The management of universities
The new system of electing university rectors, which is now being tested in practice, seems to justify some of the reservations voiced by its critics.
Gov’t requests third disbursement from EU recovery fund
The government has submitted a third request to the European Commission for disbursement of funds from the Recovery and Resilience Fund (RRF) worth 1.72 billion euros.
Mitsotakis says country has changed, seeks new mandate to speed up growth
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has said that he has learned to be bold on economic reform as he seeks re-election on May 28. In an interview with Reuters, the leader of conservative New Democracy said he hopes to win a second term after a parliamentary election on Sunday with a clear majority, to unleash Greece’s…
Nationalism, the big winner in Turkish elections
He may have failed to get elected in the first round of the Turkish presidential elections, and that is obviously a blow to him, especially given his absolute control over the media, but Recep Tayyip Erdogan did not suffer the defeat that the West had hoped for.
Survey finds two in five citizens don’t read books
Two in every five Greeks aged 16 years or above did not visit any cultural sites or read any books in 2022 because they were not interested or did not like them, according to a new survey published by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT).
Athens protests to ‘Le Monde’ over map that shows islands as Turkish
Greece’s ambassador in Paris has complained to the publishers of Le Monde after the daily published a map of the Turkish election results that showed a number of Greek islands as Turkish territory.
Italian police find $880 million of cocaine stashed in banana crates
Police said they had found a further 600kg of cocaine in the last few days in fruit containers from Ecuador being shipped through Gioia Tauro. These consignments had been destined for other parts of Italy, Croatia, Greece and Georgia, they added.
Burundi-born ex-police officer seeks to be Greece’s first black lawmaker
In working-class neighborhoods on the outskirts of Athens, Spiros Richard Hagabimana is going door-to-door in an election campaign that could see him become Greece’s first black lawmaker. It is a remarkable journey for Hagabimana, who just eight years ago was jailed in his native Burundi for refusing to open fire on anti-government protesters as a…
Report shows alarming rise in domestic violence in Cyprus
The Association for the Prevention and Handling of Violence in the Family (SPAVO) in Cyprus has released data revealing a concerning surge in domestic and partner violence incidents in 2022.
Over 180 firefighters coming to Greece from five European countries in July and August
Greece will welcome more than 180 firefighters from five European countries in the July-August season, in the context of a pre-positioning program that will be implemented again via the European Civil Protection Mechanism.