I’ve been keeping abreast of all the discussions concerning who Greece’s next president is likely to be and I admit that it confirms by feeling that the country’s political system is incapable of rising above opportunistic attitudes and petty politics.
Police in Xanthi, northern Greece, are looking for clues into the identities and whereabouts of a group of armed burglars who broke into a house while the occupants were still there on Christmas night.
In a dim one-room apartment in one of Istanbul’s poorest neighborhoods, 11-year-old Atakan Sahin curls up on a threadbare sofa with his siblings to watch TV while their mother stirs a pot of pasta.
Beyond her broad smile, it is a delight to listen to Teti Hadjinicolaou narrate stories about the forgotten human side of Athens – the city where she was born, raised and still resides in the same neighborhood.
Greece will tap the markets for up to 8 billion euros next year, much less than its borrowing needs, thanks to the funds that will continue to flow into the economy and the targeted use of high cash reserves to reduce debt.
A lane of the Athens-Corinth highway was flooded on Thursday morning, causing delays for holidaymakers returning to the Greek capital after the Christmas break, as cold and wet weather spread across most parts of the country.
Greece was bracing for more wintry weather on Thursday, with heavy rain, gale-force winds and snow expected across multiple regions.
Increasing the retirement age based on changes in life expectancy or increasing the annual deficit by 0.4% of GDP per year, forever – not for just one year – are the two options of the Greek social security system.
Non-stop showers flooded roads and caused other problems in many parts of the country overnight and into Thursday morning.
Managing public opinion falls squarely in the framework of a government’s duties. This usually entails systematic public updates on the state of the country, on the goals being set, the efforts that will be made to accomplish them.