Attack on Athens tax office raises alarm
Investigators looking into a pre-dawn attack on a tax office in the northern Athens suburb of Maroussi are not ruling out domestic terrorism as a motive.
Council of State overturns exemption of pupils from religion classes
Greece’s highest administrative court on Thursday issued a ruling annulling a ministerial decision allowing schools to exempt certain pupils from attending religion classes at the behest of their parents.
Dawn attack against police seen as retaliation for jailed self-styled anarchist
On Wednesday a group of self-styled anarchists launched a dawn raid on riot police in the Exarchia district of Athens and detonated an incendiary device at the entrance to the apartment building where New Democracy MP Babis Papadimitriou lives.
Mourn Baby Mourn
Award-winning Greek choreographer Katerina Andreou laments the loss of the promise of the 1980s and 1990s in a solo show as part of the Athens-Epidaurus Festival.
Out-of-this-world holidays
Kathimerini attended Amazon’s re:MARS conference in Las Vegas last month, where more than 5,000 engineers, scientists and entrepreneurs presented the new trends in cutting-edge technologies that will dominate this century: machine learning, automation, robotics and space technology.
The election uncertainty is hurting the country
Wednesday’s debate in Parliament was carried out in an almost pre-election climate – unsurprising given the recent government leaks, pressure from the main opposition and growing calls from almost all the parties for elections as soon as possible.
Panama-flagged freighter takes on water; crew safe
The crew of a Panama-flagged freighter had to rescued by a navy helicopter after it started taking on water for as yet unknown reasons while sailing 90 nautical miles off Pylos early on Thursday.
PM: Elections at end of four-year term
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ assurances that elections will be held at the end of the government’s four-year term, as well as the overt pre-election undertones in all of the political leaders’ statements, characterized Wednesday’s parliamentary session.
Jeff Mills
The influential American techno act makes his Athens debut at the Herod Atticus Theater on July 12 with the critically acclaimed show “Tomorrow Comes the Harvest.”
PM dismisses snap poll rumors, says will not ‘jeopardize country’s stability’
Greece will not be heading to elections before the spring of 2023, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday, adding that he is prepared to assume the cost of resisting pressure for snap polls for the sake of stability.