Lost between isms..

My 50 year plus something Ukrainian friend confided to me today: “You know Greece today reminds me of Ukrainia in the 1990s”. I looked at her wonderingly. “I visited a house in Parnitha today. My friends there told me that their summer house had been looted”. Seeing my surprise (nothing new in that, robberies are [...]

Traumatic evening in Greece in a tragic background

While thousands of protesters braved the bitter cold and rain to demonstrate in Syntagma Square the “provisional” Greek Government passed the new austerity bill required to secure the PSI agreement. After a tumultuous meeting the bill passed with 199 votes for and many surprises. Greek reporters mentioned that the political scene has altered dramatically. 9 [...]