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North Koreans die in droves as Russia unleashes firepower and fury

Greek foreign policy metamorphoses – Part 3

North Koreans start to die in Kursk as they enter the Ukraine war in earnest

Greece’s foreign policy metamorphoses - Part 2

Russia intensified its war effort before the US election, aiming to crush US resolve

Zelenskyy ups demand for air defences, pivots towards Europe for aid

Turkey rises as a regional power in Syria

Greece’s foreign policy metamorphoses - Part 1

Ukraine seeks to ensure weapons supply as Russia hammers its defences

Russia races ahead of NATO in weapons production for Ukraine war, report shows

Russia threatens Europe with strikes, while gnawing at Ukraine’s east

“The only way Russia wins is if the West quits”

Biden’s last-minute permission to strike deep inside Russia divides Europeans

Briefing note: Greece and Turkey ‘agree to disagree’ amid regional chaos

Trump’s election leaves Ukraine scrambling for EU military assistance

Make Europe Great Again

North Korean troops enter battle as Trump victory throws Ukraine aid in doubt

Observations on the invention and persistence of democracy

Ukraine prepares to fight North Korean troops in Kursk, as war escalates

How Greece inflicted the first Axis defeat in 1940

North Korean troops in Ukraine “legitimate military targets” says US

Greece races to clean energy with a new climate plan (and it could go even faster)

Russian and Ukrainian troops locked in bitter battles for the east ahead of winter

Greece and Turkey prepare for a new process to resolve maritime border dispute

Occupied Greece lent Nazi Germany billions. Now it seeks repayment, but is afraid to ask

Greece to buy a fourth French Belharra frigate

Russia seizes a second town in a week, enduring crushing losses

‘I know who has harmed me’: The hidden ordeal of Albania’s political prisoners

Russia seizes Vuhledar, protecting supply lines, as Ukraine closes the firepower gap

Russia is thinking of joining Turkey and China as a rogue nation at sea

Russia rattles the nuclear sabre again, as Ukraine devastates its munitions depots

Will Ukraine take down the Kerch Bridge this year?

Is Greece’s relationship with Israel becoming an embarrassment?

Ukraine says deep strikes are still forbidden, and Russia appears uncertain of its response

Greece fights climate emergency with huge waterworks as Athens risks going thirsty

Ukraine allies consider green-lighting deep strikes, infuriating Russia

Thessaloniki, and the importance of being boring

This autumn on Hellenica

Putin grinds towards Ukraine’s Pokrovsk, using secondary forces to defend Russia

The paramount importance of fish, and Greece’s failed conservation efforts

Russia lashes out against ‘terrorist’ incursion in Kursk as it pulls back warplanes

Russia faces manpower decisions after failing to stop Ukraine’s Kursk incursion

The Greek government responds to criticism over forest fires

How lessons from past fires could help save Greece’s forests and farmland

‘Russia has brought war to others. Now it’s coming home’

Wildfires threaten Athens suburbs

At the bottom of the Aegean lie vital clues to the cause of Titanic’s doom

Ukraine gives up ground for lives, builds up battalions and F-16s for counteroffensive

How Greek enthusiasm ensured the success of the modern Olympics

Russian advances in Donetsk threaten Ukrainian lines of supply

‘Do it with your own f**king money': Christopher Hitchens on Turkey and Cyprus

Ukraine holds the frontline, seeks Chinese mediation for talks with Russia

Russia unleashes a war of words against the West as it suffers high losses in Ukraine

The Road to 1974: The Invasion and Occupation of Cyprus

Russian anger builds as Greece prepares a military deal with Ukraine

The Road to 1974: The 1964 security crisis on Cyprus

Russia blames NATO for Ukraine war, demands territory for talks

The Road to 1974: Partition begins on Cyprus

Russia poses as peacemaker, stepping up attacks on Ukraine’s east

“I have perhaps made some people angry”: The case of Greece vs. Tommy Olsen

The Road to 1974: Zurich, London and independence for Cyprus

Russia suffers setbacks as Ukraine braces for a tough month on the battlefield

The Road to 1974: Makarios Poisons Greek Politics

Russian troops fail to advance as Ukraine garners military aid, money

Ukraine’s more liberal use of allied weapons complicates Russian logistics

The Road to 1974: Britain unleashes Turkey on Cyprus

The Road to 1974: The Cyprus issue breaks through the Anglo-Hellenic bond

Ukraine begins strikes on Russian soil using US weapons

“Pragmatic manipulation”: How Russia plays with European voters’ minds

The road to 1974: Cyprus’ quest for Union with Greece

Europe casts off constraints to help Ukraine, as US cautiously follows

After northern distraction, Russia steps up attacks on Ukraine’s east

Russia escalates the war in Ukraine, aiming to complicate its defence

Gordana tosses the Macedonian salad

Russia opens a new front while Ukraine remains weapons-poor

Clean energy on the cusp of rolling back fossil fuels: Report

Russia seizes more ground in Ukraine’s east before military supplies reach it

Ukraine wins bipartisan US support, strikes Russia from afar

US Fmr. Commander: the West needs to overcome its fear of winning in Ukraine

Byron’s last hundred days: a trial by fire

Russia pounds Ukraine’s cities and front lines as air defences dwindle

Russia creeps forward as Ukraine strikes its air force and navy

On the frontline of Russian air strikes, Odesa cries out for US aid

Russia scales up its attacks as Ukraine warns of urgent need for weapons

After ‘two years of hell’, Ukraine debates mobilising half a million more men

Ukraine is holding out despite stalled US aid, but fears ‘deep advances’ by Russia

Russia takes more ground in east Ukraine, but loses another ship at sea

Ukraine’s strategic goal in 2024 is to make Russia’s war felt in Moscow

Russian forces inch forward as Ukraine targets their eyes and ears in the sky

Should Russia pay Ukraine to rebuild – or even to defeat its invasion? Some say yes.

Greece’s mixed environmental record

'The era of peace in Europe is over' says Ukraine, as Avdiivka falls

For Ukraine’s defence industry ambitions, the sky’s the limit

The favourite: Greece and Turkey in competition for US weapons

Ukraine’s Zaluzhny suggests drones are the path to victory, as Russia suffers more strikes

EU hails “unity” in support for Ukraine with approval of €50bn

EU seeks to goad, persuade or bypass Hungary in a crucial summit

Under Niinisto, Finland was transformed. It is set to change further under his successor

Drones strike deep inside Russia, as Medvedev vows to obliterate Ukraine

EU rearms Ukraine as calls mount for higher defence spending

Long before bombing Ukraine, Putin waged a trade war on it. He is still losing

Russia seeks more bang for its buck in fast, cheap, unguided bombs

Ukraine’s allies fall short of Russia’s on weapons delivery, raising risks in 2024

Western sanctions on Russian oil have failed. Were they ever meant to succeed?

Russia and Ukraine target each other’s defence industry