Remote area schools struggle to survive
Greece faces an annual dilemma over whether to keep schools operating in remote islands and mountainous regions, as closures accelerate rural depopulation across the country.
Uncontrollable risk
The case of the serious injury of a renowned foreign businessman in Mykonos has two aspects in terms of Greek realities.
Children reportedly witnessed Volos femicide as manhunt continues
New details have emerged in the femicide of a 36-year-old woman Friday morning in the port city of Volos, with all four of her children witnessing the attack.
Between reform and disorder
Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ government was elected with a mandate to establish stability and to get to grips with Greece’s many unsolved problems.
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Greece to verify asylum seekers’ age with medical tests
Greece will implement medical and scientific assessments to determine the age of asylum seekers claiming to be minors, Migration Minister Thanos Plevris announced Friday.
Music and Mosaics | Athens | September 29 – November 8
The Bernier/Eliades Gallery (11 Eptahalkou) in Athens is presenting Paolo Colombo’s third solo exhibition in the city, titled “Music and Mosaics.”
Tsipras defends 2015 bailout deal, claims to miss ‘active politics,’ in interview
Former prime minister Alexis Tsipras has defended his controversial decision to sign the country’s third international bailout in 2015, telling Le Monde that he remains “proud” of the agreement, which he said restored Greece’s financial autonomy after years of crisis.
Civil society groups urge PM to reject remarks undermining NGO role
Sixty-seven nongovernmental organizations have sent a joint letter to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, defending their work and warning that the denigration of civil society “undermines society itself and the institutional functioning of democracy.”
Initial results of OPEKEPE inspections expected by end of August, says minister
The initial findings from inspections at the disgraced farm subsidy agency OPEKEPE will be made public at the end of August or early September, Rural Development and Food Minister Kostas Tsiaras has said.