Pointless lists
There seems to be little point anymore in publishing the notorious lists containing the names of people who owe large sums of money to the state.
KTEL intercity bus catches fire
A fire broke out just before 4 p.m. on Thursday aboard an intercity KTEL Thessaloniki bus on the Halkidonas-Koufalion provincial road.
NATO air exercise in Greece faces roadblocks due to Turkey
The organization of the NATO exercise Ramstein Flag 24, which is set to be hosted for the first time in Greece, is facing roadblocks due to Turkey’s refusal to recognize part of Athens flight information region (FIR).
On perpetual alert
If something positive can be drawn from the great environmental disaster of the previous week it is the attitude of the largest opposition parties, which refrained from criticizing the government while firefighters were battling the blaze. Their decision to postpone criticism and assigning blame is a sign of political maturity. It is the realization that…
Cartoon (22/08/2024)
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Exiled by the blazes
A detached house in the northern suburb of Athens, surrounded by pine trees. This has been the dream for Athenians for years, spurring a wave of intra-city migration of the middle classes, who were looking for better living conditions than those that had prevailed in the saturated center of the capital.
Proposal to rid lower Syntagma Square of cars
A bold yet simple proposal for radically improving the quality of life in downtown Athens has been on Athens Mayor Haris Doukas’ desk for the past few days, awaiting his perusal. What it suggests, in short, is to partially rid central Syntagma Square from the bane of traffic. As anyone who […]
Turkish aircraft violate Greek airspace over southeastern Aegean
A Turkish maritime patrol aircraft ATR-72 and a Turkish helicopter violated the Greek airspace on Wednesday as they entered Athens FIR today without submitting a flight plan.
Kasselakis’ leadership challenged in SYRIZA political secretariat meeting
Tensions within the main opposition party SYRIZA between President Stefanos Kasselakis and prominent party officials continued to escalate during the political secretariat meeting on Wednesday, which was marked by walkouts and leadership challenges.
Adapting to a new fire-prone reality
Valentini Papaioannou did not know what to expect as she returned to her home in Palaia Penteli, northeast of Athens, on the afternoon of Tuesday, August 13. Everything had happened so fast when she’d left it 30 hours earlier with her husband and their 2-year-old son, running away from a wildfire […]