WWF Greece urges new government to tackle critical environmental challenges
WWF Greece has brought attention to the critical environmental challenges that Greece’s new conservative government must confront.
Frustrating delays in Panepistimiou Avenue redevelopment
The much-touted redevelopment of Panepistimiou Avenue as part of the Grand Walk, a series of pedestrian paths and bicycle lanes introduced on central thoroughfares in downtown Athens, is stalling three years after work began.
Axe-wielding man arrested for vandalizing kiosk outside KKE offices
Police arrested a man on Wednesday morning after he was seen using an axe and a sledgehammer to hack a wooden kiosk located outside the headquarters of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) in Perissos, north of Athens.
Ex-minister Loverdos withdraws from PASOK
Andreas Loverdos, a former socialist minister and Member of Parliament, has announced his withdrawal from the PASOK socialists.
Prosecutor recommends 26 stand trial over Kolonos pimping case
A prosecutor has recommended that 26 people stand trial over the pimping of a 12-year-old girl in the Athens suburb of Kolonos in a case that shocked the nation last year.
Two arrested for possession and sale of ancient religious icons
A 51-year-old man and a 44-year-old woman have been arrested near the town of Grevena in northern Greece for possessing two ancient religious icons, each listed for sale at 3,000 euros.
Risk that Mati fire trial may be statute-barred grows
The trial of those responsible for the death toll from the deadly fire in the Attica seaside suburb of Mati in 2018 was suspended on Tuesday at least until July 24, increasing the risk that the case will become statute-barred and that the social demand for justice will go unanswered.
Exporting problems in the administration of justice
Evaluating the work of civil servants is a decades-old demand of Greek society and a pre-election promise of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. It has to be done, despite the fact that employees are – naturally – reacting. It is not only trade unionists who have their own, usually oppositional, agenda. It is also the ordinary…
SYRIZA political secretariat to convene early next week
The political secretariat of SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance is scheduled to convene early next week, once the three-day process of policy statements in parliament concludes.