The Supreme Court’s intervention in the Tempe train collision investigation shows that the judiciary, at least, understands that the institutions are under the public’s microscope in this case, and that it is of the greatest importance to restore citizens’ faith in them.
Georgia Nakou, a features editor at MacroPolis, a specialist website focused on political and economic analysis of Greek affairs, joins Thanos Davelis to break down Greece’s record year for tourism last year, the causes for concern amid questions of sustainability, and the government’s response.
Main opposition SYRIZA is going through a deep crisis, with both its identity as well as its leadership being challenged. After months of intense infighting and a process that had the elements of a slow, painful self-destruction, on Sunday the party averted at the last moment what looked to be a political explosion, by opting…
US travelers are proving the fastest growing national group of tourists. Not only are they increasing at rates of more than 10% per year, but the average per capita expenditure per trip is at least 50% higher than any other nationality.
Relatives of the victims of the Tempe train collision in central Greece in late February last year attend a press conference on Monday at the Journalists’ Union of Athens Daily Newspapers (ESIEA) headquarters.
The state budget balance presented a surplus of 1.093 billion euros in January.
Cardiac and cerebrovascular diseases causing strokes, along with neoplasms and the coronavirus, were the major killers in Greece in 2021, while violent deaths also skyrocketed according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority.
The new measures to combat high prices are expected to lead to double-digit reductions in the prices of certain categories of products on supermarket shelves in March, the general director of the Supermarkets’ Association of Greece, Apostolos Petalas, said on Sunday.
After four days of intense behind-the-scenes activity at the SYRIZA congress, turmoil and a charged atmosphere that went far beyond political boundaries, the polarizing tendencies within the party remain.
The Hellenic American Leadership Council, an influential Greek-American advocacy group, has launched a petition against Ankara’s conversion of another important Byzantine monument, the Chora Church, into a mosque.