I am often asked by American literary friends why modern Greece has produced so many more great poets than prose writers, noting that the country’s two Nobel laureates, Giorgos Seferis and Odysseas Elytis, both wrote poetry rather than fiction.
Non-banking blue chips stole the show at the Greek bourse on Wednesday, leading the benchmark higher after a mixed session that left banks and mid-caps marginally in the red.
The sense of malaise often generates political surprises. And it always plays into the hands of the enemies of democracy.
Open on weekends and holidays, the family-friendly Thessaloniki Dinosaur Park is so much more than what it says on the sign.
You know it’s Christmas when the Athens Concert Hall stages Handel’s “Messiah,” that soaring baroque oratorio that has become so intrinsically linked with this holiday.
France’s Deputy Minister for Foreign Trade Olivier Becht encouraged French companies to invest in Greece at the “Greece-France Cooperation 2.0: Investing in the Future” forum on Tuesday.
Greek Finance Minister Christos Staikouras met on Wednesday with the heads of banks on their proposals to help vulnerable borrowers.
The delayed reaction of the judicial authorities in the wiretapping investigation, which is recognized by all as a top institutional issue that needs to be resolved, meets the requirement of all political parties to shed light on the case.
A 40-year-old man was injured in Thessaloniki after he was shot by the resident of an apartment he had entered illegally on Wednesday morning. The burglar is being treated at the G. Gennimatas Hospital, with the incident taking place at approximately 7 a.m.
The Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) is writing off the debts to the state for about 100,000 debtors who had entered the provisions of the Katseli law.