Ankara leveraging Halki bargaining chip
Ankara is apparently leveraging the potential reopening of the historic Greek Orthodox Halki theological seminary in Turkey as a bargaining chip in its negotiations with Greece.
SYRIZA candidate sparks outrage with controversial brothel remarks
Apostolos Gletsos, a candidate for SYRIZA leadership, raised eyebrows on Wednesday suggesting that brothels in Greece should bring in sex workers from migrants’ countries of origin to address their “testosterone” levels, arguing that without such outlets, young male migrants might turn violent.
Bus driver convicted of insulting 15-year-old student in Larissa
A 51-year-old school bus driver in Larissa, central Greece, has been found guilty of insulting the sexual dignity of a 15-year-old student by making obscene gestures at her.
Regional airports temporarilly shutting down for upgrades
Some regional airports will shut down briefly and gradually between November 2024 and February 2025 for runway upgrades, manager Fraport Greece announced on Wednesday.
Two people killed, four injured in overnight traffic accidents
Two people were killed and four injured in two traffic accidents in less than 12 hours on Greece’s streets, highlighting concerns about a spike in road fatalities.
Lord Byron and philhellenism, in poetry
The city’s cannons sounded 37 times in Messolonghi on the day that Lord Byron breathed his last, one for each year of his short life.
Romanian pilgrims in hospital after eating wild mushrooms on Mount Athos
A group of 11 Romanian pilgrims visiting Greece’s Orthodox all-male monastic community of Mount Athos are in hospital with food poisoning after eating wild mushrooms during a hike, Greek officials said Wednesday.
How can you rebuild everything from scratch?
There is a peculiar calm in Koskinas. A year after the deadly storm which destroyed around 70 houses in the Thessalian village, residents are slowly and with great difficulty trying to return and rebuild their lives from scratch.
Agios Efstratios becomes Greece’s first fully green, energy autonomous island
Work on a pilot project to make the small northern Aegean island of Agios Efstratios (Ai Stratis) run entirely and autonomously on green energy has been successfully completed, Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator SA (DEDDIE) announced on Wednesday.
Cyprus banks told to cut their charges
The governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus, Christodoulos Patsalides, has called on banks to consider the social dimension of their pricing policies.