The principles of the Athenian democracy, including citizen participation, equality and free speech, are still what we need ...

Since the moment Donald Trump secured his candidacy with the Republican party in the 2024 US election, the Greek press was ...

An exhibition at the National Gallery in Athens surveys the history of modern democracy and offers insight into the present political moment.

Syriza party’s recently deposed leader Stefanos Kasselakis announced the creation of a new political movement, taking at least four MPs with him.

A year and a half since the last national elections, Greece’s political climate appears to be entering a new era that, in ...

Greece has closed its banks for at least a ... After all, that would be democracy. The EU shrugged off the French and Dutch defeats and proceeded to produce the Lisbon Treaty, another governing ...

Greek parliament on Thursday approved a bill legalizing same-sex marriage, making history as the first majority Christian ...

As Americans go to the polls Tuesday, the U.S. presidential standard bearers describe a nation whose very soul hangs in the ...

Klio, Vol. 105, Issue. 2, p. 403. Classical Athens perfected direct democracy. The plays of this ancient Greek state are still staged today. These achievements are rightly revered. Less well known is ...

According to Professor David Fleming, there is a need to help students work through differences in opinion, and use modes of ...

Consider the story of Athenian democracy, as told by Herodotus and Aristotle. The regime that prevailed before the founding of Athenian democracy was heavily oligarchical and stratified by rigid ...

Calling all history buffs! Add this underrated town near Naples to your bucket list to see ancient Greek ruins in an ...