Living costs keep spectators away from Epidaurus
Spectators arrive at the Ancient Theater of Epidaurus.
One in five has caught Covid again
One in five Covid-19 cases recorded in recent weeks in Greece was a reinfection, according to medical experts.
Gov’t spokesman calls for full investigation into eavesdropping scandal
Greece’s government spokesman Yannis Oikonomou on Sunday called for a full investigation into an eavesdropping scandal involving the targeting of socialist PASOK opposition party Nikos Androulakis and a journalist with spyware which has seen the chief of the National Intelligence Service (EYP) and the head of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ personal office resign.
Three possible routes of Turkish drillship
Tuesday’s departure of Turkey’s Abdulhamid Han drilling vessel for the Eastern Mediterranean has, as expected, prompted discussions about the range of escalation that Ankara may choose in August.
UK museum agrees to return looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
A London museum agreed Sunday to return a collection of Benin Bronzes looted in the late 19th century from what is now Nigeria as cultural institutions throughout Britain come under pressure to repatriate artifacts acquired during the colonial era.
Greek PM apologizes to opposition party leader over surveillance, report says
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis apologized to the leader of the country’s opposition Socialist party for not knowing that he had been wiretapped by Greece’s intelligence service in 2021, adding he would never have allowed it.
Hill of contention
The now-defunct bar at Strefi Hill in Athens’ Exarchia neighborhood in an image taken Friday.
Holiday spending increases
The widely expected record revenue from tourism seems to be borne out so far, by the significant per trip spending by foreign arrivals, as well as the raw arrival numbers, which are outpacing those of the record-breaking year 2019, before the outbreak of the Covid pandemic.
Suspect in murder of 17-year-old girl to testify Monday
A 21-year-old Pakistani was give until Monday to prepare his defense after reportedly confessing to the murder of a 17-year-old girl on Monday in the western Athens suburb of Peristeri.
Dream On | Athens
“Dream On,” running through November 2 at the former Public Tobacco Factory (218 Lenorman, Kolonos), is the latest exhibition by the NEON Culture Organization, organized in collaboration with the Hellenic Parliament.