Vassilis Papadopoulos

Exploring the elements that shape great personalities and the principles that define them is a process that is both fascinating and useful. One such endeavor was carried out by Vassilis Papadopoulos, a former ambassador and the general secretary of the Presidency of the Hellenic Republic, in his book "Diplomacy and Poetry: The Case of Giorgos Seferis," published in Greek by Ikaros.

An administrative court in Athens is due to examine, possibly as early as Wednesday, whether authorities broke the law when they arrested one of the eight Turkish servicemen seeking asylum in Greece after escaping from the neighboring country in a military helicopter following last year's attempted coup.