EU anti-fraud office probes tech bid for favoritism
A team from OLAF, the European Union’s anti-fraud office, has visited Greece in recent days, asking for data from the General Secretariat of Information Systems.
Alexis Tsipras revisits his past and signals political return with ‘Ithaki’
The memoirs of former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, titled Ithaca, are released on Monday. According to Gutenberg, the publishing house, it is already a publishing success; the fourth edition began before sales even started.
The forgotten resistance of Himare
Recently, a book arrived in my hands, sent by my good colleague and friend Robert Goro, an ethnic Greek from the Himare region of southern Albania.
Optimism ahead of pope’s visit to Turkey for reopening of Istanbul’s Greek Orthodox seminary
As Pope Leo XIV prepares to embark on his first trip abroad with a visit to Turkey to mark a key event that shaped the foundations of Catholic and Orthodox Christianity, there has been a surge of renewed optimism over the possible reopening of a Greek Orthodox religious seminary that has been closed since 1971.
Next stop: Christmas
Vangelis, a worker at the Christmas Factory, waits for people to board the train he drives around Technopolis City of Athens, Sunday.
Bus fire prompts evacuation in Thessaloniki
A fire broke out on a city bus in central Thessaloniki on Sunday evening, forcing the evacuation of passengers. No injuries were reported.
Greek PM to join EU leaders’ videoconference on Ukraine crisis
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will join an 11.30 a.m. videoconference of EU leaders on Monday to discuss the latest developments in the Ukraine crisis.