airports to military air bases and back: who still uses...
Israel once again attacked the international airports of Damascus and Aleppo in Syria, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), concerning its sources in military circles, reported. According to its data,...
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Macquarie University and the Legacy of Modern Greek
The study of Modern Greek at Macquarie University in Sydney has once again come under threat following the release of a discussion paper by the University proposing to discontinue the teaching of...
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The Parthenon Sculptures: “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark”
William Shakespeare’s famous line from Hamlet that something is not right comes to mind with the news that the National Museum of Denmark, after “careful consideration”, has refused requests from the...
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Why the 12th bill of EU sanctions against Russia may not be adopted
On November 15, the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, and the EU Commission presented proposals for preparing the 12th package of EU sanctions against Russia to the EU member states....
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Foreign policy: Greece is a actor and not an observer
It has been said that foreign policy is really domestic policy with its hat on. In a sense, this is true. — former US Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, June 29, 1966. And the truth is that a country’s...
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Professor Caman: Why is it so “bad” for Turks to have Greek, Armenian,...
Egypt was invaded in 639 AD, converted to Islam, and adopted the Arab language and culture from an Arab army of 4,000 troops. Egyptian historiography accepts the ancient Egyptian roots of contemporary...
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GPO Poll: 14% of Greeks would vote for a new far-right party
14% of Greeks would vote for a new far-right party The most important finding of the recent GPO poll, in my opinion, does not concern the issue of same-sex marriage, where Greek society appears...
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What the Maldives Needs Now – Urgent Call for a Visionary Leadership
As the Maldives grapples with a succession of socio-economic crises under President Mohamed Muizzu’s directionless administration, the cry for astute, empathetic leadership committed to steering the...
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A Greek Tragedy – Julian Assange: Unmasking Truth Amidst Global Tensions and...
By Dimitris Eleas and David Andersson In our complex world, understanding global events is crucial. We hunger for truth about Amazon rainforests, Tibet and China, Niger in Africa, Antarctica, Guyana,...
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The Antiochian Church is Playing a Key Role in Aiding the Victims of the...
The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, John X, stated to the congregation last Sunday during Meatfare Sunday in Lebanon that Antioch had been emptied of its already diminishing Christian community...
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The one-night stand of Greece and Kosovo: The truth is that Albanians are in...
When in 2001 Ahmet Davutoğlu, in his famous book "Strategic Depth", revealed to the whole world the foreign policy program of today's Turkey, he actually did us a huge favour. Not only for those of us...
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Cold lamb every Easter Monday... Heat it up!!!
Greek Easter has been associated with the cracking of eggs, tsoureki and of course spit roasting a lamb. With most Greeks fleeing from the capital, the lambs were swirled, the skins were eaten, but of...
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All or nothing: The West demands success, Kyiv is taking radical measures in...
On March 22 the president of Czech Republic Peter Pavel in his interview to the German gazette “Süddeutsche Zeitung” stated that Prague has provided the absolute maximum amount of military aid to Kyiv...
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Can FM Bilawal Zardari’s visit to Goa reduce tensions between the rival...
Pakistan foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will travel to India for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s (SCO) foreign ministers’ meeting in Goa. The last bilateral visit by a Pakistani...
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Putin introduces a Foreign Governance Regulation on Western Companies
President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on April 25 that allows for the temporary control of the Russian subsidiaries of two foreign energy firms. This action serves as a warning to the US and its...
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"THE HEART OF GREECE BEATS IN MELBOURNE" - AN OBSERVER'S OPINION
Melbourne, 5/3/2024 The Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM) extends its deepest gratitude to Mrs. Sofia Giannaki Kagadi and the Ionion Centre for Arts & Culture for their profound letter. Mrs....
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Alexander is Great because he makes us Great...
“I need a hero I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night He's gotta be strong, and he's gotta be fast And he's gotta be fresh from the fight.” - Bonnie Tyler. From the outset, I felt the...
View ArticleUkraine unwilling to compromise with protesting European farmers
During the EU conference on 26 March, France and Poland pressed for more significant curbs on imports of food products from Ukraine to prevent what they called the destabilisation of EU agricultural...
View ArticleWar and Truth for Archbishop Elpidophoros of America
By Giorgos I. Iliopoulos and Dimitris Elea Truth can only go hand in hand with love. Humans deserve to stand upright and always defend the truth. No theory or ideology can undermine the truth’s role as...
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