It is not only Turkey that is in turmoil due to a bitter political confrontation ahead of local elections. It is not only Turkey where political polarization breeds conspiracies and leaves part of society in deep doubt...
It was not the most pleasant journey through the city of Istanbul that evening, two days ago.
“Do you remember how Pera was, say, 10 years ago?” said my cameraman. “You were not able to walk on the street. Somebody would definitely steal your wallet.
Since Dec. 17th of last year, Turkey has been talking a lot about corruption but in relation to conspiracy and a parallel state.
When the phone rang yesterday, it was already late, just after the end of most evening TV news, from which the majority of Greeks get their daily feed of world events.
“It will be a Greek presidency of hope for more and better Europe” said the Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras from Brussels
On paper, the Turkish Foreign Minister to Athens’ visit last week was in response to the visit that his Greek counterpart Mr. Evangelos Venizelos paid to Ankara last July.
For the first time in many years this is a budget of “recovery, prospect and hope” promised the Greek Prime Minister
A lot has already been said about the “revealing” beauty of Olga Kefalogianni, the Greek Tourism Minister
