Thessaloniki school teacher convicted in sexual harassment case
A three-member Criminal Court in Thessaloniki handed a suspended two-year jail sentence to a high school teacher accused of sexually harassing a female student.
Anti-vax abbot, monks to stand trial
The abbot and five monks of a monastery on Mount Pelio, in central Greece, will face trial over charges of spreading fake news about the Covid-19 vaccines and the pandemic.
A series of talks between Greece and Turkey, 1978-81
During a summit that took place in Montreux in 1978 between the prime ministers of Greece, Konstantinos Karamanlis, and Turkey, Bulent Ecevit, it was agreed that bilateral talks between the secretaries-general of both foreign ministries would continue.
Greece says it rejects Turkish admonitions on Muslim minority
Athens accused Ankara of trying to intervene in its domestic affairs after Turkey’s Foreign Ministry called on Greece to investigate threats received by a Muslim member of Greek Parliament and expressing support for the country’s “Turkish minority.”
Register for power consumers
Electricity suppliers are trying to prevent so-called “energy tourism” – i.e. the phenomenon of consumers constantly switching from one provider to another, leading to the accumulation of arrears – by creating a consumers register similar to the Teiresias register of bad debtors.
House rates up 44.6% in 4 years
The housing market is rapidly returning to pre-crisis values. Based on the latest data from the Bank of Greece, prices in the region of Attica have recorded a rally of 44.6% from the second quarter of 2018 to the same quarter this year.
Fred Boissonnas | Thessaloniki | To January 8
The Thessaloniki Museum of Photography (momus.gr) presents “Fred Boissonnas and the Mediterranean: A Photographic Odyssey” at the port warehouse complex.
Germany says circle swap deal with Greece, Ukraine on tanks almost completed
Germany said a deal on a circle swap of infantry fighting vehicles with Greece and Ukraine was almost completed, meaning Germany would soon hand over 40 Marder IFVs to Greece while Greece, in turn, would pass on 40 of its Soviet-built BMP-1 IFVs to Ukraine.
PM signs Queen Elizabeth II’s condolence book
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis paid a visit to the British Embassy and signed the condolence book for Queen Elizabeth II.
Art Athina returns after two-year hiatus
Art Athina, the annual international contemporary art fair in the Greek capital, returns this year to Zappeion Hall in central Athens with a physical presence and record number of entries from domestic and foreign galleries.