A crucial choice
The long pre-election period and the clear result of the May 21 ballot may have created a sense that Sunday’s vote is something of a formality. This is far from the case.
Obama: Democratic ethos under threat but continues to inspire
Seven years after his last speech in Greece, former US president Barack Obama returned to the stage of the Greek National Opera’s Stavros Niarchos Hall in southern Athens.
Dream Machines | Hydra | To October 30
Investigating the repercussions of technology on the human imagination, “Dream Machines” is a group exhibition at the Hydra branch of the DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art
Restoration of the Jesuit Palace on Naxos gets the green light
Constructed in the 17th century, the Jesuit Palace (aka the Jesuit Monastery of Kalamitsia) is in the region of Kalamitsia on Naxos.
Stability and Greek political parties
Is it possible that by observing Greek politics from far away I can form a better point of view or is it the case that because of the distance I don’t have a good picture? In any case, here is how I see Greek politics now.
Party leaders host pre-election gatherings with reporters
Party leaders have been hosting their traditional gatherings with political reporters ahead of Sunday’s election.
Pserimos’ six-hour tourism boom
Iraklis Mamoudelos stands in front of the Aphrodite cafe-restaurant, with its blue polyester director’s chairs. He has a black tray under his left arm, ready to welcome customers. No one is swimming at the beach.
As New Democracy heads for a landslide, fringe parties jostle to squeeze into Parliament
As New Democracy heads for a landslide, fringe parties jostle to squeeze into Parliament With the formerly ascendant, Nazi-inspired Golden Dawn party broken, its leadership in prison, and the anti-Western left defanged, Greece’s political fringes are looking more gauche than sinister.
EFKA has seven priorities scheduled
The planning of the Single Social Security Entity (EFKA) for the next few months provides for the closure of tens of thousands of pending issues.
Mayor in Thessaloniki warns of wild boar population explosion
A mayor of one of Thessaloniki’s municipalities has highlighted the presence of up to 9,000 wild boars in the area, warning that their number could jump four times that in two years unless measures are taken to control them.