English Comedy Club | Athens | December 14
The Athens English Comedy Club enters its seventh year as Greece’s only fully English-language comedy venue, continuing its run of stand-up shows, open mics and workshops in central Athens.
Motorcyclist killed in collision with car in Kolonos
A motorcyclist was killed Saturday night in a collision with a car in the Kolonos area of central Athens.
Crete subsidy fraud suspects appear before EU prosecutor
Fifteen of the 16 suspects arrested in connection with an alleged scheme to fraudulently collect EU agricultural subsidies in Crete through the state payment agency OPEKEPE were brought early Sunday to the offices of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office in Athens.
Man wounded in overnight shooting in Menidi
A man was wounded early Sunday after a clash escalated into an exchange of gunfire in the Menidi area of northern Athens.
Greece’s holiday shopping season kicks off with extended store hours
Greece’s retail sector is in full holiday mode as stores adopt extended Christmas hours, giving shoppers more time ahead of the New Year.
Towns battling demographic crisis
Local officials across Greece are sounding the alarm over steep population losses, warning that entire regions face rapid decline unless national authorities adopt a long-term development strategy.
A plan for the countryside
Greece’s demographic deficit is now felt everywhere in the country – in large urban centers and the countryside. Small communities, however, are more vulnerable. There, the picture is often depressing.
Greece makes progress in bridging VAT gap
Greece has made significant progress in reducing the VAT gap, according to an announcement by the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE).
What is really ‘shocking’?
Let’s say that we were to divest our vocabulary of the words “shock,” “shockwaves” and other derivatives? Overuse of such terms is not just a sign of awkwardness; it shows that certain lines have been crossed, leaving us with nothing else to say.
Greek arts reap a long harvest of rural life
A survey of Greek arts highlights how rural life has long shaped the nation’s cultural identity, from 19th-century painting and folk literature to cinema, music and television.