Greece will be examining the Finnish model as it seeks to overhaul the structure of its military service, Defense Minister Nikos Dendias said during a visit to the Finnish capital on Tuesday.
The European Parliament has approved a flagship law to restore nature, salvaging at least part of EU plans to protect the environment after farmers’ protests ignited a backlash.
The channels of communication with Ankara are working, which is why tension was avoided at the most recent incident to take place near the uninhabited Imia islets in the southeastern Aegean, Greece’s minister of maritime affairs and island policy, Christos Stylianides, tells Kathimerini.
Some 200 striking taxi drivers joined a motorcade across Athens on Tuesday, adding to the already considerable woes faced by commuters by the stoppage.
A new report published by the Dianeosis think-tank on Tuesday raises some alarming points about the impact climate change is having on Athens, including raising both the Greek capital’s average high and low temperatures.
The police’s Anti-Terrorism Division launched a crackdown on Tuesday against urban guerrilla groups operating in different parts of the Greek capital, including, reportedly, from two prisons.
The Association of Relatives of the Victims of the 2023 Tempe railway disaster is planning to send a petition to Parliament demanding legislative action to lift ministers’ and MPs’ immunity from criminal prosecution.
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…