Turkish UAV flies over Astakida Kasou
A Turkish Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) violated Greek airspace on Monday night, as it entered the Athens Flight Information Region without submitting a flight plan and flew over the islet of Astakida Kasou.
Columbia, Yale set to launch education center, student exchange program in Athens
The Columbia International Education Center in Athens (of New York’s Columbia University) will launch operations in September 2023, while the postgraduate student exchange program between the University of Athens (EKPA) and Yale University will most likely launch within the current academic year, it was reported on Saturday.
Matchbox | Athens | To December 30
The Onassis Cultural Center is hosting the musical stage adaptation of Yiannis Economides’ critically acclaimed “Matchbox,” a 2002 drama that blows open the Pandora’s box of the classic Greek family.
ATHEX: Bourse index recaptures 900-pt mark
The Greek stock market’s benchmark has finally recaptured the psychologically significant 900-point mark, rising on Monday to levels unseen in the last six months, even if that was after a narrow session in terms of price fluctuations and with turnover failing even to make 50 million euros.
Polytechnic uprising anniversary brings fresh woes for commuters
Motorists in Athens will be better off staying put on Thursday as police shut down key roads in the city center in a major security operation for the anniversary of the November 17, 1973 student uprising against the military dictatorship.
Not another vicious cycle
A tough road lies ahead for Greece. It needs to remain firmly on the path to growth. It needs to move forward with reforms, such as on the pressing issue of the justice system, which has fallen woefully behind.
The beacon still shines bright
For better or worse, whether we like it or not, the United States remain the beacon of the West. When it goes dark, the rest of the West also goes dark and doesn’t know how to chart a course, especially when the waters are uncharted.
Dalaras Sings Loizos | Athens | November 18
Enduringly popular singer George Dalaras pays tribute to songwriter Manos Loizos, who died in 1982 at the age of 44 yet left a legacy that has influenced hundreds of artists who worked with him and came after him.
PASOK chief takes recourse to Council of State over wiretapping
PASOK-Movement for Change chief Nikos Androulakis has filed a complaint with the country’s highest administrative court challenging a provision that prohibits Greece’s privacy watchdog from informing people when their communications have been put under surveillance by the National Intelligence Service (EYP).
Residents’ appeal against Exarchia metro station dismissed
The Council of State, Greece’s highest administrative court, has rejected an appeal by 50 residents of the downtown Athens district of Exarchia opposing the construction of a metro station on the area’s main square.