Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Greece’s new prime minister, hugs his daughter after his election victory.
Yannis Kolesidis/EPA
Ten years after the onset of Greece’s biggest crisis since World War II, radical populism is running out of steam.
Boris Johnson has threatened to withhold Britain’s Brexit bill if he’s the country’s next prime minister.
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It’s hard to say if, legally, not paying the Brexit bill will classify as a sovereign default. But credit agencies will take serious notice.
The doner kebab, a typical “German” meal?
Jason M Ramos
While thought of as an unpretentious fast-food dish, the doner kebab is a symbol of the social, political and identity issues facing European society today.
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Financial support for refugees is underpinned by conditions that can exclude those who want to live as independently as possible.
Two small figures guard the table holding the Buddha’s relics. Are they spearmen, or robots?
British Museum
Stories passed down from the ancient world tell of self-powered machines able to move on their own – robots – playing key roles in historic moments.
The ‘jungle’ camp on Samos.
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A refugee reception centre on the Aegan island of Samos is overwhelmed, leaving people in desperate conditions.
Lesetja Kganyago, governor of South Africa’s central bank.
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There’s an assumption that a change of ownership would automatically mean a change in the role the Bank plays
Overruled.
Orestis Panagiotou/EPA
A lesson from Greece on why driving a hard bargain with the EU does not end well.
Tweet power.
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New research into the Greek crisis from 2012-16 compared how tweets and traditional news affected bond yields among countries in the eurozone peripheries.
What was behind early depictions of hell?
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Hell-themed Halloween attractions play on people’s fears. The early depictions of hell were meant to use fear as a moral guide to help others.
Despite its economic crises, Greece did not falter in its mission to support arts and culture. Rhodes, pictured here, has become a role model when it comes to promoting a visionary cultural policy and supporting a vibrant arts and culture community.
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The Greek model of supporting the arts is both old and ongoing; it embraces difference and internationalism and believes art is the cornerstone to civil society. We should learn from that model.
Eugène Delacroix’s ‘Self-Portrait in a Green Vest’ (1837).
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Through his art and his travels, 19th-century French Romantic painter Eugène Delacroix sought to understand the chaos of an era he called ‘the century of unbelievable things.’
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Decades of top-level talks have failed to produce a solution. So why not get citizens involved?
Greece nearly crashed out of the eurozone in 2015.
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The strict nature, implementation and dramatic social costs of the EU bailouts prompt questions about their effectiveness.
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As we try to understand how extreme groups win mass appeal, this organisation offers valuable lessons.
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Austerity measures, a refugee crisis and the UK’s retreat have not dimmed most EU citizens’ enthusiasm for the union.
The fires tore through Mati, effectively sweeping it from the map.
Pantelis Saitas/EPA-EFE
The fires tearing through the Athens region are not an act of God, but a direct result of corruption and systematic disregard for the law.
Firefighters and volunteers battle a blaze near Loutraki in southern Greece.
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From Greece, to the UK, to Japan and even Sweden, a slew of places in the Northern Hemisphere are suffering extreme heat. And the chances of extreme heat records tumbling are growing all the time.
Waiting at the asylum registration centre at the Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos.
Orestis Panagiotou/EPA
Newly proposed ‘controlled centres’ in the EU must not breach migrants’ human rights.
Snot funny.
Pryzmat
Getting rid of this scourge is nothing to be sneezed at.