Pupils uploading at school face expulsion
Students who post videos on social media exposing or mocking their classmates during school hours will be expelled, according to the Education Ministry.
The ‘national mourning’ that never was: Combating fake news in Erdogan’s Turkey
Turkey is definitely not one of those countries that excel as standard-bearers when it comes to balanced reporting and media freedoms or media literacy. On the contrary, it usually appears in the international press for its – many – media deficiencies, whether it be censorship cases, propaganda-induced fake news or media ownership concentration issues.
Shots fired at Syngrou Avenue nightclub
Police in Athens are investigating an incident in which unknown assailants opened fire on a nightclub on Syngrou Avenue in the early hours of Saturday.
A decades-old unresolved bank heist
On December 19, 1992, robbers drilled holes in the basement wall of what was then an Ergasias Bank branch in central Athens, opened hundreds of safes and removed valuables, cash and bonds worth billions of drachmas – millions of euros today.
Lights out on Acropolis for Earth Hour
The lights on the Acropolis, Presidential Mansion, Parliament and other public buildings were switched off on Saturday evening to mark Earth Hour.
Albanian prosecutors order arrest of Himare mayor for alleged corruption
Albanian prosecutors said Saturday they ordered the arrest of the mayor of a seaside tourist town in the country’s south on corruption charges.
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Banks see rates staying high
Greek banks estimate that interest rates will remain high, namely between 2.7% and 3% in 2024-2026.
The 2022 train accident that prophesied the Tempe tragedy
On the afternoon of January 24, 2022 – that is 13 months before the deadly railway disaster at Tempe last year – engine trouble brought the InterCity 54 passenger train to a halt about a kilometer and a half from Livadia station in the middle of a snowstorm.
The ‘reserved’ seats of power
An entire era of Greek politics is coming to an end. How do we know? By who is leaving the scene and who is joining it.