Aegina water pipeline not sabotaged, mayor says
Aegina’s water pipeline was not sabotaged, as previously believed, but rather burst due to technical faults, the island’s mayor Giannis Zorbas said during municipal council meeting on Wednesday.
MEPs should be elected on the basis of merit, not glamour
Greece needs responsible representation in Europe. If the conservative government failed to grasp this from the recent developments surrounding the European Parliament resolution on the rule of law and media freedom in Greece, it will inevitably face the issue again.
Joint Greek-French sea conference to be held in Paris
Delphi Economic Forum and the Institut de l’Ocean in France are holding a conference in Paris on Thursday
Urban Narratives | Athens | February 16 – March 9
The third solo exhibition of Greek artist Ioanna Michopoulou, titled “Urban Narratives,” will take place at ArtZone 42 Gallery (42 Vasileos Konstantinou) from February 16.
Government sets up task force to tackle juvenile violence
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis recommended the creation of a scientific committee as part of the national strategy of countering violence and juvenile delinquency, the Maximos Mansion announced on Wednesday.
Grocers see rise in value and decline in sales
Supermarket executives expect the continuation of a decline in sales volume in the first half of 2024, reflecting the impact of price increases on demand, the Research Institute for Retail Consumer Goods said in a survey released on Tuesday.
Androulakis: Turkey’s F-16 acquisition ‘a deeply negative development’
The sale of US F-16 fighter jets to Turkey will allow President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to continue pursuing “destabilizing practices,” Socialists PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis said on Wednesday.
False alarm over suspicious package at education ministry
Authorities are no longer under alert as the contents of the suspicious package do not pose a threat. A suspicious package, addressed to Education Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis, was found at the Education Ministry earlier on Wednesday.
Culture Minister deems Netflix’s Alexander the Great as ‘low quality fiction’
A Netflix series about Alexander the Great is “fiction of extremely poor quality, lowly content and full of historical inaccuracies,” Culture Minister Lina Mendoni said on Wednesday.
Greece’s Star Bulk to avoid Red Sea after attacks on its ships
Greece-headquartered Star Bulk will halt sailings through the Red Sea after Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis attacked two of its ships in recent days, the group’s CEO said.