Riding scooters in Athens
Electric scooters are back in force, but safety concerns and the sight of abandoned shared vehicles on sidewalks and crosswalks are causing growing concern.
Electric scooters are back in force, but safety concerns and the sight of abandoned shared vehicles on sidewalks and crosswalks are causing growing concern.
Costas Simitis was the antidote to much that preceded him in Greek politics. He was the antithesis of the populism and the melodramatic conflicts that had sometimes gone before him.
One of the late Costas Simitis’s most memorable comments, “This is Greece!,” was made in Parliament a few days after the passenger ferry Express Samina sank off Paros, with the loss of 81 lives, on 26 September 2000.
In a few days Donald Trump will become, again, president of the United States. As the elections revealed, about half of the voters are eager for that day to come, while the other half dread the occasion.
The Hellenic Navy frigate Hydra is currently in the Red Sea, joining the European mission “Shields” to safeguard maritime navigation in the region.
The Hellenic National Meteorological Service has updated its severe weather bulletin. Heavy rain, strong storms, and snow are expected in northern Greece over the next few hours.
A total of 60 people were arrested over the past six days for drug possession and trafficking in various areas of the city.
A 43-year-old Cretan man has been killed by a falling tree.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis resumed his weekly government update, outlining the government’s key measures, including tax reductions, support for low-income pensioners and disposable income increase.
Heavy rainfall that struck Melbourne for nearly six hours disrupted the Australian Open schedule, which kicked off today in the Australian city.