Fear and mismanagement
There are pockets of intransparent practices and outright mismanagement of taxpayers’ money in this country.
Soccer chairman arrested for attacking police at match
The chairman of a Greek soccer team and another two people have been arrested for assaulting police during a match at a soccer stadium in the Greater Athens region, authorities said Monday.
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Family of celebrated ceramist catalogs work for exhibition
The descendants of acclaimed Greek ceramist Panos Valsamakis, Panos and Sofia, opened the door of his studio to Kathimerini as they collect and catalog hundreds of his works, ahead of a major retrospective at the National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST) later this year.
Russian and Ukrainian in trouble after their Polish-flagged yacht blows ashore
Authorities on the northeastern Aegean Sea island of Lemnos have arrested a Russian and a Ukrainian man for illegally entering Greece after their yacht ran aground in high winds on the island’s northern coast, officials said Monday.
Life-term inmate charged with murder after fatal prison shooting
An inmate serving a life sentence has been charged with intentional homicide after fatally shooting a fellow prisoner at Domoko prison in central Greece on Sunday.
Historian Hélène Glykatzi-Ahrweiler dies aged 99
Historian Hélène Glykatzi-Ahrweiler has died aged 99, drawing expressions of regret and condolences from Greece’s political leadership Monday.
Vitafree biscuit factory of Violanta owner suspended for ‘technical work’
Operations at a biscuit factory belonging to the owner of the Violanta factory, in Trikala, central Greece, where five workers were killed in an explosion late last month, were suspended as of Monday due to “scheduled external technical work,” the company announced.
Electrician impersonators charged for work they never carried out
Two men have been arrested in Athens for allegedly posing as electricians and charging members of the public large sums for work that they never carried out, police said Monday.
The oracle in Trump’s Washington
In 480 BC, the Athenians faced the end of the world as they knew it. Seeking a way to deal with the impending Persian invasion, they sought refuge in the oracle of Delphi. After foretelling the impending disaster, Pythia left them with a glimmer of hope: “A wall of wood alone shall be uncaptured, a…