By Nikolas Katsimpras, HALC Senior Fellow A couple days ago, Gucci submitted a request to hold a fashion show on the Acropolis. The Central Archaeological Council (CAS) rightfully refused and that decision has dominated Greek social media all week, dividing…
By Thanos Davelis, Senior Research Associate, HALC In 1996, Imia was at the epicenter of a rapid escalation that brought Greece and Turkey to the brink of war. Imia, a pair of uninhabited Greek islets Turkey claims are disputed, is…
By Vanessa Kamberis, HALC Pericles Research Fellow The failed coup attempt this summer accelerated Turkey’s descent into political instability and irrationality as President Erdogan initiated a deep purge of state institutions, cracking down on political opponents and free speech. Erdogan’s…
Greece is “back in the headlines,” international media is proclaiming, though for those following the day-t0-day slog of Greece’s economic crisis, it never really left the headlines. Every few months, usually when precipitated by a new report or another payment…
By Thanos Davelis, Senior Research Associate, HALC Turkish violations of Greek sovereign airspace over islands in the Aegean reached dangerous levels this week, posing a real threat to peace and stability in the region. On Wednesday alone, Kathimerini reported that…
by Endy D. Zemenides, HALC Executive Director On Friday, Greece marked the Commemoration Day of the Greek Jewish Martyrs and Heroes of the Holocaust. We must never forget the horrors and atrocities suffered by the Jewish people during the Holocaust,…
by Georgia Logothetis, Managing Director Great news out of Greece t0day: Greece’s Supreme Court has ruled against extraditing eight Turkish soldiers whom the Turkish government accuses of being involved in last July’s attempted coup. The eight men fled in a…
By Georgia Logothetis, HALC Managing Director No timeframe for resumption of Cyprus conference: “Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency a day after the conclusion of the second leg of the conference on Cyprus, which started in Geneva last week at…
By Georgia Logothetis, Managing Director European leaders are responding to comments by President-elect regarding the North Atlantic Trade Alliance (NATO). In an interview with the Times of London and Bild, Trump called NATO was “obsolete.” Trump’s Defense Secretary nominee, retired…
By Georgia Logothetis, HALC Managing Director European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos visited refugee camps in Greece this week and implored Europe to do more to address the humanitarian crisis: Greece has already shown its humanity…