Legendary Greek singer Marinella dies at 87
Marinella, one of Greece’s most iconic voices with a career spanning decades, died on Saturday at the age of 87.
PASOK’s congress: Decisions and accountability
The PASOK congress, which wraps up Sunday, is marked by the absence of both concern for the country’s productive reconstruction and a compelling governance vision to inspire citizens and win them back.
Papandreou: PASOK returning to ‘change how the country functions’
Former prime minister George Papandreou told the ongoing PASOK congress on Saturday that the party is returning not to “better manage what exists,” but to “change how the country functions.”
Two dead in back-to-back accidents on Egnatia Odos motorway
A sequence of two apparently related accidents within minutes of each other on Saturday afternoon on the Egnatia Odos in northern Greece left two people dead and two others lightly injured.
Body of diver recovered from ‘Devil’s Well’
Authorities recovered the body of a 34-year-old diver Saturday from the “Devil’s Well,” a hazardous underwater site off the southern Athens suburb of Vouliagmeni.
Venizelos slams PM, calls for PASOK electoral victory
Former deputy prime minister and PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos sharply criticized Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis during a speech at the ongoing PASOK party congress Saturday, accusing the New Democracy government of overseeing a “generalized crisis” in Greece’s democratic institutions and the rule of law.
Doukas rules out coalition with ND, calls for governance overhaul
Athens Mayor Haris Doukas, speaking at the ongoing PASOK party conference Saturday, ruled out any post-election cooperation with the ruling New Democracy party and called for a radical overhaul of Greece’s prime minister-centered system of governance.
Opening Greece’s mountains to the world, a handful of visitors at a time
The vertiginous cliffs of the Vikos Gorge form the backdrop as arching stone bridges of Zagori stand proudly over pristine blue waters and morning mist descends from the mountains to mingle with smoke rising from the chimneys of the village-square kafeneia.
Yeroulanos sets 1.5 million vote target, rejects post-election cooperation with ND
Pavlos Yeroulanos, parliamentary spokesman for PASOK, called for a “full mobilization” of party members to secure victory in Greece’s next national elections, setting a target of 1.5 million votes and ruling out any governing cooperation with the conservative New Democracy.
Greece braces for the economic fallout from the Iran crisis
Nikos Vettas, John Psaropoulos, and Yiannis Tsakalos join Thanos Davelis as we take a closer look at how the ongoing crisis in the Middle East is impacting Greece’s overall economic outlook, what steps the government is taking in response to this crisis, and what this could mean for Greece’s tourism sector as tourists factor wider…