Has the Metapolitefsi period concluded? What lessons does it impart? Is its overall legacy positive? These are they key questions that guided the discussions on the inaugural day of the conference titled “50 Years of the Metapolitefsi.” The three-day event, co-hosted at the National Gallery by Kathimerini newspaper, the National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation…
Greeks have revised their view regarding technocratic governments, according to a Pew Institute poll of 24 nations for 2023, which found that support for expert cabinet members in Greece climbed by 25% in the last five years.
The historic cup won by Spyros Louis, the first marathon winner of the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, which was inspired and designed by Michel Breal, will travel this year to the Louvre Museum in Paris.
European Union countries are negotiating exemptions for a proposed EU-wide tax on polluting aviation fuel for islands, in a move that could benefit countries such as Ireland, Cyprus, Malta, Spain and Greece, a draft document showed.
A 64-year-old man shot a 39-year-old man in Nikaia, near Piraeus, before taking his own life, according to reports Friday.
The second day of the conference commemorating the 50th anniversary of the restoration of Greek democracy – a period known as the Metapolitefsi – is being held on Friday at the National Gallery in Athens.
Four Afghans who were sentenced to 10 years in prison for the fire at the Moria refugee camp on Lesvos in 2020 will be back in the dock on Monday for a second trial at the Mixed Jury Court of Appeal of the North Aegean.
Parliament on Thursday ratified the draft law on the use of public property in coastal areas with the inclusion of some revisions that had been requested by social organizations.
US senators declined on Thursday to block the sale of F-16s to Turkey, despite voicing deep disdain for Turkey’s conduct as an ally. They were upholding an unofficial bargain that Turks would get the fighter jets if they stopped blocking Sweden’s accession to NATO.
Marking the first step toward establishing the framework necessary to enable the creation of a “smart” army, the cabinet on Thursday approved the Defense Ministry’s bill on defense innovation.