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SOS from Mykonos
The “tourism model” pursued on Mykonos is an embarrassment for the state. But it is also a valuable sign from the future.
The absurdity of protecting science from the absurd
The theater of the absurd was back in Parliament the other day, when the government submitted a legal amendment seeking to protect the chair and members of the expert committee investigating the deadly train crash at Tempe from any form of prosecution or questioning about any opinions expressed during deliberations or about how they voted,…
Two surgeons handed suspended sentences for medical malpractice
Two surgeons were sentenced to 14 and 11 months in prison respectively, after being found guilty of causing bodily harm through negligence as they forgot a 12.5-centimeter-long surgical needle in the abdomen of a patient during a gynecological operation in a private clinic in Thessaloniki five years ago.
Limitations for cruise expansion
As summer approaches and cruise ships have begun to make their appearance en masse in Greece, the experts who speak of a disproportionately high negative impact on the environment, infrastructure and destinations in relation to the revenue they leave are increasing.
Yannis Gaitis | Athens | To May 14
Marking 100 years since the birth of the great Greek modernist Yannis Gaitis (1923-1984), the B&M Theocharakis Foundation (thf.gr) presents the retrospective show “The Essence of Anonymity.”
Man jailed for life for murder of gas company worker
A man has been handed a life sentence and 13 additional years’ imprisonment for the murder of a 41-year-old natural gas company employee in a northeastern Athens suburb in October 2021.
Ukraine can count on Greece, Mitsotakis tells Zelenskyy
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has told President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that Ukraine can count on Greece’s firm position in support of its right to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity.
The beams of the West’s world order are creaking
If I told you 25 years ago that Finland, the country that was absolutely synonymous with the concept of strict geopolitical neutrality, would joined NATO; that in Switzerland, the country that was considered for decades the safest banking destination on the planet, one of its two largest banks would collapse;
Turkish foreign minister: sovereignty of some Aegean islands ‘not determined’
Turkey’s foreign minister has said there are islands in the Aegean “whose sovereignty has not been determined” and where there are “violations,” in an apparent return to the questioning of Greek sovereignty over its islands in the region.