Agora

In ancient Athens, the agora was where citizens gathered to hear news, discuss and, later, trade. The agora was the heart of the city’s political, cultural and spiritual life. It is this spirit we hope to channel in this section of the website. Here, the Agora is a public forum for discussing events unfolding in Greece and beyond.

In May 2020, we also launched a podcast called The Agora, delivering insight from our own experts and analysis from special guests. If you enjoy intelligent, lively discussion and want the bigger picture, join us for a stroll through the Agora. Our show is hosted on Acast, but you can also listen to us here:

Posts on April 2019

Welcome to the club: Greece Joins the 17+1 network

In the course of the past decade, China has invested in and provided loan funding for infrastructure projects across Central, Eastern and Southeast Europe. During this period Beijing has also established an institutional architecture across countries in these three European sub-regions. Founded in 2012, the 16+1 network organizes annual Central and Eastern Europe–China Summits.

19/04/2019 - 09:33

Contributor: Jens Bastian

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Categories: Europe (279), Politics (374), Economy (316), Greece (479)

Extending Brexit: Reaching the Larry David moment of the saga

“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.” With this quote, Douglas Adams managed to capture the feeling that deadlines trigger among students, authors, professionals, academics and millions of others time and again.

12/04/2019 - 15:15

Contributor: Nikos Skoutaris

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Categories: Europe (279), Politics (374)

Summit to usher in a new stage of EU-China relations

The upcoming EU-China summit in Brussels on 9 April will have a lavish menu, for sure. China is the EU’s second biggest trade partner after the US, while the EU is China’s biggest.

03/04/2019 - 16:25

Contributor: Plamen Tonchev

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Categories: Europe (279), Politics (374), Economy (316)