Spartans imploding
Eleven MPs of the far-right Spartiates (Spartans) launched a scathing attack against party leader Vassilis Stigas in a joint statement in a move that could lead to the party’s implosion.
Helleniq Renewables acquires 180MW solar parks from Lightsource in northern Greece
Helleniq Renewables, a wholly owned subsidiary of Helleniq Energy, has announced the acquisition of solar parks with a total capacity of 180 megawatts from the UK’s Lightsource near Kozani, in northern Greece.
Occupiers removed from another university building
Another space occupied for almost 20 years by non-academics at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) was returned to the institution on Thursday, after a police operation.
Hundreds more migrants reach the Greek islands in boats and smaller vessels from Turkey
More than 450 migrants reached Greece’s Aegean Sea islands in boats from Turkey in less than two days, Greek authorities said Thursday, including 51 people who made landfall on the high-end resort of Mykonos.
Bilateral relations, energy cooperation and migration dominate Mitsotakis-Meloni meeting
The deepening and expansion of already robust Greek-Italian relations, especially in the realms of economics and bilateral energy cooperation, took center stage during a working dinner between Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Italian counterpart, Georgia Meloni, at the Maximos Mansion Thursday.
Evros fire continues to frustrate
As the large inferno in the Evros region of northeastern Greece entered its 13th day on Thursday, more firefighting personnel were dispatched as the fire flared up again, prompting authorities to warn inhabitants to prepare for possible evacuation.
Erdogan rhetoric indicative of difficulties ahead
The hostile comments by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday marking Turkey’s “Victory Day,” the anniversary of the defeat of the Greek forces in Asia Minor in 1922, are indicative of the difficulties that exist by definition in Greek-Turkish relations.
Voice deepfakes are coming for your bank balance
This spring, Clive Kabatznik, an investor in Florida, called his local Bank of America representative to discuss a big money transfer he was planning to make. Then he called again.
On ‘noble’and ‘rude’ souls
My friend and Kathimerini commentator Takis Theodoropoulos has a point when he writes that “there is no racism in Greece, to the extent that the ‘noble souls’ want to present it.” Things are, in fact, even worse, if we look at the big picture. But let’s start from the beginning.
Restrictions and benefits
The development of a short-term rental property market must be regulated in ways similar to those implemented by other European megacities, but not in the name of a nostalgic approach to city life.