UK Politics Forcing young people to do national service is the best way of stripping away its benefits “National service is an idea whose time has come (again)”. With these words the Times columnist Clare Foges chimed into a renewed debate — adding that… By Yiannis Baboulias
World The populist right stands up for corporations and corruption, not the people By Yiannis Baboulias
World The refugee crisis in Greece hasn’t gone away and our leaders don’t seem to care By Yiannis Baboulias
With the Greek summer at an end, the refugee crisis is just beginning Refugee camps are battling floods – and even arson. With each passing day, the chances of a fatal incident increase. By Yiannis Baboulias
How the refugee crisis became invisible Since the failed coup in Turkey, there are on average 200 refugees a day arriving in Greece. But the world's… By Yiannis Baboulias
Tsipras’ resignation has left Syriza in deep trouble Splinter group Popular Unity’s stated aim is to take Greece out of the deal Syriza struck with its creditors. By Yiannis Baboulias
As Greeks pin their hopes on change, Syriza must stand firm against the country’s elite Can new finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, political economist and game theory academic, negotiate solutions to inequality? By Yiannis Baboulias
Has the sun set on Golden Dawn? Whatever the crackdown against Golden Dawn means for Greece, the hope is now rekindled that the EU might be… By Yiannis Baboulias
The death of a “freeloader”: When will we accept the results of austerity? As an eighteen year old dies trying to flee a ticket inspector in Athens, police in Britain boast of… By Yiannis Baboulias
Nothing to see here: Athens is now closed to democracy There are two kinds of deficit that have taken hold in Greece: the economic one, and the democratic deficit… By Yiannis Baboulias
“A direct blow to democracy”: the switch-off of Greece’s state broadcaster After the closure of ERT, the country's political future hangs in the balance, writes Yiannis Baboulias. By Yiannis Baboulias