Contradictions
Who should we believe? The prime minister, who made a commitment to pass legislation allowing same-sex marriage, or the high-ranking clerics who never miss an opportunity to vent their homophobic vitriol?
A lesson on local government by Ion Dragoumis
July 31, 2023 marks 103 years since the assassination of Ion Dragoumis (according to the “old” Julian calendar, August 12 according to the “new” Gregorian one).
Redesigning security protocols
Beyond any inadequacies of the state in handling them, the intensity of the wildfires in Greece and the extent of the damage they caused, combined with the weather conditions, show that this is not a crisis that will simply pass.
53 migrants rescued off Lesvos, six arrested
The Greek Coast Guard rescued 53 migrants from an inflatable boat located off the coast of Lesvos in the eastern Aegean on Friday.
Turkey, Sweden, and the F-16s: Cutting through the noisy diplomacy
It’s now been a couple of weeks since the NATO summit in Vilnius. Once again, F-16 sales to Turkey were a top-of-the-agenda item ahead of Vilnius.
Man arrested for dealing drugs, police find cocaine stash
Narcotics investigators are looking into the connections of a 41-year-old man who was found to keep a large stash of drugs and cash in his home after being arrested in Athens last week.
The Garden of Pleasures | Athens | August 4
The Athenian leg of the Athens Epidaurus Festival will come to a grand finale with “The Garden of Pleasures” at the Herod Atticus Theater.
Logistics woos investments
Real estate companies are currently developing new logistics infrastructure of more than 300,000 square meters and with at least 300 million euros in total investment.
Authorities revoke state of emergency in Rhodes
The state of emergency declared in Rhodes on July 20 following the destructive wildfires that ravaged the island for more than 10 says was lifted on Saturday, the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection announced.
Water temperatures rose up to 5C in heatwave
A warmer-than-usual winter and a two-week heatwave that pushed the thermometer above 40 degrees Celsius on successive days has raised the temperature of Greece’s seas by as much as 5 degrees, a report showed on Saturday.