Category: Opinion

A reflection on institutional responsibility, public speech, and moral restraint following a tragic death in Argos.

A reflection on how a prime minister’s silence on two recent tragedies reveals deeper questions about justice, equality, and state responsibility.

A sober reflection on police violence, accountability, and the erosion of democratic values when lethal force becomes normalized.

The Faroe Islands’ grindadráp sparks global debate: Can centuries-old tradition justify modern ethical concerns? A nuanced look at culture, morality, and change

A fictional farewell letter to Beba, the abused dog from Samos—raising urgent questions about compassion, justice, and societal silence.

A reflection on polarization, ideological rigidity, and the erosion of collective identity in today’s fragmented public sphere.

A sobering look at how recent escalations have shattered the carefully constructed illusion of stability in the Middle East.

Why novelty alone isn’t enough for real change—and why credibility, feasibility, and trust matter more than fresh faces.

Smart cameras are catching hundreds of violations. Can they truly improve road safety and driver behavior in Greece?

The controversy over EKOMMED’s funding freeze for SKAI’s ’17 November’ documentary raises questions about ethics, law, and public broadcasting standards.

The Bisbikis incident reveals deeper issues in Greek society and the entertainment world’s cultural double standards.

Fifty years later, I have finally come to a conclusion. My mother, Mrs. Teresa, has what we call an inclination toward silk motherhood — a seamless and organic cultivation of biological humans who strive to photosynthesize their lives at their own pace, appetite, courage, ambition, disappointments, failures, and stumbles. She began her life with a…

With the European Union having made drastic decisions on emissions of pollutants and European car manufacturers, but also Asian and Japanese having set short-term and long-term targets for coalification, the new US president Donald Trump said “my baby oil, oil”, giving a direct stigma for mining that means thermal vehicles with internal combustion engines that…

Each person at the end of a year makes his own account and sets his goals for the next. For this political person it is an obligation, primarily to the citizen and then to himself. In 2024, with the mandate of the great majority of Thessalians, I took over the reins of the Region of…

From the very first moment the police officer and his also police wife who abused their children saw the light of day, I have had bad thoughts. I think bad thoughts not only about him and his wife, but bad thoughts about the whole system which is supposed to control all those who wear a…

“The first impression a ruler creates is that given by the people who surround him”. Nicolo Machiavelli The elections in Syriza, the background and the next day have been covered by both Nikos and newsit.gr and the media as a whole and will continue to employ as time passes. Like any moves on the chessboard.…

What we saw take place during the three-day period of the SYRIZA conference, it goes without saying that they do not honour any of its executives either on the “87” side or on the side of Stefanos Kasselakis. When he left SYRIZA’s leadership after 5 consecutive election defeats some spoke of a brave move on…

We say goodbye to Mr. Yiannis and remember what he confessed on stage eleven years ago… “Why you came into this world, I’m not looking into it. But you came. Look while you are here, have fun.” The first time I saw Giannis Boutaris in person was about eleven years ago at a TEDx event,…

Their own – the simple neo-democratic – former presidents and prime ministers and , which was on the evening of October 4? Why were they missing from the festival for half a century of the life of the South West in front of the iconic neoclassical building of Rigil which is associated with historical memory?…