Greek champion Olympiakos is, as was expected, set for a demanding League Phase campaign in this season’s UEFA Champions League, opening against Spanish powerhouse Real Madrid in Piraeus on Matchday 1 (September 16–18), according to Thursday’s draw in Monaco.
A 24-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday in Voula, southern Athens, for stalking a well-known businessman and now faces multiple criminal charges.
The recent events at Saint Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai are angering Greeks everywhere and undermining the global image of Hellenism.
Those interested in the sociology of emotions and capitalism are probably familiar with the books by the French-Israeli Sociologist Eva Illouz that have been published in Greek, such as “The End of Love: A Sociology of Negative Relations,” “What is Sexual Capital,” and “Happycracy. How the Science of Happiness Controls our Lives.
A 43-year-old man was arrested in mid-August in Nikaia, western Athens, for installing a hidden camera in the women’s toilets at his workplace.
The Turkish Ministry of Justice has turned down a request from a group of European mayors, including Athens mayor Haris Doukas, who traveled to Istanbul seeking to visit the city’s imprisoned mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, at the high-security Marmara jail in Silivri.
A prosecutor has recommended convicting two former protected witnesses in the Novartis corruption case for perjury but acquitting them of false accusation charges.
The Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned Russia’s latest wave of airstrikes against Ukraine in the early hours of Thursday.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited Thessaloniki on Thursday in the lead-up to the 89th Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF).