The National Gallery released photographs on Monday afternoon of the artworks vandalized by fundamentalist MP Nikos Papadopoulos of the ultra-orthodox Niki party, who claimed they insulted Christianity.
Eighty years ago, Greece’s geopolitical fate was sealed on a piece of paper that the prime minister of the United Kingdom, Winston Churchill, gave to the other statesmen meeting with him in Yalta.
Athens is home to the Acropolis and the Parthenon, the well spring of democracy and philosophy and more recently has become famed for its graffiti, riots and the longest recession in modern history.
Fenia Papadodima returns to the Half Note (17 Trivonianou) with “Women’s Prayers,” a tribute to the voices of women who changed the world.
The prime minister recently indicated that civil service evaluations would be enshrined in the Constitution. The truth is that the status of administrative officials has long been a constitutional concern – and justly too.
The union of municipal and regional government employees (POE-OTA) has announced a 24-hour nationwide strike on Friday, March 21, demanding the permanent employment of municipal social service workers currently hired through EU-funded programs.
The Panathenea Festival, to be staged in Athens from May 7-9, is not a revival of the ancient festival of Panathenaea, although it takes its inspiration from that one.
Police made multiple arrests during the February 28 clashes in Syntagma Square marking the two-year anniversary of the Tempe train disaster. Official judicial documents provide insight into the profiles of those detained.
Nikos Papadopoulos, a religious-fundamentalist lawmaker from the nationalist Niki party, has been released from custody after being held under guard at the National Gallery for vandalizing four artworks by Christophoros Katsadiotis.
Minister of Defense Nikos Dendias, during an event for International Women’s Day organized by the Hellenic National Defense General Staff, announced that the Hellenic Armed Forces will begin the voluntary enlistment of women.