Popular Zakynthos beach to remain closed for a second summer
Zakynthos’ Navagio beach, a popular tourist destination famous for its signature shipwreck, will remain closed to tourists for a second summer this year by ministerial order.
The West steps up for Ukraine. Will it be enough?
Washington has finally acted to offer Ukraine new help. Additional military support for Ukraine was a matter of debate for months in the US Congress.
Taboos linked to child disabilities seen receding
Students with disabilities in general education structures increased by almost 60% in eight years in a trend attributed to a combination of factors, but mainly to the awareness of parents, who no longer sweep the problem under the family rug.
Nunn renews PAO contract
In the wake of Panathinaikos’ qualification on Tuesday to the Final Four of the Euroleague basketball championship in Berlin later in the month, the Athens club confirmed on Wednesday that the former Miami Heat guard Kendrick Nunn, who dazzled fans during the playoffs, has renewed his contract with until the end of the 2025-2026 season.
Seeing Athens through tourists’ eyes
The most interesting aspect of the soaring number of foreign tourists in Athens, in any case a welcome phenomenon, lies in its potential to better our self-understanding.
Athens is an emerging center of wealth
Henley & Partners puts Athens on its list of cities to watch as it recovers from the debt crisis.
WWF Med chief: Island building frenzy must stop
The director of the WWF’s Mediterranean office Alessio Satta has described the construction onslaught on the Greek islands as the most underestimated problem in the region.
Pierrakakis raises Istanbul church conversion during Vatican visit
Education, Religious Affairs and Sports Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis has said he raised the conversion of a former Byzantine church in Istanbul, the Church of St. Saviour in Chora, into a mosque during his first official visit to the Vatican in Rome.
Declaration of an open process for the selection of a contractor for the construction, according to article 50 of law 4412/2016 of the project: “Upgrade – Expansion of the ER and WC renovation at IPPOKRATEIO General Hospital of Thessaloniki”, with Contracting Authority of the Administration of the 4th Health District
Τhe new independent operational unit of HRADF entitled Project Preparation Facility (PPF) was appointed by the Governmental Committee of Projects of Strategic Importance of Law 4799/2021, to mature, execute the tender process, and supervise the implementation phase of the project “Renovation and Modernization of Hospitals in Greece” (RRF 16795), of the responsibility of the Ministry…
Election office break-in most likely staged
The Hellenic Police (ELAS) is casting doubt on the reported break-in at the election director’s office of the Interior Ministry at noon on April 26, concluding that it was most likely staged given that no incriminating fingerprints or DNA were found at the scene of the supposed crime.