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December 10, 2023

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Letter from Athens by Andy Dabilis

Letter from Athens: The Christmas Spirits of Tempi Train Crash Remind What Matters

Letter from Athens: The Christmas Spirits of Tempi Train Crash Remind What Matters

With the COVID-19 pandemic all but forgotten while still making people ill enough to be hospitalized, put on ventilators, or in the ground, so too is the tragedy of the February head-on train crash in Tempi that killed 57 people, many students.
UK Premier Sunak’s Losing His Marbles, But They Will Keep Greece’s

UK Premier Sunak’s Losing His Marbles, But They Will Keep Greece’s

Words you never hear: “Hey, let’s go get some English food.
Letter from Athens: The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Left: SYRIZA’s Right Misstep

Letter from Athens: The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Left: SYRIZA’s Right Misstep

If Stefanos Kasselakis ever gets weary of leading Greece’s fast fading minor opposition SYRIZA Regressive Alliance – or is driven out – the Greek-American former bank trader and ship owner has a future in the toy business making tops.
Letter from Athens: What Nia Vardalos’ Wedding Movie Showed Greece, World 

Letter from Athens: What Nia Vardalos’ Wedding Movie Showed Greece, World 

It’s easy to jump on the bandwagon of movie critics taking snide shots at Canadian actress, screenwriter and director Nia Vardalos over the sequels to the astounding success of 2002’s ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding’, but count me out.
Letter from Athens: Greece’s Dangerous Dilemma Over Israel-Hamas Deadly Conflict

Letter from Athens: Greece’s Dangerous Dilemma Over Israel-Hamas Deadly Conflict

Talk about being between a rock and a hard place.
Letter from Athens: Letter to Greece: Stop Refugee Pushbacks, Stop the Lies

Letter from Athens: Letter to Greece: Stop Refugee Pushbacks, Stop the Lies

Maybe it’s just me but the sound of a child crying in fear or pain cracks my soul, although it seems to be sweet music to the ears of Greek Coast Guard crews inarguably shown on videos pushing back refugee dinghies in the Aegean, ignoring the frightened wailing of children on board.
Letter from Athens: The Vow Not Taken: Where’s Same-Sex Marriage in Greece?

Letter from Athens: The Vow Not Taken: Where’s Same-Sex Marriage in Greece?

In July, a month after pulverizing the now-major-minor opposition SYRIZA for a second time to take complete control in Greece with a parliamentary majority, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis – upstaging the Leftists – told the Bloomberg news agency that “Same-sex marriage will happen at some point, and it’s part of our strategy.
Letter from Athens: The Ellinikon Experience: Athens’ Wonderland for the Rich 

Letter from Athens: The Ellinikon Experience: Athens’ Wonderland for the Rich 

The search for Utopia is over.
Letter from Athens: The Terrorists in the Room Varoufakis Invited But Can’t See

Letter from Athens: The Terrorists in the Room Varoufakis Invited But Can’t See

They’re not militants. They’re not guerrillas.
Letter from Athens: In Greece, It’s All the Rust We Cannot See that Worries

Letter from Athens: In Greece, It’s All the Rust We Cannot See that Worries

The opening ceremony of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens – where they should always be held, but won’t because other host cities need corruption too – was the greatest in their history, largely because of its simplicity.

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