New legislation put to public consultation on Saturday seeks to wean five of Greece’s top state museums, including the archaeological museums of Athens and Thessaloniki, from the Culture Ministry, giving them more freedom – and responsibility.
The former royal palace at Tatoi will be open to the public by 2025, Culture Minister Lina Mendoni has said, a day after former king Constantine II was buried alongside his ancestors at the former royal estate.
As The Economist looked into the best and worst economic performers of 2022, Greece found itself at the top of the list, ahead of Spain and Portugal. The Economist’s Prianthi Roy joins Thanos Davelis to break down the numbers and explore whether this positive trend will persist in 2023.
A gang suspected of burgling at least 72 homes in different parts of the Greek capital since last February has been broken up by the Greek police with the arrest of 15 suspects.
The remains of a 2,500-year-old structure unearthed at an archaeological dig in the western Peloponnese may be those of a temple dedicated to the god of the sea, Poseidon, and mentioned by the ancient Greek geographer and historian Strabo, according to archaeologists.
The Washington-based American Hellenic Institute issued a statement on Monday “strongly reiterating” its opposition to the sale of F-16 fighter jets and upgrade kits to Turkey, just as US President Joe Biden is expected to ask Congress to green-light the deal.
A scenario stipulating Greece and Turkey may be heading for parallel elections is gaining ground. According to Bloomberg, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has May 14 in mind as the date for elections in Turkey.
North Macedonia’s president described the Western Balkans on Tuesday as a soft spot in Europe’s security architecture and ripe for potential influence campaigns by Russia.
Greece’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday issued a statement expressing its “deep concern” over recent developments in the predominantly Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan in East Jerusalem.
The Federation of Local Government Workers’ Unions (POE-OTA) has called a 24-hour strike on Tuesday following the work-related death earlier this month of a sanitation worker at the Municipality of Xylokastro in the northern Peloponnese.