Following the introduction of new rules banning mobile phones in Greek schools, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced that his government may pilot designated lockers at some schools.
Iliana Magra, a journalist with Kathimerini, joins Thanos Davelis to look into the Greek government’s latest decision to target short term rentals in Athens in an effort to tackle the ongoing housing crisis, and provide a look into how Greeks living in downtown Athens are reacting to this news.
The 11th anniversary of anti-fascist rapper Pavlos Fyssas’ murder will be commemorated on Wednesday with a gathering in Keratsini, Piraeus, where Fyssas was fatally stabbed by a member of the neo-Nazi group Golden Dawn.
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (365 Syngrou Avenue, snfcc.org) hosts its third annual Green Weekend September 21 to 22, focusing on the Green City.
Greece plans to buy Switchblade drones from the United States to further strengthen its armed forces as it recovers from a decade-long debt crisis, two sources said on Wednesday.
Health Minister Adonis Geordiadis announced that plans are afoot for a new system for confirming prescription via text message to people’s mobile phones, as with electronic banking transactions.
SYRIZA MP Olga Gerovasili slammed recently-ousted party leader Stefanos Kasselakis on Wednesday but stopped short of confirming whether she will run for the party leadership in the upcoming election.
This year’s Medusa 24 exercise, which will take place throughout the area surrounding Crete, reaching as far as Kasos and Karpathos, highlights Greece and Egypt’s extremely close relationship, as well as cooperation with key players in the EU and the wider region of the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East.
The Korydallos and Maniatika stations on Line 3 of the Athens metro will close at 3.30 p.m. on Wednesday, following police orders. Trains will pass through these stations without stopping.
Police have launched an investigation after a 23-year-old man was found seriously injured in the northern Athens suburb of Halandri on Tuesday evening.