Dogging

None of the major issues dogging Greece are likely to be resolved by the end of the conservative administration's four-year term.

Neither the disputes between Athens and Ankara nor the migration crisis can be solved by sheer determination on behalf of the ruling New Democracy party.

No one has any delusions about the state of Public Power Corporation. There is no easy way to overcome the troubles dogging Greece's biggest public utility, which is too big to be left to its fate.

The Istanbul prosecutor has decided not to proceed against 53 graft suspects, among them former ministers' sons, ex-manager of Halkbank and an Iranian-Azeri businessman. With this decision, the final part of a scandal that has been dogging President Erdoğan's inner circle since late 2013 has been buried, while the snail-paced parliamentary inquiry continues