Democracy

US-based company Lime, which operates motorized scooters, announced on Monday that it will provide up to 15 hours' worth of urban rides free of charge on May 26, the day of the European Elections. The decision of the American company...

Greece currently ranks at the very bottom of all Western European nations for the health of its democracy, according to a survey from the U.K.'s Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). The nation of Greece was placed in the ignominious "flawed democracy" category...

Leader of the New Democracy (ND) Party Kyriakos Mitsotakis warned on Thursday that the separation of powers, and even democracy in Greece, are being undermined by government intervention in the judicial system. Mitsotakis said in a tweet, “Rule of law in...

In a true democracy, a legitimate protest vote belongs to the people and not to political parties or to bad political systems for manipulation. It's a valid People's Veto against bad politics! If a Blank/White Vote were recognized by Parliament...

The election campaign for the Cyprus presidency continues complete with bitter accusations and counter-accusations of the worst kind – the knives are out! Personally, I made up my mind long ago and I will join thousands of other citizens...

A tweet on Saturday by PM Alexis Tsipras on the meaning of democracy has caused an uproar in Greece. Attempting to define what democracy is, Tsipras said that is a tool to enforce the will of the many. He also...

Athenian democracy where theoretically the majority governs all equals and unequal alike, has been flawed from the very beginning. It has encouraged corruption and nepotism deep inside the echelons of power at the cost to the state and the...

By Eve Geroulis Vengeful, relentless and epochal 2016 continues to cast a shadow on the dawn of a new year. 2016 wasn’t merely a Black Swan, the language, policies, and decisions that created 2016 were sown long ago. By a Star Wars...

A video of U.S. President Barack Obama praising the birthplace of democracy and the cradle of Western Civilization on the Acropolis Hill in Athens is posted on the White House Twitter account. The outgoing U.S. President appears with Parthenon in...

U.S. President Barack Obama praised Greece as the place where the flame of democracy was ignited 2,500 years ago, in his speech at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center on Wednesday. This was the final speech abroad of the outgoing...