Its global reputation may be as the birthplace of democracy but standards in modern Greek politics are slipping, critics say, ...

Ancient Greek lawmaker Solon of Athens wrote one of the first Greek Constitutions, and his ideas remain relevant in today's ...

Thrasybulus was an Athenian general who restored democracy after tyranny, rebuilt Athens, and opposed Sparta's dominance.

Alyn Pace, a seventh grader at Coxsackie-Athens Middle School, was the winner of the inaugural Joseph L. Zapp Memorial ...

Greek Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis has been elected as president of the Eurogroup — a move that would have been unthinkable just 10 years ago, when the country was in the throes of a deep ...

The traditions, values, norms, practices and laws that protect democracy are being challenged worldwide, putting human rights at risk.

What is the difference between representative government and the government in ancient Athens? In a representative government, there is no institutional role for the assembled people. However: ...

In this excerpt from New Byzantines, Sean Mathews writes about the Christian minority being sidelined despite a burgeoning ...

Despite their long history in the country, Christians in Algeria today constitute a religious minority that faces significant discrimination in the public ...

Here are 16 promising performing arts shows scheduled for January 2026, including 'Hamilton,' 'Amadeus,' and 'The Lehman ...

On the night of his election victory on July 7, 2019, new prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis declared that Greece was “returning to normal.” Leader of the right-wing New Democracy party, Mitsotakis ...

Greek tragedy is radical because it does not treat the chorus as passive, but as a surrogate public, a dramatized citizen ...