ATHEX: Bourse not yet ready for 1,500 points
Thursday gave traders a mixed session at Athinon Avenue, with the majority of stocks and the benchmark narrowly heading lower.
Hostility and violence
The specter of political violence has returned to Europe. It is not a development that can be considered completely unexpected.
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Israel, its friends and adversaries
The recent press conference by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara underscored another major difference separating the two countries, and this is their stance towards Israel.
Greece’s oldest woman dies
Greece’s reported oldest woman passed away at the age of 119 on Tuesday night on the island of Crete. Eleni Baroulaki was born in 1905 and lived her entire life in Paidochori in the municipality of Apokoronos in Hania.
Peter Pan Alarm! Kunstlove de Large! | Athens | May 23 – July 10
The Bernier/Eliades Gallery (11 Eptachalkou) in Athens showcases German artist Jonathan Meese’s third solo exhibition.
Majority of EU nations want more partnerships to stem migration from countries of origin
A majority of European Union members are calling for more agreements with countries where migrants depart from or travel through to get to Europe, saying the bloc needs to think outside the box to tackle irregular migration into the 27-member bloc.
Greek defense team says 9 Egyptians accused of causing deadly shipwreck were misidentified as crew
The legal defense team for nine Egyptian men due to go on trial in southern Greece next week accused of causing one of the Mediterranean’s deadliest shipwrecks said Thursday they will argue that Greece has no jurisdiction in the case, and insisted their clients were innocent survivors who have been unjustly prosecuted.
Balkan entanglements or institutional positions?
We Greeks might like to forget that our country is part of the Balkans, but the peninsula’s political, historical and cultural tensions are always ready to entangle us in new adventures.
Climate crisis to amplify atmospheric pollution in Greece
A study conducted by Greek scientists and published by Elsevier warns of heightened atmospheric pollution in Greece, driven by the climate crisis, posing risks to public health.