The UN summit on the Pact for the Future was a success in that the overwhelming majority of 165 nations (with 143 in favor, 7 opposed and 15 abstentions) approved the effort to revive the United Nations so that they can respond adequately to the great challenges of our age.
Significant delays in arrivals and departures were caused by a sudden slowdown called by air traffic controllers at Athens airport on Friday.
Two incidents over the weekend highlighted the alarming rise in crime and delinquency among minors that has been noted in the past few years. In a shocking case in Alexandroupoli, northern Greece, two kindergarten children aged 5 are accused of sexually abusing a fellow pupil.
Trains overflowing with the city’s denizens and tourists. Buses clanking along as they shift from first to second gear or idling on streets bottle-necked by a crash up ahead, a protest rally, fans of a sports event, roadworks – there’s always something. Traffic jams stretching for kilometers are back.
We watch the car thermometer drop 10 degrees from 30 Celsius as we leave the village of Anogeia in central Crete as we make the climb to the Skinakas Observatory on the summit of Mount Psiloritis (Ida).
Reports emerged on the weekend regarding the arrest of the Greek-Ukrainian crime boss known as “Entik,” in Dubai.
Regional airports in general experienced a 6% expansion.
European, Arab and Islamic nations have launched an initiative to strengthen support for a Palestinian state and its institutions, and prepare for a future after the war in Gaza and escalating conflict in Lebanon, Norway’s foreign minister said Friday.
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.4 has struck southern Greece off the coast of the western Peloponnese.