Excitement erupted in downtown Athens as the grand opening of the Athens-Clarke County Democrats Campaign Office began. The ...

On the International Day of Democracy, the controversial Swiss theatre director talks about the “ritual” of public votes and ...

Democracy fails when it relies on an uninformed electorate and media rife with misinformation. Steps must be taken to address ...

When our ruling classes speak of “believing in democracy,” they are speaking of a romantic version of a form of governance ...

Today's demagogues are the harbingers of a new, 21st-century form of despotism: a corrupted, "phantom democracy" in which periodic elections are held but the rich become super-rich and ...

Kasimis, Demetra 2019. Response to Yarbakhsh Elisabeth. Reading Derrida in Tehran: Between an Open Door and an Empty Sofreh. Humanities, 2018, 7, 21. Humanities, Vol ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected to unveil plans on Saturday to increase pensions, reduce social security ...

For example, he mentions the Swiss system of direct democracy but then dismisses it as difficult to adopt. As a Guyanese born and largely raised in Switzerland, I have ample experience with Swiss ...

Athenian democracy, developed around 6 BCE, is often noted as the first and purest form of direct democracy. In its current forms in the United States, direct democracy is a type of public policy ...

Several projects in the pipeline in Athens, from the northern suburbs to the Athenian Riviera, aim to revamp the Greek capital by offering new parks, office spaces, sports facilities, bicycle paths, ...

After three long and challenging years, Athens Bagel Company is open and operating. The company had a soft opening on Thursday while providing a new staff with live training. The restaurant is ...