A preliminary investigation was ordered by Athens first instance prosecutor Antonis Eleftherianos after the government’s decision to suspend all sporting and cultural activities at the Olympic Athletic Center of Athens’ (OAKA) Olympic Stadium and the Velodrome due to public safety concerns, as was reported on Saturday.
A shooting incident in the early morning of Sunday at the Agios Panteleimonas neighborhood in Athens led to one death and one injury.
British theater company Complicite brings “Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead,” an innovative play based on a novel by Olga Tokarczuk (awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize for Literature), to the Onassis Stegi (10-109 Syngrou) from October 4 to 7.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told his fellow leaders of the so-called MED9 alliance Thursday that the EU must actively approach the countries at the origin of migrant flows and develop common strategies, and not wait for a migrant crisis to break out.
The government acknowledges the challenges the construction sector faces and is prepared to contribute and cover part of the inflation cost, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Christos Staikouras said on Friday, speaking on a panel at an Economist conference in Thessaloniki.
Delta Airlines last week announced that in the 2024 summer season it will fly daily between Athens and Boston following the success of this direct route in 2022 and 2023.
An increase in tax rates is definitely not in the government’s plans, government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis stressed in statements to Skai Radio last week. He had been asked to clarify whether new taxes will be imposed on one-person businesses.
In an era where everyone wields a camera-equipped smartphone in their hand, it is at best shallow and naive to believe that you can carefully curate a public appearance and project only the facets you desire.
Three interesting facts have come to light in recent days. One is from Eurostat: In August, Greek inflation was almost unchanged, easing slightly from 3.5% in July to 3.4% – the same was true throughout the eurozone.
Sometimes there is no big news, just a nagging sense of loss or anger about the relentless plight of downtown Athens’ cinemas. With local elections coming up soon, this may, therefore, be a good time to send out a small reminder to the powers that be of this plight.