Couple find new purpose in traditional boat building
Ioanna Moutousidi and Yannis Borbandonakis’ workshop on Syros, where they decided to live as traditional wooden boat builders.
Dressing roles and souls
Tilda Swinton was in stylish pink-brown shoes, not unlike those one would wear at home, when we encountered her Monday, about 14 hours after the “Embodying Pasolini” dress rehearsal at the Onassis Foundation Cultural Center, or Stegi.
Salary boosts for hospital directors in public administration overhaul
A new Ministerial Decision outlines significant increases in the salaries and allowances of hospital directors and deputy directors under the upcoming Public Administration system, announced the Health and Interior Ministries on Wednesday.
Christmas Bazaar | Athens | December 16-17
The Pangrati Project (thepangratiproject.com), a youth community dedicated to revitalizing downtown Athens through culture, invites you to their Christmas Bazaar supporting strays!
Car insurance premiums to see hikes up to 6% in 2024
Insurers are unveiling new hikes in car insurance premiums of between 3% to 6% for 2024.
Brother of main suspect in police officer’s injury testifies again
The younger brother of the 18-year-old who injured a police officer in Rentis with a flare testified to the police on Wednesday, claiming he attempted to deter him. According to state broadcaster ERT, the confessed perpetrator’s relative asserted that he feared potential riots after he had observed many individuals holding Molotov cocktails, flares, and stones.
Traffic measures due to controlled detonation in southern Athens
Special traffic regulations are to be implemented on Thursday in road sections of Alimos, Glyfada, Elliniko, and Argiroupoli, due to the planned controlled detonation of obsolete munitions.
Into the Woods | Athens | December 14 – January 7
The masterly and Tony Award-winning musical “Into the Woods” by leading composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim and the great writer James Lapine returns to the GNO Alternative Stage, at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, in the new approved version for piano and percussion.
Greece industry output higher, while Eurozone output drops in October
Eurozone industrial production declined by more than expected in October, with the sharpest drop for capital goods such as machinery, reinforcing survey indications that the single-currency area is in a recession. The EU’s statistics office Eurostat said on Wednesday that industrial production in the 20 countries sharing the euro fell by 0.7% month-on-month in October…
Police dismantles multi-million euro tax fraud ring in cross-border operation
A criminal organization engaging in tax fraud totaling over 15 million euros and tax evasion of 70 million euros was dismantled by the Economic Police Directorate in Greece, reported the Hellenic Police (ELAS) on Wednesday.