Kicking the can down the road
Fifty days ago, a few thousand tractors began blocking national highways, ports, airports and border crossings. What had caused this outburst?
Prisons overflow with soaring inmate numbers
Greece’s prison system faces severe overcrowding at 122.9% capacity, with 13,583 inmates housed in facilities designed for 10,763, according to the General Secretariat for Anti-Crime Policy.
IndiGo bolsters Greece-India connections
Indian carrier IndiGo launched direct flights between Mumbai and Athens using India’s first Airbus A321XLR last Friday.
Walking Ymittos: A mountain at the edge of Athens
Hiking lesser-known paths where history, nature and city life meet just above Athens.
EU focused on sustainable transport
European Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism Apostolos Tzitzikostas referred to new European policies on the automotive industry, infrastructure, transport, industry, ports, air transport, shipping and tourism.
Motorcyclist killed in collision with truck on Rio-Antirrio bridge
A man died Saturday morning on the Rio-Antirrio bridge connecting the Peloponnese to mainland Greece after a motorcycle collided with a truck, officials said.
Body of 4-year-old recovered after migrant boat incident off Ikaria
Authorities recovered the body of a 4-year-old boy during a search-and-rescue operation off the southeastern coast of the Aegean island of Ikaria, officials said Saturday.
A new day for Greek and European security?
Defense, security, peace, and alliances are top of mind these days.
Jason Mantzoukas makes it weird
On a chilly January afternoon, actor Jason Mantzoukas, wide-eyed and bearded, tramped the streets of Manhattan with an air of light melancholy. He saw a pharmacy that had once been a bar, a bank branch that had replaced a cafe where he used to go for soup.
Diamantopoulou rules out cooperation with New Democracy after next election
Anna Diamantopoulou, the main opposition PASOK party’s head of political planning, has ruled out any post-election cooperation with the governing New Democracy party, stressing the need for an independent political course.