From dust to dignity: Thessaloniki’s affordable housing revival
Thessaloniki has launched Greece’s first public social housing agency, applying a Belgian-style leasing model to address chronic housing insecurity.
Personal Identification Number (PA) to be issued via gov.gr starting June 3
The Personal Identification Number (PA), which will serve as a unified identifier for all citizens in their transactions with the state, will be issued through the myInfo application on gov.gr starting June 3, the government has announced.
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A haunted wood and the lost sense of proportion
In an overlooked bit of the suburb of Papagou in Athens, there is a little wood where, in November 1922, five politicians of the former government and the military head of the Asia Minor campaign (known since as “the Six”), were executed after being found guilty of the Catastrophe.
Man confesses to killing mother in Haidari, claims it was an act of mercy
The 50-year-old man accused of killing his 84-year-old mother in Haidari, western Athens, on Monday claimed to the police that it was a mercy killing.
Molotov cocktails found hidden in Thessaloniki University basement
A university employee at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki discovered three bags containing 49 homemade explosive devices on Monday morning, prompting a swift police response and raising fresh concerns over safety on university campuses.
100 Years Takis | Athens | To October 26
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (364 Syngrou) will host four works by internationally acclaimed visual artist Takis (1925-2019).
NATO’s Rutte says he assumes alliance will agree on 5% spending target
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Monday that he assumes alliance members will agree to a broad defense spending target of 5% of gross domestic product during a summit in The Hague next month.
Athens tourism’s Big Bang
Hotel prices in Athens and Attica in general continue to rise, as do arrivals, despite a significant increase in hotels and even more in other available accommodation.
Two arrested in Attica after police seize large drug haul
Police officers from the Organized Crime Division, also known as the “Greek FBI,” seized a large quantity of drugs and arrested two men, aged 49 and 41 in Attica.