Ancient philosopher Plato may have an answer to why only those skilled in statecraft should rule the unskilled COMMENT | ...

when we swear in English has more to do with class than I realised. “Spill the beans” comes from an ancient Greek voting style, and “stealing someone’s thunder” has a theatrical past ...

when we swear in English has more to do with class than I realised. “Spill the beans” comes from an ancient Greek voting style, and “stealing someone’s thunder” has a theatrical past ― even “goodbye” ...

Across the federal government, civil servants have witnessed the sudden intrusion in the past two weeks of these young ...

Greek lawmakers failed to elect a new president in a third round of voting on Thursday, even with less backing needed than in ...

Athens: The Greek parliament failed to elect the country's next president in the third round of voting on Thursday. Constantine Tassoulas, former parliament speaker and the nominee of the ruling ...