Mother convicted of murdering daughter showed ‘no grief’

Mother convicted of murdering daughter showed ‘no grief’

[InTime News] A prosecutor accused a mother from Patra in Western Greece of showing no remorse over the 2019 death of her 3-year-old daughter, Malena, as she argued for her conviction. The 35-year-old, Roula Pispirigou, who is already serving a life sentence for the murder of Georgina, her eldest, faces charges of smothering Malena and …

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Greece Greenlights €1.22 Billion In Sustainable Tourism And Infrastructure Projects

Greece Greenlights €1.22 Billion In Sustainable Tourism And Infrastructure Projects

Greece’s Interministerial Strategic Investments Committee has given the green light to three major projects worth a combined €1.22 billion, marking a significant step towards fostering economic growth and sustainability in the country’s tourism sector. The approval grants these projects special incentives, including expedited permits and dedicated Spatial Plans for Strategic Investment Developments, reaffirming Greece’s commitment …

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Seven directors, one play: Reinterpreting ‘Electra’ for the screen

Seven directors, one play: Reinterpreting ‘Electra’ for the screen

In a remarkable collaboration marking the 70th anniversary of the Athens Epidaurus Festival, the festival has partnered with the Hellenic Film Academy to produce a film inspired by Sophocles’ ‘Electra.’ This initiative expands the ‘Contemporary Ancients’ cycle into cinema, featuring a script by Panayotis Christopoulos and comprising seven chapters, each directed by a different filmmaker. …

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EU Commission delays announcing plan to phase out Russian energy imports

EU Commission delays announcing plan to phase out Russian energy imports

The European Commission has, for a second time, delayed an announcement of its plan to phase out the region’s reliance on Russian energy imports from March 26 to an unspecified date, a schedule showed on Wednesday. The Commission declined to comment on a new date. Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen said in November at a parliamentary …

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New Tempe protest held in Syntagma

New Tempe protest held in Syntagma

[InTimeNews] Thousands of protesters have gathered in Syntagma Square in Athens as parliament debates a censure motion against the government over its handling of the Tempe railway disaster.  The president of the Tempe Victims’ Association, Maria Karystianou, addressed the gathered crowd, saying, ‘We will be here every day.’” Protesters released 57 lanterns into the sky, …

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Man charged with attempted murder for alleged attack on wife

Man charged with attempted murder for alleged attack on wife

File photo. A 55-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder and arson for allegedly dousing his 37-year-old wife with flammable liquid and trying to set her on fire, authorities said. The attack occurred Tuesday at the couple’s home. Police were alerted by the suspect’s mother-in-law, who lives in the same house, and called emergency …

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Censure motion against the government submitted by 85 MPs

Censure motion against the government submitted by 85 MPs

[Giorgos Zachos/InTime News] A censure motion against the government over the Tempe railway disaster was submitted on Wednesday by 85 opposition MPs from the opposition parties PASOK, SYRIZA, New Freedom and New Left, as well as nine independent MPs. The 17-page document, submitted to parliament by main opposition PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis, said the “criminal …

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Theodorou Pastry Shop, Sifnos: 91 years of honoring the art of almond sweets

Theodorou Pastry Shop, Sifnos: 91 years of honoring the art of almond sweets

Every morning, Vasilodimos Theodorou begins his ritual with quiet reverence – lighting the charcoal brazier, tuning his transistor radio to the soulful sounds of rebetiko and folk music, washing his hands with rose water, and pulling his vintage 1920s scale toward him. With a melodic whistle, he carefully measures ingredients and prepares four kinds of …

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Trial of four suspects in Greece’s spyware case rescheduled for April 10

Trial of four suspects in Greece’s spyware case rescheduled for April 10

The trial of four company executives linked to Greece’s Predator spyware scandal at Athens’ first instance court was interrupted until April 10, as one the defendant’s lawyer was absent. The defendants face misdemeanor charges for breaching communication privacy laws. The court rejected the request for a longer adjournment submitted by the legal representatives of the …

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PM: Government committed to ‘truth and justice’ in Tempe train crash case

PM: Government committed to ‘truth and justice’ in Tempe train crash case

[Giorgos Zachos/Intime News] Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday his government is committed to establishing the facts in the case of Greece’s deadliest train crash in 2023 which killed 57 people, in his opening remarks in Parliament, regarding the accident. “I declare the government’s commitment to truth and justice,” he told lawmakers in a …

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