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Pledge to fix crumbling schools
The government will spend at least €500 million on refurbishing more than 4,000 schools whose infrastructure is crumbling.
23-year-old motorcyclist killed in crash
A 23-year-old motorcyclist died Sunday night in a crash in Menidi, East Attica.
Former mayor and actor Apostolos Gletsos indicates interest in SYRIZA leadership race
Apostolos Gletsos, former mayor of Stylida in central Greece and once a hugely popular soap opera actor, has announced his intention to run for the leadership of the leftist SYRIZA opposition party.
Power rates surge in evenings
There are ominous signs about megawatt-hour rate hikes for electricity in the evenings.
Thessaloniki’s potential role in connecting initiatives
Several ambassadors and other officials discussed Thessaloniki’s potential as a hub connecting separate trade initiatives
Turkish president vows to ‘purge’ military graduates who took a pro-secular oath
The Turkish president has hit out at military graduates who took a pro-secular oath during their graduation ceremony, promising that those behind it would be “purged” from the military.
Underserved European cities convince Aegean to invest in Volotea
About two thirds (65%) of the population of the European Union live in small and medium-sized cities with nonexistent or limited air connections.
Severe weather alert from Monday night
The national weather service (EMY) has issued an emergency weather bulletin, warning of a significant weather deterioration starting Monday night and continuing through Wednesday afternoon.
The wrong message
The United States should seriously reconsider its policy in the Eastern Mediterranean. Turkey is playing its own geopolitical game, believing that whatever Alliance obligations it ignores there will be no consequences, due to the inexhaustible tolerance of part of the state apparatus in the US.
Free business accelerator in Nicosia
The Municipality of Nicosia is offering a free, two-month business accelerator program designed for individuals, groups and existing businesses in the creative and cultural sectors in Cyprus.
Greece secured 13 medals at the Paris Paralympics, including three golds
Greece completed a very successful Paralympics in Paris, with 13 medals including three golds.
Greeks stake €21.25 bln in six months
From January to June, the industry’s total turnover (TGR) increased by 13.3% year on year.
Belgian duo Neuville and Wydaeghe win Acropolis Rally
The Belgian crew of Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe won the Acropolis Greece Sunday, leading a sweep of the first three places by the Hyundai Shell Mobis World Rally Team.
Meteorites and dead ends
What is happening in the political opposition at the moment is very bad. It is bad for everyone. SYRIZA turns out to have been an opportunistic formation based on the charisma of former leader (and premier) Alexis Tsipras and was the product of great and justified public anger.
SYRIZA leader Kasselakis falls in no-confidence motion
SYRIZA’s central committee approved a motion of no confidence in its leader Stefanos Kasselakis Sunday, deepening the turmoil that has plagued the main opposition party since a resounding electoral defeat last year. The 286 members that took part in the vote – another eight abstained – voted 163-120 for the motion, with another three casting […]
Tight, targeted spending, with a 2027 horizon
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis had a message for the crowd of eager listeners to his speech at the Thessaloniki International Fair: He did not come with a bag containing gifts.
Is Erdogan the sick man of Europe?
For decades, beginning in the 19th century, Europeans referred to the Ottoman Empire as “the sick man of Europe.” First sultans and then so-called reformers acting in their names sought autocratic power.
The (il)legitimacy of Stefanos Kasselakis
Stefanos Kasselakis was elected SYRIZA’s leader by a comfortable majority nearly a year ago, on September 24.
Are Turkish-Egyptian relations entering a ‘new phase’?
Steven Cook, the Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, joins Thanos Davelis to look at the visit of Egypt’s President al-Sisi to Turkey, explore whether we are seeing relations between Turkey and Egypt turn a new page, and break down what this means for the region.