America’s dysfunctional politics
Dread is on the rise across the United States as the nation slides toward its next tempestuous election. The mood is dark.
Police pelted with stones
Four police officers sustained light injuries in the early hours of Saturday during clashes with Roma residents in the western Attica suburb of Zefyri. According to reports, the incident started after police responded to a complaint about a disturbance.
A diplomatic restart between Athens and Tripoli?
After several years of virtually nonexistent relations, Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis spoke on the phone Wednesday with Najla Mangoush, the interim foreign minister of the government of national unity in Tripoli.
Vegetable producer prices, at record high, stoke inflation fears
Producer prices in vegetables rose 34.1% in June to their (relative) highest level in 23 years, statistics authority ELSTAT says.
Boars devour man
A 55-year-old fireman who went missing on July 22 in Evia was found dead on Saturday.
Looking for solutions to sports violence
In the latest bid to combat fan violence, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will meet on Wednesday with Aleksander Ceferin, the president of European soccer’s governing body UEFA.
Takeover boosts ANEK shareholders
Shareholders of troubled passenger shipping company ANEK have benefited greatly over the past year from the plans by Attica, Greece’s largest passenger shipper, to take over the company.
Stock market ends week with 2 pct dip
Negative sentiment in European markets and investors locking in short-term gains led the Greek stock market to drop for a third successive week on Friday.
Elefsina in the eye of the beholder
The trip from central Athens to Elefsina and the West Attica town’s Old Olive Mill takes me through a hot, “post-industrial world in transition and looming uncertainty,” just as the note on the exhibition I’m heading to promises.
The Treaty of Lausanne: A story of survival and ambivalence
This year marks the centenary of the Lausanne Treaty, a treaty that has survived a number of twists and turns in world history. Bruce Clark, a contributor to The Economist and the author of “Twice A Stranger: How Mass Expulsion Forged Modern Greece and Turkey” and “Athens, City of Wisdom,” joins Thanos Davelis to look…