Cartoon (19/02/2024)
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Signs of decline in a divisive setting
It’s a strange thing: Greece has become a relatively predictable, politically stable country. I wouldn’t say boring, because we still have a long way to go.
EOF bans distribution of spirulina dietary supplement
The National Organization for Medicines (EOF) has banned the distribution and sale of an imported dietary supplement containing spirulina, citing excessive levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) exceeding legal limits.
Tango Greco | Athens | February 24
The City of Athens Choir, the Dionysios Lavragas Mandolinata of Exarchia-Neapolis and the Athens Estudiantina pay tribute to the sensual Argentinian folk dance, the tango.
Fear returns to Exarchia
Alejandro Gkikopoulos stands in his shop, Polyamorous, in downtown Exarchia. Specializing in flowers and spirits, it was recently vandalized by unknown perpetrators purportedly seeking to stem the tide of gentrification in this once-bohemian Athenian neighborhood.
Karina Canellakis | Athens | February 23
One of the most talked-about conductors of our time, Greek-American Karina Canellakis, will make her debut at the Athens Concert Hall (68 Vasilissis Sofias) on February 23, leading the London Philharmonic.
SYRIZA suffers internal conflict over identity survey
Turmoil has gripped the main opposition party SYRIZA’s internal politics following the circulation of a survey that sought party members’ opinions on the party’s identity. The political secretariat convened an emergency meeting on Monday, in the absence of the party’s leader Stefanos Kasselakis, ahead of a scheduled Party Congress on Thursday.
Ministerial inquiry into employment status of father from Amish-like family
Interior Minister Niki Kerameos requested on Monday an investigation into the employment status of the 45-year-old father from the “early Christian” family living in a makeshift dwelling in the mountainous region of Corinthia, Peloponnese.
White Dwarf | Athens | February 23 – April 28
In “White Dwarf,” Greek film producer Yolanda Markopoulou explores a fragment of the history of the birth of the first atomic bomb by physicist Robert J. Oppenheimer, inviting the audience to a VR performance installation at the Benaki Museum – Pireos (138 Pireos).
Elderly siblings found deceased in home following fire
Two elderly siblings, an 84-year-old man and an 89-year-old woman, were found dead after a fire erupted in their home in Nafpaktos, western Greece.