Hippomaniacs | Athens | April 30
The Hippomaniacs return to Beatniks (14 Koletti) with their powerful fusion of groove-heavy sounds.
‘Revive Our Ocean’ initiative launched to protect coastal waters
A new initiative, launched to help communities profit from efforts to protect at least 30% of the world’s oceans by the end of the decade, will focus initially on tackling overfishing and ocean climate impacts in Britain, Portugal, Greece, Turkey, Mexico, the Philippines and Indonesia.
Greek shippers return to Russian oil market as prices slip below G7 cap, sources say
Greek shipowners are returning to Russia’s Urals oil market as the price slides below the Western price cap of $60 per barrel, allowing them to provide transport and insurance services while complying with sanctions, three trading sources have said.
Greece to launch platform for real-time train tracking
Greece will launch a new digital platform to allow citizens to track train locations in real time, Deputy Transport Minister Konstantinos Kyranakis announced Monday.
Young riders on Thessaloniki’s promenade
The grand statue of Alexander the Great on his rearing steed, Bucephalus, the momentum of man and beast frozen in an eternal moment, stands as a measure of this country’s ambitions and reality, ever since it took its place on Thessaloniki’s promenade in 1973.
Investigation launched into NGOs suspected of aiding migrant smugglers
Greece’s justice system is investigating alleged links between NGO members and migrant smuggling networks in the northern Aegean, Shipping Minister Vassilis Kikilias said Monday.
Ground cracks in Cretan village may be linked to burst water pipe
Authorities in Crete are investigating whether a leak from an underground water pipeline is linked to the appearance of two significant ground fissures in the village of Voutes, in the Iraklio regional unit, that prompted safety concerns.
Wildfire burns forestland in western Greece
Strong firefighting forces are battling a wildfire burning through forestland in Nea Kalyvakia, in the municipality of Andritsaina-Krestena, western Greece, officials said Monday.
‘Picking the low-lying fruit’ will not transform the Greek economy
Five years after his team presented a report that was supposed to serve as a blueprint for Greece’s transformation into “Europe’s California” with a new production model Christopher Pissarides takes stock of what has and has not been done.