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Being tiny and politically savvy has helped it remain a “most serene republic” for nearly two thousand years.

It would be a great pity if the investigation of the complex issue of surveillance were to spiral into a cycle of more intense, rancourous partisan battles and breed an anti-politics climate.

The establishment of the Kingdom of Greece in 1832 Search for: The Kingdom of Greece (Greek: Βασίλειον τῆς Ἑλλάδος) was established in 1832 and was the successor state to the First Hellenic Republic. It was internationally recognised by the Treaty of Constantinople, where Greece also secured its full independence from the Ottoman Empire after nearly four centuries. In 1831, the assassination of the first Governor of Greece, Count Ioannis Kapodistrias, created political and ...

URL copied to clipboard In October 2019, as president of the International Federation for Human Rights, I took part in an international civil society donor meeting. Knowing that I’m Greek, one of the participants, extremely influential and well-informed, asked me: “Is there any point in supporting civil society in Greece for it seems that it will end up like Hungary?” I must confess that the question shocked me. A super-rich philanthropist, whose foundation funds civil society organis...