Relentless developments

If our traditions were still alive today, the kallikantzaroi, or malevolent goblins, would be making a mad dash to return to the underworld. And relieved by this lifesaving turn of events, Friday's Epiphany would be the symbol of mankind's rebirth.

However, given that we are the children of Enlightenment and God's word, free of myths and superstitions, we will carry on being scandalized by the kallikantzaroi - in other words the political party leaders on both a local and European level, the technocrats and experts and all other related bells and whistles in our daily lives.

There were those who were surprised recently to see the country's "atheist" Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras attend mass on New Year's Day. A rare phenomenon in Greece's recent history, some analysts commented. Of course New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis also attended. On Friday, the day...