Articles & Commentary
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The forgotten “shattering” of the Roma
The Holocaust during the Second World War, for which 2 August was recognised as Remembrance Day, commemorating the almost 500,000 victims
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The allure of irrationalism
When the well-known American historian Richard Wolin published in 2004 his well-known book on the fascination that fascism held for well-known intellectual figures, he could not have imagined the fascination that irrationalism would exert a few years later, because of the use of a mask during the greatest public health crisis humanity faced in the 21st century.
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1821–2021: The consciousness of unity
The celebration of 1821 already stands on the pedestal it deserves, because it is an event of freedom, patriotism and unity, and these are values that must be neither cheapened nor handed over to the extremes.
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The game of spies in the Cold War era
The Cold War has many episodes, geostrategic, military and political. But the episode of espionage, with incredible stories of double agents, assassinations, betrayals and the leaking of secrets, stands out.
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The “God-cursed stranger” of 1854
The passage of Asiatic cholera through Piraeus and Athens, in the midst of the Crimean War and the reign of Otto
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Theodoros Kolokotronis: From “klepht” to co-founder of modern Greece
One of the most recognisable but also most fascinating figures of 1821
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Three books on 1821
Revolution, the shaping and definition of local and national identities, the evolution of the Revolution into a new political entity. 1821 seems inexhaustible in its themes, as well as in the investigation of even those that are considered already known
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Filiki Eteria: the restless “conspirators”
The role of the secret organisation in the preparation of the Greek Revolution, based on classic and recent accounts in historiography
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Churchill, the man who did not surrender
The exhaustive biography of the English leader, which is already winning positive reviews from the international press
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The systemic anti-systemic nature of SYRIZA
Alexis Tsipras's presence at the congress of the Party of European Socialists, moreover without the capacity of prime minister, shows his desire for his party to join the European socialist group and the shift – at least in theory – of the "rebaptised" SYRIZA towards more centrist political searches.
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The history of the Sicilian mafia – The case of Corleone
The history of the Sicilian mafia – the case of Corleone, which became known through the films of Francis Ford Coppola
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The first genocide of the 20th century: Namibia 1904
Tens of thousands of members of the Herero and Nama tribes of the African country were exterminated by methods that would later become favourites of the Nazi regime
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Th. Tsakalotos: “We were wrong then.” M. Vafeiadis: “Probably, my general”
70 years since the end of the Civil War
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The Greece of the East and the Balkans
Two recent foreign publications enrich the historiography on the multiple identities through which the modern Greek state is analysed
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A celebration for everyone, without instrumentalisation
A few historical facts are worth recalling before the basic question. It is worth remembering that the National Assembly of 1843 decided on the dispute between autochthons and heterochthons: that is, on the right, or not, of the Greeks – who lived outside the borders of the newly built Greek state – to be its citizens and consequently to have corresponding rights.
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The Mitsotakis government
The Mitsotakis government is perhaps the only government to come after ten years of crisis with the clearest implementation horizon: consolidating a sense of security, labour normality, investment and job creation, creating a normality for the country and its citizens, mainly meaning that we should not live constantly in an unrestrained hyper-politicisation of everything and in an endless extravaganza.
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The culture of defeat
Backgammon is a popular game that carries great wisdom when played by experienced players. Its wisdom lies in the fact that it carries within it a rationalism that is surprising for a game played in coffee houses.
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From Independence to Trump
The most recent work by the Harvard professor on the history of the USA, which has received rave reviews
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The dilemma of the elections
The conjuncture is a driving force for History. Kyriakos Mitsotakis often went against it, both during the intra-party process for electing the president of New Democracy and in the pre-election campaign of the recent European and regional elections.
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Inaugurations as a fetish
The Greek Prime Minister spent the Easter days in Crete and, taking the opportunity of his stay on the island, also inaugurated two projects: the Aposelemis dam in Heraklion, Crete.