ARIANA FERENTINOU

Mrs Clooney sets Athens astir ARIANA FERENTINOU

Mrs Clooney sets Athens astir

“Amal, do you want me to propose you for president of the republic and live in the Presidential Palace?” “Forget it, Antonis, I will stay with the hunk!”

October 19 2014
End of the Eurozone ARIANA FERENTINOU

End of the Eurozone?

Europe is finding it hard to discover a new economic structure to overcome the current crisis and to maintain the fundamental 'EU acquis' on freedom and democracy while keeping itself globally competitive and innovative

October 12 2014
Jihadists giving headache to Greeks, too ARIANA FERENTINOU

Jihadists giving headache to Greeks, too

“We do not have a problem with jihadists in Greece, but there is a problem in our wider area,” stated Greek Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos

October 05 2014
A new feature in Greek politics: Archaeology ARIANA FERENTINOU

A new feature in Greek politics: Archaeology

I have just returned from a holiday to my home country, where the horror of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) seems remote and where people have been immersed in a heated debate over the historical past and contemporary politics.

September 30 2014
‘For the sake of old comradeship lift the embargo for us, Mr Putin’ ARIANA FERENTINOU

‘For the sake of old comradeship lift the embargo for us, Mr Putin’

The prospect of Ankara filling the trade gap left by Russia’s embargo has upset Athens as it was obvious from the tone of the statement by the Greek Foreign Ministry regarding the effects of the Western sanctions on countries like Greece

August 10 2014
Low interest in Greece in Turkish elections ARIANA FERENTINOU

Low interest in Greece in Turkish elections

There is a general feeling of approval for Erdoğan among the Greeks who, economically drained and ideologically disillusioned, long for a firm, charismatic, albeit authoritarian leader

August 03 2014
Convert or get out ARIANA FERENTINOU

Convert or get out

The rapid advance of the Islamic State (IS), formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levent (ISIL), in the lands of Iraq and Syria have left us all wondering over the reasons

July 20 2014
Apollo and the rats ARIANA FERENTINOU

Apollo and the rats

I do not know whether the inhabitants of Gülpinar know they are stepping on the ruins of an ancient city whose story is related to the small creatures that have brought havoc to their area since early antiquity: farm mice

July 13 2014
Back to football ARIANA FERENTINOU

Back to football

I must confess, I am not a great fan of football. I mean, I am not someone who would religiously follow games, leagues, championships, know the names of football stars, follow their lives, admire the ones in my favorite team and hate the ones of the opponents.

July 06 2014