Survey Says! Germans Most Respected, Greeks Least Respected
ATHENS - As Greeks prepare to commit political suicide at the June 17 elections – a bullet in the head courtesy of the New...
Greece Legalizes Political Bank Robbery
The great American convict Willie Sutton said he robbed banks “because that’s where the money is.” And, of course, he was one-upped by Al...
The Greek Problem: The Grating Sense of Entitlement
ATHENS - After a foggy night of Eurovision wailing, listening to twin dancing Irish robots keening, ballads in everything from Serbian to Lithuanian, and...
Clooney KO’s BoJo Over The Parthenon Marbles
Not since the late actress and Culture Minister Melina Mercouri; the eloquent writer and unbeatable debater Christopher Hitchens and his friend, Scottish Prof. Robert...
Now Anastasiades Sleeps With The Enemy
Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades will succeed in his burning desire to reunify the island, whose northern third is still occupied by a standing Turkish...
What’s Really Riling Greeks? The Injustice of it All
ATHENS - The best news of the week was that Germany may be sending 160 tax auditors to Greece to – quote, unquote –...
Too Late For To Potami in Greece
Once upon a time, Athens had a river running through it, the Kifissos, flowing from Mt. Parnitha through the city down to the Saronic...
Greece: Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss
ATHENS - After 38 years of taking turns plundering the Greek treasury, hiring every crony and illiterate who couldn't read or write but knew...
Boutaris The Turk, Ataturk’s Brother
The beginning of the end of the Ottoman Occupation of Greece in 1821, which gave birth to the modern Greek state, and the fall...
Cyprus Runs Up The White Flag To Bankers
On Feb. 25, conservative lawyer Nicos Anastasiades, promising Cypriots he would never allow foreign entities to steal money out of their bank accounts to...
More Dopes on the Greek Olympic Team Adds Disgrace
ATHENS – Ten days before the London 2012 Olympic Games were set to begin, most of the Greek Olympic team was unveiled at a...
High Noon in Greece: Samaras Fires Blanks
A good lawyer knows that you never ask a question unless you already know the answer. A good leader would know never to accuse...