Education Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis said on Wednesday that lawmakers had dismissed the five objections submitted by opposition MP questioning the constitutionality of a bill allowing the establishment of private universities.
A network of thousands of underground spaces are scattered beneath Athens. Pedestrians hurry past them, not suspecting that the metal lid of a manhole they have just stepped on is one of the gates to a vast web of spaces, which for decades has been sealed in silence and oblivion.
Two seafarers were killed in a Houthi missile attack on a Red Sea Greek-owned freighter on Wednesday, British and US officials said, the first fatalities reported since the Iran-aligned Yemeni group began strikes against shipping in one of the world’s busiest sea lanes.
“The Last Five Years” returns to the Greek National Opera Alternative Stage (367 Syngrou, nationalopera.gr) after a sold-out run last year.
A draft legislation by the ruling Conservatives that would enable the establishment of private universities in Greece received five objections regarding its constitutionality as soon as it was tabled in Parliament on Wednesday.
The Greek-owned cargo ship True Confidence was hit by a missile about 50 nautical miles southwest of the Yemeni port of Aden on Wednesday in an attack presumed to come from Houthi forces, the ship’s owner and operator said.
An explosion erupted in the Black Sea port of Odessa on Wednesday, just before a scheduled meeting between Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Despite this, the meeting proceeded without disruption.
Greece will continue to support Ukraine as it fights for its freedom, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday, following a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Odesa.
The Stavros Niarchos Cultural Foundation (137 Syngrou, snfcc.org) has a rich Apokries (Greek Carnival) agenda planned for visitors and locals alike, as music performances and family happenings set the tone for a vibrant two-day celebration in various parts of the center’s park.
The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen commented on the attack in the Black Sea port of Odesa just before a scheduled meeting between Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.