A fragile and temporary truce

A major crisis that broke out earlier this week within the main opposition Syriza party was averted at the last minute with the party congress set to start on Thursday under a fragile and temporary truce among opposing sides. Attention focuses on what party leader Stefanos Kasselakis’ stance will be and whether he will request…

Fokida jolted by 4.2-magnitude tremor 

A 4.2-magnitude earthquake shook the  southeastern part of Phocis, in central Greece, on Thursday. No injuries or damages were immediately reported. The earthquake occurred at 1.21 p.m. and, according to the preliminary reading of the Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory of Athens, the epicenter was located four kilometers northwest of the town of Itea,…