The misunderstanding starts with the elections. All Greeks think they are voting for a prime minister, when in fact they are electing lawmakers, who in turn elect as prime minister – as a rule – the leader of the first party. Hence the protests in 2012, when the “unelected” Lucas Papademos took over as caretaker…
The discussion about the Greeks who were forced to emigrate after Greece’s bankruptcy is taking place as if their repatriation could be achieved at the push of a button. As if the tax incentives were enough to entice them to change their lives (again).
There has been a heavy atmosphere these past few days. Let us accept it as such, without wanting to dilute it with any forced optimism.
Over the last years housing costs – particularly rents – have shot up across the Athens area, with some rents jumping as high as 55% since 2017.
Development & Investments Minister Adonis Georgiadis and Deputy Minister Christos Dimas visited the Landis+Gyr factory plant near the Corinth Canal, Peloponnese, on Friday.
The defense ministers of the UK and Greece, Ben Wallace and Nikos Panagiotopoulos, will sign a declaration of defense cooperation between the two countries on a British Royal Navy cruiser on Tuesday morning.
The Delphi Economic Forum, the Hellenic American Leadership Council and Kathimerini are organizing on Monday and Tuesday in Washington DC the 4th Southeast Europe & East Med Forum with the participation of US Congress members Bob Menendez, Chris Van Hollen and Gus Bilirakis, and Lieutenant Governor of California Eleni Kounalakis.
A 36-year-old man who killed his mother and injured his grandmother in November 2021 in their home in the town of Agrinio, western Greece, will appear in court in Lefkada on Monday.
The USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier arrived at the Faliro Bay, off the southern coast of Athens on Saturday where it will remain until noon next Tuesday, as part of a planned visit to Greece.