Our essential obligation
Barring any big surprises, Sunday’s election race will be a personal triumph for Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Come Monday morning, Greece will be in the unprecedented position of having a new government and no real opposition.
ATHEX: Minor drop this week for bourse index
The Greek stock market ended the pre-election period with moderate gains.
Impunity and abuses
Chronic impunity fosters and multiplies abuses of the law. There are many examples everywhere in the country.
One of last Greek survivors of Auschwitz dies at age of 98
Vaso Stamatiou, one of the last Greek survivors of Auschwitz, has died at the age of 98. She had spent her last years in the Ecclesiastical Nursing Home of Stylida.
Kos murder suspect in court on Tuesday
The 32-year-old man from Bangladesh accused of the murder of 27-year-old Anastazja Rubinska on the island of Kos last week has been given until Tuesday to prepare his defense.
Robbers nabbed for lying their way into homes of elderly
Police on Friday announced the dismantling of a criminal organization whose members systematically committed thefts, posing as employees of the Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator
Pakistan’s economic meltdown spurs more people to risk lives to reach Europe
A boat that left Libya carrying Pakistani Hameed Iqbal Bhatti and hundreds of others sank off Greece last week, in one of the deadliest migrant disasters of recent years. He is missing and presumed dead, according to his brother, highlighting the perils faced by people who seek to enter Europe illegally.
Exhibition pays tribute to late photojournalist Behrakis
The Thessaloniki Museum of Photography is presenting an exhibition dedicated to Greek photographer Yannis Behrakis (1960-2019) with material from the rich archive of the internationally renowned photojournalist.
Countries push for CO2 shipping levy as crunch talks loom
Maritime nations including Denmark and the Marshall Islands are rallying support for a global carbon dioxide emissions levy on shipping, with talks at a critical stage ahead of a UN agency meeting next month that could back the measure. Large ship-owning nations Greece and Japan are also on board.
Election campaigns to halt at midnight
A moratorium on pre-election activities ahead of Sunday’s general election comes into force at midnight Friday.