AEK beats Olympiakos to build a five-point advantage
A fifth-minute goal by Aboubakary Koita, with a clever shot from inside the box, settled the derby at the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium.
2 ex-ministers deny involvement in subsidies scandal
Two conservative former ministers have denied, in social media postings Sunday, any involvement in the farm subsidies scandal.
Who’s going to take on the clientelist state?
Every Greek government had ample opportunities to uproot the hold of clientelism over the state apparatus and didn’t. Why?
Observance of the Constitution is postponed
We all know that the very last article (number 120) of the Greek Constitution states that “observance of the Constitution is entrusted to the patriotism of the Greeks.” Is there maybe some hidden provision that adds that “it is also left to the kindness of those in power”?
Ministry preparing tender for social housing
The Social Cohesion and Family Ministry is expected by summer to specify the terms under which construction companies will build social housing on state property.
Incentives offered to attract doctors to Aegean islands
The 2nd Health Region of Piraeus and the Aegean has issued an open call to National Health System doctors nationwide, offering a comprehensive incentives package to staff medical facilities across dozens of Aegean islands.
‘Lysistrata’ in Shanghai
I have had the great pleasure of living and working in Shanghai for the past three months. Together with my exceptional Greek collaborators – Alex Drakos Ktistakis, Patricia Apergi, Eva Manidaki, Vasiliki Syrma, and my assistant Alexandros Panou – we are preparing “Lysistrata” by Aristophanes at the Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center, with a cast of…
The real clients came from abroad: how authorities tracked down migrant smuggling ring
Two Turkish citizens arrested as migrant traffickers had opened businesses on the island of Samos to cover their tracks.
Racing drivers stopped in southern Athens
Two motorists were arrested in southern Athens over the weekend for allegedly racing each other, hitting speeds of over 150 kilometers an hour and manoeuvring dangerously, authorities said.
One in three businesses fails tax inspections in first quarter
One in three companies checked in the first quarter of the year was found to be tax evading in some way, Greece’s independent tax authority, AADE, said Sunday.