Spicy cheese spread (tyrokafteri): Six piquant recipes
Here are six recipes that reveal all the secrets of a good tyrokafteri.
Two organic certification bodies fined over lapses
Fines exceeding 56,000 euros have been imposed by an Appeals Examination Committee of the Ministry of Rural Development and Food on two Control and Certification Organizations (CCO) of organic products, for serious omissions and non-compliances.
Separatist Bosnian Serb leader Dodik removed from office by Bosnian election authorities
Bosnia’s electoral authorities on Wednesday stripped separatist Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik from his position as president of the Serb entity in Bosnia, following an appeals court verdict that sentences him to one year in jail and six years ban on all political activities.
Egypt reaffirms support for Sinai Monastery amid speculation over its future
Egypt has reaffirmed its commitment to protecting St. Catherine’s Monastery in the Sinai Peninsula, amid speculation over the monastery’s future and a leadership dispute involving Archbishop Damianos.
A hot summer for Greek politics
Nick Malkoutzis, the co-founder and editor of Macropolis.gr, joins Thanos Davelis as we dig into what’s keeping Greek politicians busy in the summer heat – from the fallout over an EU farm subsidy scandal to speculation that former prime minister Antonis Samaras could form his own party.
Algerian woman denies killing daughter found dead on Athens beach
A 32-year-old Algerian woman appeared before an investigative judge in Athens on Wednesday to face charges of murdering her three-year-old daughter, whose body was found floating off Edem beach in the coastal suburb of Palaio Faliro on July 27.
Greek tourism campaign sidelines local firms in favor of multinationals
The open tender to create Greece’s new tourism campaign has seen local firms brushed aside in favor of multinational groups without a local presence.
Cyprus property disputes threaten UN peace talks
Decades-old property disputes from Cyprus’ unresolved division are threatening UN-led reconciliation efforts, according to a Reuters report published Tuesday.
WWII-era mortar shell found in Athens suburb, army disposal unit deployed
Authorities cordoned off a residential area in the southern Athens suburb of Palaio Faliro on Wednesday morning after an unexploded military shell, believed to date back to World War II, was discovered in a streambed.
Authorities detain 47 migrants on Rhodes, launch search for suspected smugglers
Authorities on the southeastern Aegean island of Rhodes have detained 47 undocumented migrants after a sailing boat was spotted disembarking people near the coastal area of Lardos, officials said on Wednesday.