Athenians release sky lanterns on Christmas Eve
A reveler releases a sky lantern at Kotzia square, in central Athens, Greece, during Christmas Eve festivities, on December 24, 2023.
A reveler releases a sky lantern at Kotzia square, in central Athens, Greece, during Christmas Eve festivities, on December 24, 2023.
We live in a globalized society where countries that produce high value-added products are the winners in international trade.
The year draws to a close with Greece exhibiting two rare attributes: political stability and progress in essential reform areas. In a time of global instability, Greece stands out.
Greek local government organizations reject most applications to change somebody’s surname, as the law is unclear on the reasons that justify such an action, forcing many applicants to appeal to the Council of State (CoS).
The attacks on crucial shipping traffic in the Red Sea straits by a determined band of militants in Yemen — a spillover from the Israeli-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip — is injecting a new dose of instability into a world economy struggling with mounting geopolitical tensions.
It took 16 years before Greece could allow the establishment of private universities. We could have had them since 2007 when the then conservative premier Kostas Karamanlis proposed a change to Article 16 of the Constitution, but he was not able to secure the consent of PASOK leader George Papandreou.
The construction of the cable section of the first leg of the Greece-Cyprus-Israel interconnection (the Crete-Cyprus interconnection) began with the order Nexans got from Greece’s Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO), responsible for the project, to “reserve” the necessary slot for the production of cables and to start relevant procedures.
The holiday season brings together two favorite habits: reading traditional fairy tales and listening to Christmas carols from the golden age of pop music.
Popular Greek laiko singer, Vasilis Karras, known for his distinctive raspy voice, died on Sunday after a long battle with cancer, state-run broadcaster ERT said. He was 70 years old.
A 14-year-old boy was transferred to a children’s hospital in Athens after he lost consciousness while caroling in the town of Arta, northwestern Greece, on Sunday.