Warning sign
It takes time for reforms in education to start bearing fruit and the progress that has been made so far is not yet evident.
Mitsotakis blasts critics of migrant boat rescue operation
As Greek authorities continued to search, with diminished hopes, for victims and survivors of Wednesday’s sinking of a trawler carrying as many as 750 migrants, conservative leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis blasted criticism of the rescue operation.
The life of Ahmet, Act 2
Migration is normally something we refer to in numbers, counting the thousands. When we’re not counting thousands, we’re mourning dozens or hundreds.
Irish fans complain of ‘shambolic’ organization at Greek game
Irish fans attending the Euro 2024 qualifying game at the OPAP Arena in Athens on Friday have taken to social media to complain about the “shambolic and dangerous” organization at the match after they were stranded outside the stadium after kick-off after an apparent issue with the turnstile gates.
Documenting the faces of hope
The exhibition showcases 70 photographs, comprising both black-and-white and color images, which depict the post-war history of Greece as documented by McCabe during his travels in the 1950s and 1960s.
Erdogan’s veto over Sweden’s NATO bid and the F-16s
Despite the pressure on Turkey to ratify Sweden’s NATO membership bid, with the US saying the sooner this happens the better, Turkey’s President Erdogan poured cold water on rising hopes that a deal might be near.
It’s not all about us all the time
If tens of dead and hundreds of missing people off the Greek coast do not unite us even briefly, if we cannot hold a serious discussion on all the dimensions of mass migration, then we are in danger of losing all hope of agreement among ourselves.
Storms cause power cuts, flooding in northern Greece
Storms that hit areas in western Thessaloniki as well as the city center on Saturday caused power cuts and flooding, Central Macedonia Region director of civil protection Charalambos Stergiadis told state-run news agency AMNA.
Blackmail suspects remanded
Six out of seven individuals who are accused of blackmailing shopkeepers in the southern suburbs of Athens were remanded in custody on Friday.
Seaside demolitions planned in Crete on Monday
Regional authorities in Iraklio on the island of Crete will be launching an operation on Monday to demolish structures on beaches that violate coastal and environmental zoning and protection laws.