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In a table full of winners, the only loser was Democracy: European elections in Greece or how not to talk about the Far Right

Image source: https://hellas-first.org/2024/06/11/ethniko-fronima-kai-akrodexia/  In order to vote by post for the European elections, we Greeks abroad received a booklet with instructions (as it was the first time this system was implemented) which included a chapter on what are European elections (!), and why they are important. Even though I initially laughed it off, given the […]

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Their voices cried the failure of the international community: A visit to Srebrenica

Arriving at the Srebrenica Memorial Site in the context of our study trip to the Western Balkans, I couldn’t help a flashback to the previous semester, when we visited the Bełżec memorial. The memorial of Bełżec, at the site where a Nazi center of extermination for the Jewish people used to operate along the Lublin-Lviv

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Kosovar Turks: the spearhead for a Balkanic paşalık or a misunderstood Ankara foreign policy? Türkiye between kin-state and soft power

 “Unutmayın, Türkiye Kosova’dır, Kosova Türkiye’dir” (Türkiye is Kosovo, Kosovo is Türkiye): these were the words pronounced by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, then Türkiye’s Prime Minister, at the time when he came to the second largest city of Kosovo, Prizren, in 2013. The statement has been criticized by actors, mostly outside of the Balkan Peninsula, as damaging

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Electoral rights, a thorn in EU accession negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina

The recommendation by the European Commission to open EU accession negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) on March 12th marks a significant milestone in the country’s journey towards European integration. This recommendation comes at a crucial moment, showcasing BiH’s commitment to enacting vital reforms and aligning with the European acquis. Undoubtedly, BiH has taken significant

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Dying isn’t scary, not living is: Happy Independence Day Greece!

Ευαγγελισμός (Evangelismos) is the word we use in Greek for the Annunciation of Virgin Mary (observed religiously on March 25th), meaning literally “the announcement of good news”. March 25th is also commemorated as the commencement of the Revolution against the Ottoman Empire which culminated in the establishment of an independent state, even though the Revolution

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Somewhere, over the rainbow? How Greece became the first Orthodox country to legalize same-sex marriage

“What do you mean you don’t allow gay marriage? And you are supposed to be a European country?” This is what a classmate of mine spontaneously exclaimed in a family law class when it was mentioned that Greece had not yet opened the institution of marriage to same-sex couples. Such legal moves took place in

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