Reds snatch big win at Panathinaikos in overtime
The Euroleague featured the Greek derby in Athens on Friday from its very first round, with Olympiakos beating archrival Panathinaikos away 88-78 in overtime.
The Euroleague featured the Greek derby in Athens on Friday from its very first round, with Olympiakos beating archrival Panathinaikos away 88-78 in overtime.
In 1993, a Cuban American, not yet 40, serving in the US House of Representatives in Washington, delivered a speech on the Turkish invasion and occupation of Cyprus that resonated deeply, particularly among the Cypriot and Greek communities in America. Why? Because it revealed the true character of Bob Menendez.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has said that the progress achieved with the new European Union’s Migration and Asylum Pact is in the right direction. “But this pact alone cannot resolve the migration issue,” he said, speaking in Granada, Spain, where EU leaders had met in an informal gathering.
Against the backdrop of the ongoing case of the imprisoned mayor-elect of Himare, Fredi Beleri, which is casting a significant shadow over relations between the Greek minority in southern Albania – and by extension Athens – and the government led by Prime Minister Edi Rama, Albania is currently conducting a population census.
Russia has summoned Cyprus’s ambassador to Moscow after what it called “unacceptable and provocative actions” against a Russian journalist and an employee of the Russian embassy in Nicosia, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
All the meteorological data are telling us that the extreme weather events of this summer were, unfortunately, not the exception.
European Union leaders have declared support for adding new members to the bloc but set no target date and warned candidates such as Ukraine that there would be no short cuts.
The death has been announced of prominent contemporary Greek artist Stelios Faitakis, who was acclaimed for his allegoric paintings that combined Greek Orthodox iconography with street art. He was 47.
Some things never change. Politicians may promise and brag, news media may report breathlessly on any inch of progress, and legions of people distinguished in their fields may devote money, time and their reputation to the cause, but Greece seems unable to invest seriously in research and innovation.