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Another complaint of child sexual abuse levelled against museum guard
A second allegation of child sexual abuse has been made against a 50-year-old museum guard on the Dodecanese island of Nisyros, who was suspended from duty on Thursday after the first complaint came to light.
Resignation deals blow to brain gain
The recent resignation of the scientific director of the Biomedical Research Foundation (BRFAA) of the Academy of Athens has cast a shadow over Greece’s stated objective to plug the brain drain that has scarred the country and pave the way for a much-needed brain gain.
Mati: fire service official handed suspended sentence for false information
A senior fire service officer has been handed a two-year suspended sentence for submitting false information to the prosecuting authorities during their investigation of the 2018 Mati fire, in which 104 people lost their lives.
Paradoxes strange and revealing
Political parties, news media, trade unions and nongovernmental organizations lie together in a heap at the bottom of the ladder of Greeks’ trust in institutions, each with 1.9 points out of 5.
NATO allies pledge additional air defense systems for Kyiv, Stoltenberg says
NATO allies have agreed to provide Kyiv with additional air defense systems, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said after a special meeting of allied defense ministers with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Athens’ mayor: Work on new Panathinaikos stadium in Votanikos to begin in days
The new Panathinaikos stadium in Votanikos and the redevelopment project at the team’s old stadium on Alexandras Avenue will be ready by 2026, Athens Mayor Haris Doukas has said.
Dendias attends event marking bicentenary of Byron’s death
Defence Minister Nikos Dendias has attended the opening of a two-day festival at Trinity College Cambridge in England to mark with the bicentenary of Lord Byron’s death on 19 April 1824, in Messolongi, Greece.
Emergency weather warning issued in six areas
Residents in the regions of Halkidiki, Thessaly, Magnesia, Lesvos, the Sporades and northern Evia have been warned to limit their movements from Friday evening to Saturday afternoon due to expected thunderstorms and gale-force winds.
Erdogan sees upcoming meeting with Mitsotakis as ‘important stage’
Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan views his upcoming meeting on May 13 with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis “an important stage” in exploring how the relationship between Greece and Turkey can be improved.