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The taste of Lesvos: Vasilas’ traditional ladotyri cheese
Vasilas’ ladotyri cheese, aged in olive oil and bursting with flavor, is the perfect representation of Lesvos’ rich cheesemaking tradition.
Kasselakis to call on SYRIZA to ditch name
SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis will push for the party to change its name to Coalition of the Contemporary Left at its forthcoming congress as part of a radical shake-up of its structures.
The 50th anniversary of PASOK and the timing
The socialist PASOK party celebrates 50 years since its foundation today and, having escaped the existential danger it faced about a decade ago during the Greek debt crisis, it is breathlessly heading for an internal showdown that is absolutely certain to define its future.
Environmental organizations demand halt to wind farm construction in northern Greece
The environmental organizations Arcturos, the Hellenic Ornithological Society, and Callisto are demanding that the wind farm construction in the Doukas area of the municipalities of Kastoria and Amyntaion in northern Greece be halted, as it violates a resolution by Council of State, the country’s highest administrative court.
The crisis is now
As fundamental structures collapse, the architecture no longer holds and the crisis of Greece’s political parties is reaching a tipping point.
EU officials pledge to develop more water-saving technologies in farming as droughts worsen
Officials from nine southern European Union countries have pledged to work together to develop more water-saving technologies in agriculture as the prospect of worsening droughts puts additional strain on farmers and threatens food security.
Salvagers abandon effort to tow burning Sounion oil tanker
Salvagers abandoned an effort to tow away a burning Greek-flagged oil tanker in the Red Sea targeted by Yemen’s Houthi rebels as it “was not safe to proceed,” a European Union naval mission has said.
Turkey seeking way back into F-35 program
Turkey is seeking a solution to re-enter the American F-35 fighter jet program after being kicked out over its acquisition of the Russian-made S-400 missile system.
Sunken village emerges as drought dries up lake
From beneath the shrinking Lake Mornos in Central Greece, the muddied remains of homes are reemerging nearly 45 years since the village that once stood here disappeared underwater.