One of the late Costas Simitis’s most memorable comments, “This is Greece!,” was made in Parliament a few days after the passenger ferry Express Samina sank off Paros, with the loss of 81 lives, on 26 September 2000. For some, this was a declaration of national self-knowledge. Others chose to see it as a mark of indifference and... read full story
"A commotion from the New Democracy section"