An unpleasant situation by Antonis D. Papagiannidis The January 19 Conference convened under the Berlin Process for Libya has produced little more than an intricate, Committee-laden roadmap to face the Libya civil war. For Greece, the major issue is the fact that it was kept away of the Berlin Conference hosted by the German Government; it was explained that the major issue of concern to Greece (and Cyprus), i.e. the Turkey-Libya MOU purporting to delimitate their respective Exclusive Economic Zones [...]

«Waiting for Palmer» by Antonis D. Papagiannidis Samuel Beckett’s minimalist play “Waiting for Godot” mobilises ritual, allegory and interplay of the tragic and the comic to raise deeper existential questions; Beckett’s great success and popularity over time was largely due to his work’s openness to interpretations. It may seem a bit sinful, but the one tangible outcome of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ official visit to the U.S. and his much-commented meeting with President Trump and much of the American [...]

45 years earlier by Antonis D. Papagiannidis Usually, the start of a new year is a time for wishes; for positive thoughts; for planning ahead. This time round, it would rather seem a time for buckling up – especially so if one looks at things in our part of the world (such part being the South Balkans; the Eastern Mediterranean; the region earlier described in the West as the Near East). Greece – for this is the more specific place [...]