The attack on Thessaloniki’s mayor by angry youth is symptomatic of nation-state decay afflicting Greece and the region.

The attack on Thessaloniki’s mayor by angry youth is symptomatic of nation-state decay afflicting Greece and the region.

Technologies that will shape our future are already in play around us, and they will soon wreak havoc on our reality.

After six years of financial and social crisis, will the refugees trapped in Athens destroy the city or spark a rebirth?
![A family of Syrians collect supplies at dusk against a background of the multi-storey apartment buildings that compose most of central and suburban Athens [Iason Athanasiadis]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/000b2441a3dd4b37a07ae7a3033f26fa_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
A monastic community is slowly succumbing to the network – is that a bad thing?
![On Mount Athos, monks seek to isolate themselves from the temptations of the world by isolation and communion with Nature and the Divine [Iason Athanasiadis]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/5d280fdd5db1489b9a5d28175ec4b5a8_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Greece finds itself in the role of a Sisyphean cautionary tale, preserved within the EU in a zombie limbo.
![A frayed Greek national flag flutters among antennas atop a building in central Athens, Greece [REUTERS]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/f441ebe00f5e4c46b28a1f3dfedb2770_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
In an era of mass inequality, can a digital panopticon banish privilege?
![A Rolls-Royce drives in front of the Casino de Monte-Carlo in Monaco [Getty]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/774b079b7e85452dbc3afaa2588ba9a5_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
In a networked age, a butterfly fluttering its wings in Tunisia can trigger a geopolitical storm in Brussels.
![Belgian troops control a road leading to Zaventem airport following Tuesday''s airport bombings in Brussels, Belgium [REUTERS]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/10e7496cd61140048cb51e236ce6572f_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Refugees streaming into Europe are victims and agents of a misdirected modernity that will transform our societies.
![Migrants wait to enter a transit camp in Gevgelija, Macedonia, after entering the country by crossing the border with Greece [REUTERS]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/29758df841634ae2beae5770cc9581f2_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Recognising its similarities with Libya should be Greece’s first step towards avoiding a similar fate.

A conflicted Greece reveals how transnational utopias and virtual purgatories are replacing the nation state.
![A man shelters from the sun as he walks past graffiti that reads "No" in Greek in Athens [REUTERS]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/5bceb8c023ec40c0b8f0ca1948578013_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)