Curated by Nikos Vatopoulos and Iris Kritkou, “Polykatoikia” is a mixed-media event focusing on the Athenian apartment building, a bane or a boon, depending on the point of view, that transformed the Greek capital.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his wife Mareva Grabowski-Mitsotaki hosted a lunch for outgoing Cyprus Republic President Nicos Anastasiades and his wife Andri on Tuesday.
Police in the town of Patra in southwestern Greece have opened an investigation on Tuesday after a 35-year-old Roma man told them employees at a local car dealership forced him to kneel down to sing Christmas carols on New Year’s Eve and set him alight “for fun.”
In its annual report, the National Observatory’s Meteo weather service noted that 2022 was among the warmest years on record, due mainly to an extended heatwave in July and record-high temperatures in December, but also saw unusual levels of snowfall last January, during the storm dubbed Elpida.
The wages of active and retired public servants will be increased by 25%, Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday, after annual inflation fell to around 64% due to base effects.
Turkey condemned on Tuesday a “provocative act” by Israel’s new far-right national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, referring to his visit to Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem.
The European Union has offered free Covid-19 vaccines to China, the EU executive said on Tuesday, as infections there surged following Beijing’s relaxation of its “zero-Covid” policies.
Celebrated author Alki Zei (1923-2020) is seen in a file photo from 2012. The Culture Ministry has announced that it is declaring 2023 as the Literary Year of Alki Zei, with a rich program of events in honor of the late novelist and children’s book writer.
Keeping tensions high with Athens, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar reiterated on Monday that Ankara will “not accept any extension” by Greece of its islands’ territorial waters.
The increase of social security contributions from freelance professionals, the self-employed and farmers at the rate of inflation, i.e. 9.9%, with a possible cut of the charge by 10 euros corresponding to the monthly contribution against unemployment, is the baseline scenario the leadership of the Ministry of Labor and the main pension fund’s administration are…