TrainOSE renamed Hellenic Train, eyes expansion
Greece’s national railway operator TrainOSE was renamed Hellenic Train at a presentation attended by Greek and Italian ministers in Athens on Friday.
Bulgaria in turmoil
Our neighbor Bulgaria is languishing in an endless political crisis, from which the way out is not quite visible. A few days ago, the pro-Western coalition government of Kiril Petkov collapsed, taking with it his vision of reform.
Bulgarian finance chief gets mandate as Russia tensions soar
Bulgaria’s president on Friday handed the mandate to try and form a new government to the country’s finance minister as the Russian ambassador to Sofia threatened that Moscow would fully sever diplomatic ties.
Actor accused of rape is granted conditional release
The Mixed Jury Court of Athens unanimously accepted the request to conditionally release the well-known actor Petros Filippidis, who is on trial on rape and attempted rape charges, from temporary detention.
Turkey blocks access to Deutsche Welle and Voice of America
Turkey’s media watchdog has banned access to the Turkish services of US public service broadcaster Voice of America and German broadcaster Deutsche Welle, prompting complaints of censorship.
‘…and the home of the brave’
It has been 100 years since my father and his family left the beautiful Bosporus in Constantinople. No one likes to suddenly leave their home, but they had been included in the “exchange of populations,” as it was quaintly called, between Turkey and Greece.
In(de)finite Selfhoods
Twelve artists from different parts of the world comment on technology’s ability to erase cultural boundaries and efforts to build walls to protect cultures against its onslaught.
NATO in talks to build naval base in Albania, prime minister says
Albania is in talks with NATO to build a naval base at Porto Romano, a port under construction on its Adriatic coast, Prime Minister Edi Rama said on Friday.
Waiting for Putin
At the NATO Summit in Madrid, when Turkey agreed to the future accession of Sweden and Finland, Recep Tayyip Erdogan did not look like a man who had triumphed after keeping the military alliance hostage for several weeks.
ATHEX: No stopping stock slide at Athinon Ave
The announcement of the 12% inflation rate in Greece (in EU-harmonized index terms) last month reversed the initially positive climate at Athinon Avenue on Friday and led to a fresh drop for most blue chips, while overall stocks were split between winners and losers.