Mother accused of abetting pedophiles
The man accused of raping a 12-year-old girl, then pimping her out to prospective “clients” online, and one of the 213 men who responded to the pimp’s advertisement were jailed Wednesday.
Akar calls for talks without outside ‘interference’
A day after meeting with his Greek counterpart in Brussels, Turkey’s Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said the two Aegean neighbors should resolve their disagreements without outside “interference,” while calling for a resumption of talks that aim to build confidence between the two countries.
Dimitris Kalantzis Quartet | Athens | October 15
Pianist and composer Dimitris Kalantzis and his quartet are kicking off this year’s Jazz at the Museum program at Athens’ Goulandris Museum.
Lausanne, Libya and the way out
Greek-Turkish relations are on a very negative and dangerous course.
University of Western Macedonia introduces new dorm rules
The University of Western Macedonia has introduced a new rulebook for its dormitories that seeks to make students more responsible and accountable.
Nikolaidis, two-time Olympic taekwondo silver medallist, dies
Greece’s two-time Olympic taekwondo silver medallist Alexandros Nikolaidis has died of cancer at the age of 42.
Over 1,000 refugees being returned by EU peers
Greece has approved requests for the return of a total of 1,027 third-country refugees from other European Union member-states, though of these, only 96 have been sent back to the country where they were first granted asylum.
Probe launched into lawyer’s Nazi salute
The head of the Athens Prosecutor’s Office, Antonis Eleftherianos, on Thursday ordered a preliminary inquiry after a lawyer defending MEP Giannis Lagos, a convicted member of Golden Dawn, gave a Nazi salute in court.
Greek and Turkish defense ministers meet
The defense ministers of Greece and Turkey, Nikos Panagiotopoulos and Hulusi Akar, met Thursday at the NATO Ministers Meeting in Brussels and agreed to keep in touch to help de-escalate tensions between the two countries. Greek aides to Panagiotopoulos were reserved about the outcome of the 40-minute meeting, because, they said, meetings between the two…
RAE: Greece will have enough energy this winter
Demand for electricity this winter will be met after the measures taken in relation to energy sufficiency, the second vice president of the Regulatory Authority for Energy (RAE) and president of the Crisis Management Group, Dimitris Fourlaris, said speaking at an event titled “Energy Sufficiency in Electricity & Natural Gas – Consumer Supply Security,” organized…