Largest ever Posidonia braces for record participant numbers next week
The Athens Metropolitan Expo center, next to the capital’s airport, is set to overflow next week upon hosting Posidonia 2024.
Turkey’s Bosphorus traffic suspended after ship engine failure, agent says
Traffic was suspended in Turkey’s Bosphorus on Friday after a cargo ship had an engine failure during northbound transit through the strait that runs through Istanbul, shipping agent Tribeca said.
Turkey’s plan to get stray dogs off streets touches raw nerve
Dogs rush over and greet Nilgul Sayar when she arrives by car to feed them in the countryside near Istanbul, one of many Turks with affection for Turkey’s estimated four million stray dogs, whose fate now lies in the government’s hands.
AEK on trail of OPAP Arena vandals
AEK Athens, whose stadium, the OPAP Arena, hosted the UEFA Europa Conference League final on Wednesday night between Olympiacos and Italy’s Fiorentina, is seeking legal action against the vandals who damaged the venue.
Conservation activists receive Europa Nostra Award
Boulouki (Greek for “traveling group”), an interdisciplinary research collaborative dedicated to revitalizing traditional craftsmanship for contemporary needs, is among the 26 winners of the 2024 European Heritage Awards/Europa Nostra Awards announced Thursday.
PM plans postal vote and new ballot paper
The government plans to make three modifications to the way the next national elections will be conducted. According to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, his government will seek to introduce the postal vote in national ballot box for both Greeks overseas and voters in Greece.
PASOK climbs to 2nd place, poll shows
Socialist PASOK has leapfrogged over leftist SYRIZA to second place, while ruling New Democracy leads the pack by 18 points, according to a new opinion poll of voter intentions based on expected valid votes conducted by Prorata.
Chasm between higher education and labor market
To achieve the growth leap that Greece needs to significantly reduce unemployment and replace the 1 million jobs lost due to the economic crisis and the brain drain, Greece must create a few hundred thousand highly skilled jobs in the coming years.
Ankara plans to prospect, drill in Blue Homeland
Turkey’s Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said on Thursday that Turkey will continue its research in the areas of its “own continental shelf” in the so-called Blue Homeland, which is a doctrine expressing Ankara’s claim in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean.
Is biodegradable plastic really a thing?
On the face of it, biodegradable plastic is a miracle. It looks like plastic and works much like plastic. And it goes back to nature after you throw it away. But there’s a big catch: Just because your plastic fork, cup or dog-poop bag is marketed as biodegradable, that doesn’t necessarily mean it’ll break down…