Museum Night & Day | Athens | May 14 & 18
Celebrating the European Night of Museums on May 14 and International Museum Day on May 18, the Acropolis Museum has put together a program of special events.
The ‘energy transition’ and other balderdash
Across Greece, residents are opposed to the installation of wind farms.
WHO: Covid-19 deaths cross 2 million mark in the European region
The World Health Organization on Thursday said Covid-19 deaths have exceeded the 2 million mark for countries in the WHO European Region.
Traders see a method to Turkish lira’s recent slide
A six-day slide in Turkey’s lira has left traders predicting that authorities are now targeting a new level, as weak as 15.5 to the dollar, in a months-long effort to stabilize the exchange rate using its depleted reserves together with other measures.
North Macedonia: US leads exercise in NATO’s newest member
US troops joined forces from Britain, France, Italy and allied countries in the region Thursday in a military exercise held in NATO’s newest member, North Macedonia, aimed at displaying deployment readiness along the alliance’s eastern borders.
Authorities announce 4,782 new Covid cases, 18 deaths
Greek health authorities announced 4,782 new cases of Covid-19 during their daily briefing on the course of the pandemic on Thursday. There were also 18 virus-related deaths.
Leftist opposition refuses to back US defense deal
Leftist opposition leader Alexis Tsipras has said his SYRIZA party will not support a defense deal between Greece and the United States, while accusing the conservative government of making sweeping concessions to Washington without gaining anything in return.
University guard training to be completed next week
After four months, the training of the 400 newly hired special guards who will staff the university campus police forces will be completed next week on May 17.
Greece to extend base access deal with US military
Greece is extending a bilateral military agreement with the United States for five years, with officials from the country’s center-right government arguing that enhanced alliances within NATO will help stabilize the region rattled by Russia’s war in Ukraine and tension in the Eastern Mediterranean.
ENFIA smiles for four in five
The new payment slips for the Single Property Tax (ENFIA), uploaded on the online platform of the Independent Authority for Public Revenue, show reductions that in some cases reach up to 45-50%.