Switching suppliers in one go
The Energy Ministry is facilitating the switching of electricity and natural gas providers.
Corinthian villages in despair over poor water quality, quantity
Several villages in the regional unit of Corinth are facing severe water shortages, and the quality of the water when it is available is abysmal, residents say.
Erdogan reiterates call for two-state solution on Cyprus, defends rights of ‘Turkish minority’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reiterated on Wednesday that the only solution to the decades-long dispute over Cyprus is to establish two separate states on the island.
Armenia rocked by protests over concessions to Azerbaijan and Turkey
Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor’s chief correspondent covering major stories on the Middle East and North Africa, joins me to look into the protests that rocked Armenia over the past few months, and break down what’s at stake in the region as Azerbaijan – backed by Turkey – continues to demand further concessions from Armenia.
Watchdog is almost toothless
Although it has less than half of the 230 employees it is supposed to have on paper, the Competition Commission, which is called upon to fight the battle against high prices, is accused by institutions, consumers, businesses, parliamentarians and even by its own political superiors of inefficiency.
The Metapolitefsi after the economic crisis
The 50th anniversary of the Metapolitefsi – the transition from dictatorship to democracy in 1974 and the period since – necessitates a rethinking of our relationship with historical time. In fact, the polysemous Metapolitefsi itself challenges our calculation of historical time, in each and every version of it: the Metapolitefsi as an event and a…
Fire breaks out in Aspropyrgos
A fire broke out on Wednesday morning in the Lakka Kyrillou area of Aspropyrgos, west of Athens.
Committee approves bill to regulate Turkey’s stray dog population, raising mass killing fears
A Turkish parliamentary commission has approved a bill aimed at regulating the country’s large stray dog population, a move that has raised concerns among animal rights advocates who fear many of the dogs would be killed or end up in neglected and overcrowded shelters.
Tax authorities identify 27 companies with bogus invoices
The Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) has caught 27 companies allegedly involved in cases, as well as criminal rings, of issuing and receiving bogus invoices.
63-year-old fatally injured in work accident at Salamis Shipyards; investigation underway
A 63-year-old man was fatally injured and a 22-year-old sustained injuries in a work-related incident at the Salamis Shipyards on the island of Salamina near Piraeus on Wednesday.