

Political Aftermath or Reality Check
Greece experienced a hot summer in more than just one respect. Politically, the summer is an ongoing heatwave and the Greek Parliament is...


The King is Dead...Long Live the King!
At 01:00 a.m. CET last night Greece officially defaulted on its 1,7 billion USD payment to the IMF. This was announced with plenty of...


Politics Played by Ear
A whole nation in a 60 EUR/day financial captivity and a whole country on a fast-pace track into the unknown. The Captain of the ship in...


Deadly Yet Insightful Analogies
When I played chess for the first time in my life I was very excited and I was very young. Excited about the unknown, about the many...


The Fifty Shades of an Honest Compromise
Five months of back and forth of dispute and resistance seem to have come to an end. Who has surrendered and who has won the mother of...


Negotiator Castling
Castling is a special type of chess move. It is the only move that allows you to move two pieces at the same time on the chess board and...


Why Suffocate You? Because We can!
Riga, April 24, 2015. In a small remote and meanwhile isolated country - member of a larger conglomerate of wealthier and arrogant...


Olympus Has Fallen
Deterministically speaking the Greek showdown is just around the corner as we are nearing April 24. I never thought that I will be...


Politics beyond Repair
Babel unfolding in majestic dimensions or "de"structive ambiguity once more? Different language used by the Government in its...


The Drop Torture
Today I will not approach the Greek issue from an economic angle. I will try to approach it through the senses of the average Greek, the...