The union of municipal and regional government employees (POE-OTA) has announced a 24-hour nationwide strike on Friday, March 21, demanding the permanent employment of municipal social service workers currently hired through EU-funded programs.

The prime minister recently indicated that civil service evaluations would be enshrined in the Constitution. The truth is that the status of administrative officials has long been a constitutional concern – and justly too.

Fenia Papadodima returns to the Half Note (17 Trivonianou) with “Women’s Prayers,” a tribute to the voices of women who changed the world.

Athens is home to the Acropolis and the Parthenon, the well spring of democracy and philosophy and more recently has become famed for its graffiti, riots and the longest recession in modern history. 

Eighty years ago, Greece’s geopolitical fate was sealed on a piece of paper that the prime minister of the United Kingdom, Winston Churchill, gave to the other statesmen meeting with him in Yalta.

The National Gallery released photographs on Monday afternoon of the artworks vandalized by fundamentalist MP Nikos Papadopoulos of the ultra-orthodox Niki party, who claimed they insulted Christianity.

Nikos Papadopoulos, a religious-fundamentalist lawmaker from the nationalist Niki party, has been released from custody after being held under guard at the National Gallery for vandalizing four artworks by Christophoros Katsadiotis.

Police made multiple arrests during the February 28 clashes in Syntagma Square marking the two-year anniversary of the Tempe train disaster. Official judicial documents provide insight into the profiles of those detained.

The Panathenea Festival, to be staged in Athens from May 7-9, is not a revival of the ancient festival of Panathenaea, although it takes its inspiration from that one.

An artist “has the right to express his or her personal point of view, to react and, in so doing, ask the questions they want to ask, such as, for example, about war waged on the pretext of purity and justice under any given god,” Christophoros Katsadiotis, one of the artists whose work came under attack by a religious-fundamentalist lawmaker at the National Gallery in Athens on Monday, has told Kathimerini English Edition.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis is set to present the 12-year Long-Term Defense Armament Program (MPAE) in Parliament on Tuesday, outlining Greece’s strategic defense investments for the coming years.

We decided that it would be fun to go to the beach on Sunday morning.

A young martial arts student from Hania, Crete, has died after suffering a serious head injury during training.

The government has reaffirmed its commitment to building a subsea electric cable planned to link continental Europe to the East Mediterranean, following reports that the project was halted over financial and geopolitical concerns.

Minister of Defense Nikos Dendias, during an event for International Women’s Day organized by the Hellenic National Defense General Staff, announced that the Hellenic Armed Forces will begin the voluntary enlistment of women.

Experts examine what is driving the delayed anti-government backlash following Greece’s deadliest railway accident.

The National Gallery has announced its temporary closure following the attack on a number of art works by a religious-fundamentalist MP.

One in four houses in Attica, or a total of 526,154 properties, are closed or empty, as shown by the building stock census by ELSTAT in 2021.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday held his final meeting with President Katerina Sakellaropoulou, whose term expires in three days.

Greece’s consumer price index fell to 2.5% in February on an annual basis, with prices easing slightly compared to January, according to data released Monday by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT).