Dangerous scenarios for the political stage
Democracy, like any human construct, has its problems. For example, it is particularly difficult for representative democracy to ensure, simultaneously, equal representation and government stability.
Democracy, like any human construct, has its problems. For example, it is particularly difficult for representative democracy to ensure, simultaneously, equal representation and government stability.
Turkey, among the world’s sharpest critics of the Israeli military operation in Gaza, will use the UN General Assembly this week to highlight what it says is a genocide unfolding there and will urge international pressure on Israel.
MP Marios Salmas has been expelled from the ruling New Democracy parliamentary group following a decision by the party’s ethics committee on Monday. Early reports indicate that Salmas does not plan to relinquish his parliamentary seat and intends to continue serving as an independent MP.
Police have dismantled a criminal gang responsible for over 100 burglaries and thefts across the Attica region.
The Greek public broadcaster said on Monday that three migrants were dead and five were rescued off the island of Samos in Greece.
Two weeks into the new school year, the ban on the use of cellphones has been enforced smoothly, to a degree exceeding their expectations, teachers say.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet in New York on Tuesday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. This marks their sixth meeting in 15 months, probably the most frequent high-level communication in the history of relations between the two countries.
Greek rail workers have called a strike for Thursday to protest the government’s failure to enhance safety following the Tempe railway disaster in February 2023.
A wildfire that broke out near the town of Kapandriti, just a few miles north of the capital, was brought under control on Monday morning.
A bank was robbed at gunpoint on Monday shortly before 10 a.m. in Nea Filadelfia, western Athens.