Institutions and chaos
The deadly train collision at Tempe in 2023 has justifiably angered Greek society due to the criminal omissions that preceded it and the awful handling of the case that followed.
Letter to my brother
I was deeply touched by your caring and compassionate concern over what you interpret as my perhaps overly impassioned stance on the obvious undoing of the American system of checks and balances and its replacement with governance through the Executive authority.
Six people to face prosecution over child’s death in nursery
Six people are to face prosecution for manslaughter in relation to the death of a 2.5-year-old girl in a municipal nursery in Thessaloniki in February 2023.
Limpet mines likely caused blasts on two Greek-owned tankers, sources say
Mines attached to the hulls of ships and set off with timers likely caused blasts that have damaged two Greek-owned crude oil tankers in the Mediterranean since January, three sources close to the investigation have said.
Spanish aircraft carrier Juan Carlos I docks in Piraeus for NATO exercise
Spanish aircraft carrier Juan Carlos I has docked in Piraeus for NATO exercise Steadfast Dart 2025.
Mitsotakis congratulates Merz on German election win
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, had a phone conversation on Monday with the winner of the German elections, the leader of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Friedrich Merz.
We need to start thinking transactionally
There was a Greek politician back in the 1980s who had a big map of the Aegean hung up on a wall in his office and every time he received an important foreign visitor, he would use the map to explain the history and legal dimensions of Greece’s dispute with Turkey and the nature of…
SYRIZA reiterates call for no confidence vote against government
SYRIZA urged on Monday progressive parties to submit a motion of no confidence against the government over its handling of the Tempe disaster.
Untreated wastewater is being released into Aliakmonas River, councilors told
Untreated wastewater is being released into the Aliakmonas, the country’s longest river, from a wastewater treatment plant in Veria, an inspection has found.
Mitsotakis: Only Ukraine has right to decide its future
Only Ukraine has the right to decide on its future and it must be part of any peace process to bring an end to the war sparked by the Russia’s invasion three years ago, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has said.