Greek FM to meet US secretary of state in Washington
Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis will meet US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington next week.
For the Greeks in Congress, ‘blood is thicker than party’
For two days every February, The Willard InterContinental is inundated by Greeks. The other week was no exception, as politicians, businesspeople and academics – Greek and non-Greek – gathered at the iconic Washington DC hotel.
Trump’s reciprocal tariffs are key test of EU unity
Donald Trump’s tariffs are a headache for all his trade partners. But the US president’s plan to impose ad hoc “reciprocal” levies on imports are a particular problem for the European Union.
Parliament discussion about Tempe to take place on March 4-5, gov’t spox says
The government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis, announced during the regular briefing of political editors that the parliamentary discussion on the Tempe railway disaster will take place on March 4-5.
David Kikoski & Ralph Moore Quartet | Athens | February 21-24
Two renowned jazz musicians, pianist and composer David Kikoski and saxophonist Ralph Moore, will take the stage at Half Note Jazz Club (17 Trivonianou) for four performances from February 21 to 24
Opportunity arises for some fiscal leeway
State spending on defense equipment is projected by this year’s budget to amount to 1.5 billion euros.
The new crackdown brewing in Turkey
Piotr Zalewski, The Economist’s Turkey correspondent, joins Thanos Davelis as we look into this new crackdown in Turkey that’s impacting journalists, politicians, academics, and the country’s Kurds, and break down its broader implications.
Parched southern Greece reveals EU’s giant challenge to conserve water
In the Argolida region of southern Greece, water escapes through cracks in an irrigation canal feeding a plain of orange trees. Underground, old pipes lose more than half the water that is pumped through them, officials say.
Investigation launched into psychiatric hospital officials’ liability in murder case
The Athens Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation into the potential criminal liability of officials at Psychiatric Hospital of Attica in Dafni after a 47-year-old male inmate murdered a 44-year-old female patient.
Care facility takes 3.5 years to close
Αn assisted living facility at the Athens suburb of Lykovrisi was finally shuttered last Friday, February 14, three and a half years after regional authorities had described conditions at the establishment, which had been operating without a license, as “appalling.”