Anti-vax abbot, monks to stand trial
The abbot and five monks of a monastery on Mount Pelio, in central Greece, will face trial over charges of spreading fake news about the Covid-19 vaccines and the pandemic.
Register for power consumers
Electricity suppliers are trying to prevent so-called “energy tourism” – i.e. the phenomenon of consumers constantly switching from one provider to another, leading to the accumulation of arrears – by creating a consumers register similar to the Teiresias register of bad debtors.
Greece says it rejects Turkish admonitions on Muslim minority
Athens accused Ankara of trying to intervene in its domestic affairs after Turkey’s Foreign Ministry called on Greece to investigate threats received by a Muslim member of Greek Parliament and expressing support for the country’s “Turkish minority.”
Germany says circle swap deal with Greece, Ukraine on tanks almost completed
Germany said a deal on a circle swap of infantry fighting vehicles with Greece and Ukraine was almost completed, meaning Germany would soon hand over 40 Marder IFVs to Greece while Greece, in turn, would pass on 40 of its Soviet-built BMP-1 IFVs to Ukraine.
Fred Boissonnas | Thessaloniki | To January 8
The Thessaloniki Museum of Photography (momus.gr) presents “Fred Boissonnas and the Mediterranean: A Photographic Odyssey” at the port warehouse complex.
House rates up 44.6% in 4 years
The housing market is rapidly returning to pre-crisis values. Based on the latest data from the Bank of Greece, prices in the region of Attica have recorded a rally of 44.6% from the second quarter of 2018 to the same quarter this year.
Art Athina returns after two-year hiatus
Art Athina, the annual international contemporary art fair in the Greek capital, returns this year to Zappeion Hall in central Athens with a physical presence and record number of entries from domestic and foreign galleries.
PM signs Queen Elizabeth II’s condolence book
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis paid a visit to the British Embassy and signed the condolence book for Queen Elizabeth II.
From the Caucasus to the Aegean: The dangers of ‘both-siderism’
On Tuesday Azerbaijan unleashed a colossal artillery barrage deep into Armenian territory, kicking off two days of heavy fighting before a ceasefire was agreed to.
NGO founder admits mistake on location of 38 refugees
The founder of HumanRights360, Epaminondas Farmakis, admitted in a statement on Thursday that he wrongly estimated that the territory on which 38 refugees were found last month in the Greek-Turkish border region was Greek.