Greece
EUROPE
The Arms Race Heats Up Around a Divided Island
As Ankara triples its arms budget and Athens leans on Israeli firepower, the Aegean standoff risks pulling Cyprus into a wider Mediterranean clash.
EUROPE
Hollywood Takes Homer and Greece Pushes Back
Christopher Nolan had every right to reinvent Homer, but Greek frustration reveals what is lost when a living cultural inheritance becomes Hollywood spectacle.
BUSINESS
Greek Prosecutors Score Wins Amid Political Resistance
Greek prosecutors dismantled a €71million fraud ring and indicted four MPs this week, even as Athens keeps limiting the EU's own prosecution office.
EUROPE
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.
EUROPE
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.
Popular
Warsaw’s Pump Relief Leaves Security Unbought
A vanished Venezuelan cargo, a severed Saudi pipeline and a revived windfall levy expose the limits of Warsaw's control over its own petrol pumps.
India Demographic Dividend Starts to Fade as Glaciers Melt
India built its growth story on abundant people and abundant water, and both assumptions are now proving less permanent than expected.
Uneven Protection: Religious Freedom in Belgium
A country can guarantee religious freedom by law and still let how visibly someone practises it decide whether they get a job or a seat at the table.
Venice Rewards Israeli Gaza Documentary Amid Domestic Backlash
An award can celebrate a film's craft without settling what its allegations actually prove, a distinction Venice has now put under real pressure.
Celtic Pact: Is a Post-UK Future Inevitable?
The pact signed in Cardiff dares Westminster to defend a fragile union which Trump's transactional treatment of old allies has left looking suddenly negotiable.
