Woman found dead in apparent suicide at Exarchia
A 55-year-old woman was found dead in the Exarchia district in downtown Athens on Thursday afternoon following a call to police by her partner.
Sculptor George Petrides’ ‘Hellenic Heads’ to open in Venice this April
The Embassy of Greece in Rome and The Hellenic Institute of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Studies of Venice, in collaboration with the Honorary Consulate of Greece in Venice and the Greek Orthodox Community of Venice, with support from the Orthodox Archdiocese of Italy, announce the presentation of “Hellenic Heads: George Petrides, A Personal Exploration of Greek…
Student admitted to Patras hospital ICU with suspected meningitis
A 20-year-old university student admitted in the Intensive Care Unit of the University Hospital of Patras, western Greece, on Wednesday was in critical condition, state-run broadcaster ERT reported. The woman underwent a series of tests and doctors are waiting for the results. Doctors believe she has an infection with some media stating it is meningitis.…
Insult to the Parthenon Sculptures
It’s hard to assess whether the decision to stage a fashion show in front of the Parthenon Sculptures last weekend was simply ignorant and naive, or a deliberate and provocative action by the British Museum.
Environmental groups call for removal of controversial coastal zone bill provisions
Eight environmental organisations are calling on the government to withdraw controversial provisions in a law on costal zones that was tabled in a parliamentary committee on Wednesday which erodes environmental protections and plan a national policy for climate resilience.
Greek air traffic controllers’ strike to ground flights on February 28
Flights to and from Greek airports will be grounded February 28 when air traffic controllers will walk off the job to join a 24-hour nationwide strike public sector union ADEDY demanding pay rises. Airlines are expected to cancel all the domestic and international flights. The only the flights allowed will be emergency air transport.
A fragile and temporary truce
A major crisis that broke out earlier this week within the main opposition Syriza party was averted at the last minute with the party congress set to start on Thursday under a fragile and temporary truce among opposing sides. Attention focuses on what party leader Stefanos Kasselakis’ stance will be and whether he will request…
Woman in Crete scares off would-be store robber with rolling pin
A 67-year-old woman in the town of Iraklio, Crete, prevented a robbery in her convenience store by using a rolling pin to scare off the suspect. The would-be robber, who remains at large, entered her store on Kalokairinos Avenue holding a long knife in his hands and tried to remove the money from the cash…
Fokida jolted by 4.2-magnitude tremor
A 4.2-magnitude earthquake shook the southeastern part of Phocis, in central Greece, on Thursday. No injuries or damages were immediately reported. The earthquake occurred at 1.21 p.m. and, according to the preliminary reading of the Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory of Athens, the epicenter was located four kilometers northwest of the town of Itea,…
National Library looking for new management
The National Library of Greece (NLG) is looking forward to the appointment of a new director general who will bring order to the “organizational and administrative chaos” that has descended over the country’s biggest treasury of intellectual assets since the death of its former head.