Kevin Featherstone

How many times was the word "wrong" heard as an admission or an apportioning of blame at Kathimerini's conference on the 50th anniversary since the restoration of Greek democracy?

Alexis Tsipras' dynamic intervention on Thursday, a few hours before the start of SYRIZA's congress, raises many questions - some of which most likely began to be answered later in the evening.

The Hellenic Observatory, the London School of Economics and Political Science's (LSE) Research hub on contemporary Greece and Cyprus, noted on Saturday the honor bestowed on former Socialist prime minister Costas Simitis by the British university at a ceremony on Friday. 

Costas Simitis, who headed Greece's 1996-2004 socialist government as prime minister, is receiving an honorary fellowship from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) "for his exemplary contributions to society," at a ceremony on Friday.

Kevin Featherstone, Eleftherios Venizelos professor of Contemporary Greek Studies at the London School of Economics, expressed sharp criticism about the uncontrollable populism in Greece and the UK in an interview with Kathimerini.

A group of academics have condemned legal action taken by Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias against the publisher of the Athens Review of Books (ARB), which resulted in the freezing of the publisher's bank accounts and the impounding of proceeds from sales by its distribution company, describing it as "unconscionable" and "vindictive."

The Athens Concert Hall has invited Lord Meghnad Desai, emeritus professor of economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science, to deliver a lecture titled "Hubris: Why Economists Failed to Predict the Crisis and How to Avoid the Next One." The lecture, which will take place on Thursday, May 11, starting at 7 p.m., will be chaired by Professor Kevin Featherstone, head of the LS

By Tina Mandilara

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has shown himself to be anything but a predictable negotiator.

Nikos Chrysoloras & Eleni Chrepa

Katerina Savvaidou, nominated Greece’s top tax collector, has her job cut out for her.