A multipolar world, subject to new predominant threats and global divisions, arises from the distribution of military and economic power and new agreements for providing military facilities to foreign countries.
The past year showed that the future of humanity is in the hands of the voters of democratic countries. This year will show which way we are headed.
In an interview with Kathimerini, Dr Peter Schoof, the former German ambassador to Athens during the challenging period from 2014 to 2017, reflects on the recent passing of Germany’s former finance minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble.
Ferry trips between Greece and Italy will from Monday incur fare hikes of around 5%, depending on the route.
Before the tumultuous year of 2015, Greece actually came close to leaving the eurozone in 2012, following the election of Antonis Samaras as prime minister.
I met Wolfgang Schaeuble twice. The first one was in 2017, literally on his last day as Finance Minister. As I was entering the ministry building, they were moving boxes containing his archives, which made me wonder how many documents related to Greece were among them. Some people who knew him well had warned me…
The streets and hills of Athens are ribbed with marble steps, ancient and modern, rising and dropping in the dawns and dusks of time.
I am going through articles from various European newspapers discussing the Greek economy and the accomplishments of this nation and its people in recent years.
Greece welcomed the new year with fireworks and street parties at Athens’ downtown Syntagma Square and other parts of the country on Sunday night, though global challenges were not far from people’s minds, as the messages from the country’s president and prime minister underscored.
There was no need for Wolfgang Schaeuble to depart this futile world for us to grasp that he was despised by a section of the Greek population.