Greece

Owners Take Charge: A Crisis in Italian Publishing

Italy’s newsrooms went dark to protest a sale trading their legacy for profit, proving a famous past no longer protects from business reality.

Southern Europe Drying: How Real Is the Water Crisis?

Warnings about a drying Southern Europe appear regularly, yet the scale becomes clear only when agriculture and cities begin feeling the strain.

Iraq Infrastructure Boom Opens New Trade Routes for Greece and European Investors

Athens-Baghdad flights resume as Iraq stabilises; Greece and EU eye trade, investment, and infrastructure along the Development Road.

Spain’s Digital Nomads: The Paradox of Remote Working

Spain’s Digital Nomad Visa has drawn over 22,000 remote workers since 2023, boosting cities like Málaga and Valencia—but rising rents reveal the cost of this global mobility boom.

Greece’s Olympic Ghosts Haunt a New Generation of Host Nations

Photographers capture the sight of weeds growing through the stands of Athens' Olympic volleyball arena last year, images that quickly went viral.

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Out-classed: Chalamet Takes on Europe’s Classical Arts

With the Oscars five days away, Timothée Chalamet managed to unite the opera world, the ballet world, and his own family against a single offhand remark.

Gulf Sports Investments and Regional Security 

Qatar's world-famous sports infrastructure sat empty as airspace closures grounded the Finalissima, leaving decades of Gulf investment in suspension.

France: The End of Macron’s Middle Ground

The tallies from the municipal ballots gave the political fringes a triumph that the French establishment had not planned for.

Gulf War Dismantles the West’s Russia Sanctions Regime

The Iran war gave Moscow oil revenues, diplomatic standing, and the quiet satisfaction of watching Washington undo four years of sanctions.

Three Forgotten Islands Could Decide the Strait of Hormuz

Iran warned this week that any attack on its Hormuz islands would turn the Gulf bloody, as the UAE signalled it now sees a chance to reclaim them.