Greek arts reap a long harvest of rural life
A survey of Greek arts highlights how rural life has long shaped the nation’s cultural identity, from 19th-century painting and folk literature to cinema, music and television.
A survey of Greek arts highlights how rural life has long shaped the nation’s cultural identity, from 19th-century painting and folk literature to cinema, music and television.
Let’s say that we were to divest our vocabulary of the words “shock,” “shockwaves” and other derivatives? Overuse of such terms is not just a sign of awkwardness; it shows that certain lines have been crossed, leaving us with nothing else to say.
Two men arrested in connection with a double murder in the seaside village of Foinikounda have been given until Monday to testify before an investigating magistrate, as authorities point to phone calls made minutes after the crime as key evidence.
The Greek urban landscape underwent dramatic changes in the post-war period, and many cities were transformed. Living conditions clearly improved, but a significant part of their historical identity was lost. Urbanization was, and remains, a complex phenomenon.
Here are a few numbers that stuck from the recent report on inflation: coffee going up 20.7%, meat 13%, restaurants 7.7% and cake-making products 6.9% – all the basic goods that sustain our way of life, that is. It was reasonable to expect that the Hellenic Statistical Authority’s report would be followed by some kind…
The foundations for Greece’s emergence as an energy hub, not only in the natural gas and electricity sectors but also in the capture, transport and storage of carbon dioxide, are being laid,
Farmers protesting delays in agricultural aid payments and rising production costs have rejected a government invitation for talks, prolonging the ongoing deadlock.
The Transport Ministry and public transport operator STASY have issued a call for preliminary consultation for a feasibility study to install air conditioning on 16 first-generation trains on the Athens Metro that currently have only ventilation.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently praised Syrians born and raised in Turkey, who speak Turkish and have returned to Syria, saying a “brother nation that speaks our same language is rising anew from the ashes.”