Kaki Bali
DW correspondent in Athens
Based in Athens, journalist Kaki Bali seeks to lift the lid on Greek politics and society in her work. Her main area of interest is Greece's fascinating international relations, in particular with Turkey and the Balkans.
Before starting work as a journalist for Deutsche Welle in 1990, Kaki studied mathematics in Thessaloniki. To this day, she is fascinated by axioms, theorems and complex systems.
Throughout the 1990s, she worked as a correspondent for Greek media, explaining the complexities of German politics and society — from reunification to the country's first "red-green coalition" in 1998. She later spent years reporting on the Western Balkans for the newspapers Agelioforos and Avgi. From 2008 onwards, her focus shifted to crises: the banking crisis, the euro crisis, the refugee crisis and most recently the COVID-19 pandemic.
For a short yet exciting period lasting from April to December 2015, she worked as Europe and Germany advisor to the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.