For better or worse, whether we like it or not, the United States remain the beacon of the West. When it goes dark, the rest of the West also goes dark and doesn’t know how to chart a course, especially when the waters are uncharted.
A tough road lies ahead for Greece. It needs to remain firmly on the path to growth. It needs to move forward with reforms, such as on the pressing issue of the justice system, which has fallen woefully behind.
Motorists in Athens will be better off staying put on Thursday as police shut down key roads in the city center in a major security operation for the anniversary of the November 17, 1973 student uprising against the military dictatorship.
Enduringly popular singer George Dalaras pays tribute to songwriter Manos Loizos, who died in 1982 at the age of 44 yet left a legacy that has influenced hundreds of artists who worked with him and came after him.
PASOK-Movement for Change chief Nikos Androulakis has filed a complaint with the country’s highest administrative court challenging a provision that prohibits Greece’s privacy watchdog from informing people when their communications have been put under surveillance by the National Intelligence Service (EYP).
The National Observatory of Athens’ weather service Meteo has announced the installation of a new meteorological station in the region of Rodopi, in northern Greece.
Greek runner Charalampos Pitsolis won of the 39th Athens Marathon – The Authentic on Sunday morning, crossing the finish line at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens after two hours, 23 minutes and 42 seconds.
The Council of State, Greece’s highest administrative court, has rejected an appeal by 50 residents of the downtown Athens district of Exarchia opposing the construction of a metro station on the area’s main square.
Two prosecutors have undertaken to investigate all allegations of electronic surveillance of dozens of individuals and this could lead in delays in the cases, Kathimerini understands.
A major security operation is being mounted across the Greek capital for Thursday’s anniversary of the November 17, 1973, student uprising against the military dictatorship.