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President Cyril Ramaphosa with twenty new Heads of Mission-designate. Photo: Marion Smith

A moment of diplomacy and global connection

The presentation of credentials is a cornerstone of diplomatic protocol, symbolising mutual recognition and the formal commencement of an ambassador’s duties

After the stall during 2020’s pandemic, travellers have come storming back exponentially each year

Blood dollars to water pistols: Tale of the unwanted tourist

After the stall during 2020’s pandemic, travellers have come storming back exponentially each year

A portrait of Stefanos Kasselakis in Syntagma Square, Athens, Greece, on June 6, 2024, during a pre-election rally of SYRIZA – Progressive Alliance, ahead of the European Elections, took place on June 9, 2024. (Photo by George Schinas/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Lessons for the Left | The rise and fall of Syriza

The third instalment of Lessons for the Left considers what happens when a grassroots resistance movement takes on entrenched neoliberalism

South Africans discover the world via marathons

Athletes are packing their trainers to explore foreign cities

Theatre-maker, and the creative mind behind the event, Brett Bailey

Spier wine farm presents its third iteration of Constellations

The estate, in collaboration with Third World Bunlight, will host Twilight Performances In the Wilderness

ATHENS, GREECE – JULY 19: A fire erupted Tuesday on Mt. Penteli, in northern Athens, Greece according to fire department on July 19, 2022.The blaze, fanned by strong winds, moved quickly from burning low vegetation to wooded areas. (Photo by Dimitris Lampropoulos/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Hundreds evacuated as blaze engulfs Athens suburbs

The fire spread to the suburbs of Penteli, Anthousa and Gerakas, which is home to some 29 000 people

Christmas on a budget for austerity-struck Europeans

Europe’s bizarre rules for Covid vaccine passes

Here are some of the more puzzling rules as Europeans settle for another winter holiday season overshadowed by the pandemic threat

(John McCann/M&G)

Covid steals jobs, equality from women

PwC’s Women in Work Index says governments and businesses must tackle causes of inequality

George Bizos and Nelson Mandela.

George’s holiday in Greece with Madiba

In his book 65 Years of Friendship: A memoir of my friendship with Nelson Mandela, George Bizos tells of their only holiday together

Unwelcome: This abandoned school became a home for more than 200 refugees and asylum seekers, before they were evicted by the police and the entrance bricked up.

Refugees in Greece face rising hostility

A new government is getting ‘tough’ on immigration – but local organisations provide crucial support

Stranded: Travel firm Thomas Cook’s failure has been a nightmare for another Thomas Cook and his partner Amelia Binch. (Facebook)

Thomas Cook’s big fat Greek wedding ruined after firm collapses

The couple, from the town of Hucknall near Nottingham in central England, said they had spent almost £10 000 on a wedding package with Thomas Cook

Austerity bites: Demonstrators in Buenos Aires, Argentina, burn money in front of the National Congress in protest against hikes in the price of water, electricity and natural gas. (Agustin Marcarian/Reuters)

IMF wilfully takes austerity road

East Asia 1998, Greece 2008, Argentina 2018. The fund knows the suffering its loans cause, yet it has gone ahead in Ecuador

(Reuters)

On politics and divine instruction

When someone with such a magnificent name, and holding such an impressive position, tells you something, you have to believe her

The ANC’s top six, including Magashule, stepped back from the statement the secretary general issued on a review of the mandate of the central bank on Tuesday which led to the row. (Alet Pretorius/Gallo)

My colleague’s stake in the Reserve Bank billionaire club

The bulk of the Reserve Bank’s shareholders are individuals,but include trusts, pension funds, unions, a library, and an archbishop

National Macedonian flags flutter in front of the government building in Skopje. (Ognen Teofilovski/Reuters)

Macedonia lawmakers to vote on name change deal with Greece

Ever since its small neighbour proclaimed independence in 1991, Greece has maintained that the name Macedonia can only apply to its northern province

Macedonian lawmakers voted late on Friday to rename their country the Republic of North Macedonia but the agreement now needs backing from the Greek parliament to come into effect. (Reuters)

Macedonia president urges boycott of name-change referendum

The country could change its name to North Macedonia to appease Greece and ease its joining of international bodies

Businessmen line up in front of a currency exchange office in Ankara in response to the call of Turkish President Erdogan on Turks to sell foreign currency to support the lira. (Reuters/Umit Bektas)

Turkey’s lira turmoil could herald a global financial crisis

A decade of unconventional monetary policy has stored up immense vulnerabilities in the world economy

(Reuters)

Penning a route for lost Odysseus

‘Now there’s a bit of a cultural fudge going on here’

There is little effort made to encourage men to report physical abuse to the police, says the writer (John McCann/M&G)

Scores dead as Greece wildfires blaze through villages

On Monday night, firefighters fought against the flames, which were fanned by winds of up to 100km per hour

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and his Macedonian counterpart Nikola Dimitrov sign an accord to settle a long dispute over the former Yugoslav republic’s name. Both Greece and Macedonia’s prime ministers look on.

Greece, Macedonia sign historic deal to end name row

The accord aims to end one of the world’s longest diplomatic disputes, which began 27 years ago with Macedonia’s declaration of independence