Category Archives: COUNTRIES/INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Germany gets a new Land – Griechenland

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.    21 February 2012 GREEK PRIME MINISTER “VERY HAPPY” AT BEING HUMILIATED Until last night Germany … Continue reading

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Anyone for Baden-Baden?

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  20 February 2012 GRAECA FIDES, NULLA FIDES This is a German quotation translated into Latin. It … Continue reading

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Cimon retaliates, Ephialtes murdered

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  19 February 2012 DEMOCRACY ABOLISHED IN GREECE Democracy has been officially abolished in Greece, the cradle … Continue reading

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The Holocaust and the Palestinians

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War and the USA

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Fair Play Flouted

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Playing with Greek fire

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Что делать? What is to be done? (Part 2)

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 12 February 2012 FROM EPICURUS TO KARATZAFERIS Что делать? What is to be done? That … Continue reading

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Что делать? What is to be done? (Part 1)

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.    11 February 2012 A RUSSIAN QUESTION: CHERNYSHEVSKY, TOLSTOY AND LENIN Russians seem to spend a … Continue reading

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Chopping logic – a fishy business!

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