Articles & Commentary
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From historicization to personification
What is left for us when we have dived that far? The face.
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Ioannis Kapodistrias: What should I read to learn about him?
Some of the most important reference works, biographies and monographs about the first Governor of the Greek state.
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Greece’s role in World War II
How did the resistance contribute to the initial phase of the war in Europe?
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Naousa: the “forgotten” Holocaust of 1822
The important role of the city and of Macedonia in the preparation and first years of the Revolution, and the destruction of 1822, which deserves a place in the collective national memory
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The world that seemed it would be stable
In May 1945, when the Second World War ended, the world was asking for more Europe and more democracy. In 2025 the world cannot bear less democracy and less Europe
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The democratic break
The political climate in the first elections after the fall of the junta, on 17 November 1974, and the political legacy left by the protagonists of the period
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Kandanos: A symbol of Cretan resistance to fascism and the occupation
"Here stood KANDANOS, destroyed in atonement for the murder of 25 German soldiers," reads an inscription
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An explanation for inequality in the world
Daron Acemoglu, one of the best-known economists of our time, presents in his work "Why Nations Fail", written with James Robinson, an ambitious theory on the causes of the prosperity and failure of nations.
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Greek soldiers without identification tags
The military historian Savvas Vlassis describes in detail the last land clash between Greek and Turkish soldiers, on 14-16 August 1974
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The broken window
"The Broken Window" by the 19th-century French economist Frédéric Bastiat is an essay published in 1850 and based on a phrase, "What is seen and what is not seen" (Ce qu'on voit et ce qu'on ne voit pas), meaning that behind every decision concerning the economy there were consequences that could not be assessed.
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A change of framework and function is needed
With 2% of the country standing as candidates in the local government elections, turnout of only 40%-50% shows there is a problem in citizens' awareness of these elections, and the degree of local self-government that in theory concerns citizens' everyday lives does not seem to convince them.
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The theatrical surprise came from Elefsina
At a time when the discussion about the Epidaurus performances, which this year in particular provoked varied reactions, has opened, often intensely, I think the great theatrical surprise came from an event that has been running for two years and producing some especially interesting happenings: "2023 Eleusis – European Capital of Culture", under the artistic direction of Michael Marmarinos.
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Outside the walls
Foreign-language titles from the field of international politics and Greek and international History
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The European critical conscience
He was one of the writers who shaped the literary (and political) universe in the second half of the 20th century. Reading, for example, his novel "The Joke", beyond its literary issues, was a decisive help in understanding the nature of the regimes of the then "non-existent socialism" and of their societies.
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The middle class: the Holy Grail in Greece and Europe
The 2022 State Prize for Essay-Criticism was awarded to Panagis Panagiotopoulos, associate professor of Sociology at the Department of Political Science of the University of Athens, for his work "Adventures of the Middle Class. Sociological Records in Greece of the Late Metapolitefsi", Epikentro publications, 2022, an emblematic study of the history, formation and function of the middle class in post-war Greece, starting from the European and arriving at the Greek example.
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Inside Erdogan’s mind
There are two roads for the Turkish President: either he will continue his strategy of tension and his warmongering tactics, or this disaster will give him the pretext to shift his agenda at home and to rebuild the region of southern Turkey.
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When the English Conservatives wanted to return them to Greece
Unknown stories about the support of senior English officials of the Conservative Party, and of technocrats, for the return of the Parthenon Marbles from 1883 until the Second World War
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The three (symbolic) burials of Constantine
The death of the former and deposed King Constantine marks a symbolic end to the institution of the monarchy, which had institutionally ended with the 1974 referendum, since with the "de-dynastification" of his descendants, who live as private citizens, the cycle of the monarchy in Greece closes definitively.
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8 books on Russia and Ukraine
A selection of important books on the history of Russia and Ukraine that can serve as valuable guides for understanding today's events.