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Bad news
Making mistakes is part of journalism. In the rush to get stories online, something can be misheard, misspelled, misinterpreted and then missed by editors.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (387), Society (142), Greece (498)
Our daily bread
Sometimes it is the simplest acts that touch us most. In our overloaded lives, where information comes at us faster than we can absorb it and there is a surplus of mistrust and rancour, moments of genuineness stand out.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Europe (282), Politics (387), Society (142), Greece (498)
A varied set of views on China
Since 2008, the increasingly close ties between Greece and China have caught the attention of the world media and there has been plenty of speculation about where this ‘romance’ is heading.
Contributor: Plamen Tonchev
Categories: Economy (331), Society (142), Greece (498)
A moment to reflect, not celebrate
Well, the first thing to say is: Celebrate what? Until the recent devastating fire in Mati, on the outskirts on Athens, there was talk that the government was planning a grand event to mark Greece’s exit from its third adjustment programme on August 20. If anything, though, August 20 should be a moment for reflection, rather than celebration.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Europe (282), Politics (387), Economy (331), Society (142), Greece (498)
Putting right everything that went wrong in Mati
When dozens of people burn to death a few metres from the sea, less than an hour’s drive from the centre of Athens, you have to accept that everything that could go wrong did so.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (387), Society (142), Greece (498)