A Citizen’s Guide to Greece 2015
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Greece: an emerging market?
Posted March 4, 2013 by Politis
Is Greece an emerging market? Strange as it may seem, an American firm named Russell Investments believes so. Is this good news? In an analysis by Mat Lystra and Ryan Naranjo entitled Greece: Reemerged, explains in detail the reclassification. But lest one think that this is good news for the Greek economy, the inverse is […]
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Fall 2015 highlights at the Dukakis Center
Posted April 5, 2016 by Politis
During the Fall 2015 semester the Dukakis Center was involved in three major undertakings, conceived above all to inspire young people to take an active role in the public life of their country. First, the Dukakis Center underwrote and was present at the annual Thessaloniki International Symposium organized by the Navarino Network, on Sunday, October […]
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We are fed up
Posted May 30, 2012 by Politis
By Politis We live in Greece. Most of us are Hellenes, a few others foreigners who reside here by choice; we have all lived and studied abroad. We have different ideological preferences. Some of us work for public entities, others in the private sector. A few of us run our own businesses, trying to keep […]
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Research on automobile infotainment system safety
Posted April 7, 2014 by Politis
The team at Navideck have created an online survey to determine the relative safety of infotainment systems in cars. While this is a start up and Politis does not endorse commercial products, we have posted occasional public service announcements on the issue of automobile and driver safety, and are similarly inspired in this instance. The […]
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RIP Loukakinos
Posted October 9, 2014 by Politis
Photo: Thanasis Tsalikis
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Privatization woes
Posted January 28, 2013 by Politis
Excerpts from Vangelis Mandravelis’ analysis of the myriad difficulties faced by Greek authorities seeking to move ahead with Greece’s privatization program, from today’s Kathimerini English pages. “Although Greece has been discussing its privatization program for almost three years, precious little has materialized to date. In essence, the sell-off program is yet to start, given that […]
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Saying of the day: 5/10/13
Posted May 11, 2013 by Politis
“Unlike in Greece, corruption is not a way of life in Spain. Most Spaniards go about their daily business without ever paying a bribe. But experts say that the concentration of power in the hands of regional and municipal officials and their ties to the local savings banks created ideal conditions for corruption in […]
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Saying of the day: 3/18/13
Posted March 18, 2013 by Politis
“If you make people’s lives better they will pay you for it — bottom line.” — Rob Markey
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The world is watching
Posted October 7, 2016 by Politis
By Lydia Richards I am a study abroad student and a Dukakis Center intern at the American College of Thessaloniki (ACT) from the US, where I attend the University of Northern Iowa and major in flute performance. At ACT, I am taking several International Relations classes. As someone who has not spent a great deal […]
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Taxes and citizenship
Posted January 3, 2013 by Politis
We rarely equate paying taxes with citizenship these days, although it is certainly one of those old-fashioned obligations we associate with residing in a certain place. French actor Gerard Depardieu (by the grace of God born a Frenchman, has now been offered Russian citizenship (along with the Belgian citizenship he sought a short while back […]
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Why serve?
Posted June 7, 2015 by DW
By David Wisner I confess. I am a Europeanist and a self-conscious product of what we call the Western tradition. I dreamed as a teenager of studying in Florence, the Florence of the Italian Renaissance. I later came of age intellectually during five fabulous years spent in Paris. I established a name for myself as […]
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It’s our right: I think I’ll vote
Posted May 3, 2012 by pdcadmin
In this week’s installment of “It’s our right,” college student Iliana Sansi, who is eligible to vote for the first time in her life, deliberates whether she wants to exercise this right on May 6. The last three weeks we’ve been witnessing confusion all over Greece that mostly deals with the coming elections on this Sunday. Political […]
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A Self-Help Revolution?
Posted October 21, 2014 by DW
By David Wisner Last week I was invited to attend a seminar organized by a well-known network marketing company. I do not collaborate personally with this company, but I know of it and have been curious to observe how their corporate philosophy resonates in crisis-stricken Greece. The keynote speaker was an American who has been […]
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Saying of the day: 4/4/13
Posted April 5, 2013 by Politis
“Science has become a branch of the Democrat Party.” — Rush Limbaugh
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LOL Greece
Posted May 6, 2015 by KK
By Krysta I took a look at an article in LOL Greece a few weeks ago. I was a bit busy at the time and this guy’s articles are huge! I think this website is pretty decent, if not more than that. The articles this guy writes are pretty balanced, he seems to be giving […]
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Second chance?
Posted February 24, 2013 by M P
By Maria Patsarika Is there a second chance for democracy, as Nikos Marantzidis claimed in Protagon last week? For one to be able to identify a positive orientation for populism in politics is a fresh, however risky, perspective on democratic renewal. When this is accompanied by concrete suggestions, however, the argument becomes even more robust […]
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Look who’s running! (journalists and politics)
Posted April 23, 2014 by Politis
Politis asked Maria Patsarika, Krysta Kalachani, and David Wisner to comment on a recent article on tvxs.gr by journalist Stelios Koulouglou, a candidate for Syriza for the European Parliament. How compelling are Mr Koulouglou’s arguments likely to be among Greek voters? What does the inclusion of several journalists on the lists of the political parties […]
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A culinary public service
Posted April 3, 2013 by M P
We all know that Ilias Mamalakis cooks delightfully… Imagine doing this in a prison and publishing a book about it. Cooking as public service.
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Exclusion from the future
Posted June 7, 2012 by PR
By Paschos Mandravelis* Ultimately, youth unemployment is not just a Greek phenomenon, nor is it limited to Europe. It is a global threat to stability and to our societies’ ability to reproduce. Worse than the fact that 13 percent of people aged between 15 and 24 worldwide are out of work is that 6 million […]
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Golden Dawn: before and after?
Posted October 3, 2013 by Politis
Excerpts below from an article by Clark Boyd of Public Radio International’s The World on possible consequences of the recent arrest of members of Golden Dawn. The author cites Politis’ good friend Brady Kiesling, former political affairs officer at the US Embassy in Athens. …/… “[I]n the wake of the arrest of a number of […]