First, there was the meeting that US President Donald Trump organized at the United Nations in New York with Arab and Muslim leaders on the situation in Gaza, at which Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was placed in a prominent position, almost as a co-chairman with the American president.
A decade ago, at the height of Greece’s financial crisis, on Fokionos Negri Street in the downtown neighborhood of Kypseli, children from Africa, India, Albania and Georgia made the square’s multicultural mosaic even more vibrant and noisy.
A 22-year-old foreign national has been arrested at Athens International Airport after ingesting 72 oval packets of cocaine weighing a total of 840 grams in an attempt to bypass airport controls.
Regardless of what happens between now and whenever Antetokounmpo decides that his playing days are over, much of his legacy is already secure.
Government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis has said that a planned amendment will prohibit any new inscriptions, banners or spray paint at the Monument to the Unknown Soldier, calling it a “sacred” space.
Athens will restrict vehicle access across much of the city center on Sunday, 19 October, to host the 29th Cycling Tour.
“Ideally, I would like for all young Greek men and women who leave the country to broaden their horizons to come back. This country would be a paradise if they did,” says Athens University informatics professor Yannis Ioannidis.
A surgeon has gone on trial in the northern city of Giannitsa, accused of causing the death of a 14-year-old girl in June 2021 following a gastric band procedure.
Athens police have announced a ban on public gatherings in the city center on Thursday, marking one year since the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.
Greek Economy and Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis has met with Turkish Minister of Finance Mehmet Simsek in Washington DC on the sidelines of the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank.