The dream was universal access to knowledge. The result was a fiasco
Information wants to be free. That observation, first made in 1984, anticipated the internet and the world to come.
105 soccer fans ordered detained pending trial
All 105 soccer fans suspected of being involved in extensive clashes in the Greek capital that ended in the death of a 29-year-old AEK Athens supporter have been ordered to be detained pending their trial.
Athens mayor to meet ethnic Greeks in Himare
Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis is due to travel to Himare on Monday to meet with members of the ethnic-Greek community in the southern Albanian city.
Authorities rescue 48 migrants off Lesvos
The Coast Guard says it has rescued 48 migrants attempting to enter the country illegally on an inflatable boat.
Norma | Athens | August 28-30
In celebration of the centenary of Maria Callas’ birth, the renowned opera “Norma” by Vincenzo Bellini, a favorite of the legendary Greek soprano, takes the stage at the Herod Atticus Theater, at the foot of the Acropolis in Athens.
Podcasts are a $20 billion global business
Podcasts, an unknown word and means of broadcasting as recently as 20 years ago, now have an estimated global audience of 400 million and the market is expected to be worth over $20 billion by the end of the year.
Earthquake rattles Crete
A 4.9 magnitude earthquake shook Crete on Sunday morning at approximately 10.49 a.m. The quake’s epicenter was identified 7 kilometers south of Sougia in the Hania administrative region, at a depth of 10.7 kilometers.
Woman arrested at borders on UK warrant listing her accompanying child as ‘missing’
A foreign national was arrested at Kipi, the border station with Turkey, when she tried to leave Greece with her underage child, which has been registered in the United Kingdom as “missing”.
Surgery clinic patient commits suicide
A patient who was undergoing treatment at the surgery clinic of the Attikon Hospital in western Athens committed suicide by plunging from a fourth floor window, according to announcement on Saturday by the president of the Pan-Hellenic Federation of Public Hospital Workers, Michalis Giannakos.
Eris spreading, but experts say symptoms are mild
Health authorities worldwide are concerned about the rapid spread of the new EG.5.1 subvariant (Eris) of the Omicron strain of SARS-CoV-2.