Chrystalla Hadjidemetriou

Christalla Hadjidemetriou began her journalism career at Alithia. She became part of the Phileleftheros editorial team in 2000 and retired in 2026.
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The prize refusers

Most people want to be recognised. Artists, scientists, writers — the drive to create is inseparable, for most, from...
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The purity of the race

A story that gripped Greek media and social networks this week was the solving of a murder: a 75-year-old...
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Another episode in the prison saga

So now we're supposed to believe that prisons aren't the lair of crime where locked-up criminals orchestrate murders, rape...
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The moufflon’s futile battle for power—and us

TikToker Bora Markovic, who regularly posts stunning scenes from Cyprus's wilderness—revealing landscapes we never knew existed on our island—shared...
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Everyone’s still at their positions

How many times have we thought the button's been pressed—that's it, no more, it can't go on. After this...
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To resign or not to resign…

So Savvas Angelides isn't resigning from his post as assistant attorney general after all. He simply met with the...
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Journalism’s credibility

The truth is, caught in the maelstrom of social media, traditional outlets struggle to uphold the values that defined...
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The vulgarisation of public discourse

Trump isn't just America's president. He's the defining phenomenon of our age. But the question is rather like the...
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Today’s friends, tomorrow’s enemies—and everything aired out

A Greek court sentenced television presenter Stathis Panagiotopoulos the day before yesterday to three years' imprisonment, suspended, for publishing...
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The hollow intelligentsia

Last week we witnessed the absurdity of the State Literary Awards. The chairman of the judging panel asked the...
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When does the knife cut to the bone

In 2003, an Indian student was hauled before the courts and slapped with 20 days in prison for nicking...
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Through Harari’s eyes

Yuval Noah Harari is one of the most prominent contemporary intellectuals. Thanks to the straightforward language he uses to...
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Akamas is being destroyed. So what?

The Friends of Akamas have issued yet another statement highlighting the stagnation over Akamas—and warning that "without immediate political...
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