Kasselakis says his SYRIZA leadership is ‘strengthened’ after chaotic congress
The SYRIZA congress that ended Sunday has “obviously strengthened” his position, party leader Stefanos Kasselakis said in an interview to state broadcaster ERT Monday.
Closing the wound
A year has passed since the tragedy at Tempe which scarred our collective soul. Like others investigative initiatives before it, the parliamentary committee assembled to probe the deadly train crash expended itself on public relations stunts; its hollow proceedings were an insult to the families of the victims and to the public as a whole,…
Greek PM in Paris for ongoing Ukraine working meeting
French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron welcomed his Greek counterpart, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, on Monday at the Elysee Palace in the French capital for a short-notice working meeting on the war in Ukraine.
47-year old woman sentenced to eight years over phone scams
A 47-year-old woman was sentenced to eight years in prison by a Thessaloniki court on Monday, for her involvement in a network scamming people via telephone.
Anti-soil erosion works 70% complete, says gov’t
Anti-soil erosion works are in full progress in areas affected by last summer’s forest fires, including West Attica, Parnitha, Evros and the Dodecanese island of Rhodes, the Ministry of the Environment and Energy announced on Monday.
Newly founded Greek party adopts European Greens manifesto
Greece has acquired a new political party, the Green-Ecology party, which, at its founding congress in Athens on Sunday, decided to adopt the European Green Party’s manifesto ahead of European Parliament elections in June.
Soccer fans held in custody in Rhodes
Twenty-five soccer fans from the western Peloponnese port city of Patras faced a magistrate on the southeastern Aegean island of Rhodes on Monday over clashes at a match the previous day.
IFFA | Athens | March 1-10
The 2nd International Independent Film Festival of Athens (IFFA), organized by the KINO Athens Film Society, is set to take place in the first 10 days of March.
Strike to paralyze transport on Wednesday
Greece’s largest public sector union, ADEDY, has called a 24-hour nationwide strike on Wednesday, demanding, among other things, pay raises and staff hirings in healthcare and education.
Mummenschanz | Athens | March 22-23
Greek audiences will have the opportunity to enjoy the world-renowned Swiss mask theater troupe Mummenschanz, as they perform for the first time in Athens at the Pallas Theater (5 Voukourestiou).