A shield to guard our natural heritage
What do the Santorini caldera in the southeast Aegean, Kykkos Monastery on the forested northwestern slopes of Cyprus’ Troodos Mountains, Butrint in Albania and Nessebar in Bulgaria have in common?
Tools are ready to use
The initiative of Greece’s Independent Public Revenue Authority to electronically cross-check the turnover of businesses in the food industry through online distribution platforms not only shows the results the new tools to control tax evasion can produce easily and simply.
Intolerant bubbles
“Humans have the incredible ability of knowing and simultaneously not knowing. Rather, to put it better, they may know something if they really think about it, but most of the time they do not think about it and thus, do not know it,” Yuval Noah Harari wrote in his book “21 Lessons for the 21st…
Greece’s strategic gas reserves to be held in FSU off island
Greece’s strategic reserves of natural gas will be located in the new floating storage unit (FSU) on the island of Revithoussa, off the coast of Attica, and not in Italy.
The West’s final chance to build a better world order
In Foreign Affairs, Ivo Daalder, president of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs argues that the rules-based order created after World War II is at risk of collapse.
John Craxton | Athens
The Benaki Museum (benaki.org) celebrates the life and work of Philhellene painter and designer John Craxton (1922-2009) with a show that will run at its flagship space in Kolonaki through September 11 before heading to Crete in the fall and then to London.
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Underage driver arrested in Lesvos after hit-and-run
An underage driver without a license was arrested on the island of Lesvos on Thursday after hitting and abandoning a woman on a motorcycle.
EU officials welcome end of Greece’s enhanced economic surveillance
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel welcomed the end of Greece’s enhanced economic surveillance and congratulated the Greek people for their efforts, in separate tweets on Saturday.
Jobless numbers in Greece rise in peak holiday season
The number of unemployed in Greece rose in July compared to June, despite the tourism season entering its peak period, data released by the Public Employment Agency show.