Athens hosts the second Gastrosophy Fest on Sunday 4 October at the Faliro Tae Kwon Do indoor arena, a bigger site than last year, with organisers expecting about 4,000 visitors. The event is powered by Protergia. The theme is “The Value of Nourishment and Its Journey.” The programme treats food as a route, not a …
The benchmark of the Greek stock market nosedived on Thursday with considerable losses across the board. Source link
Fasolakia ladera is green beans and baby potatoes braised in fresh tomato and plenty of olive oil. It is a standard Greek weekday dish, vegan, and cooked in one pot. The point of a ladera plate is the oil. Use a good extra virgin Greek olive oil. The beans should end soft, not crisp, in …
The downward convergence of students’ performance in public and private schools in Greece, indicates that a solid education is so much more than a question of infrastructure and human resources. Source link
Benson Boone has made an unexpectedly low-key appearance on the NSW South Coast, stopping at Wollongong Harbour institution Levendi Fish & Chippery, ahead of his Australian arena tour this November. The American singer was photographed outside the family-run kiosk at Belmore Basin carrying several of Levendi’s distinctive brown paper takeaway bags. The images were shared …
The target set by the Athens Urban Transportation Organization (OASA) is to increase the share of public transportation in Attica to 40% from the current 30%, and to double the number of drivers to 6,000, said CEO Antonis Kerastaris on Thursday. Source link
ATHENS — Finland has become the tenth European partner in President Emmanuel Macron’s nuclear deterrence initiative. Latvia has asked to join. Greece accepted Paris’s invitation in March, the only country from NATO’s southern flank. The question for Athens is what that participation means, and what it does not. Russian nuclear threats and doubt about US …
Over the course of two harrowing weeks in October 1962, the world came within an eyelash of nuclear Armageddon. Source link
A federal judge sentenced Kosta Diamantis, Connecticut’s former deputy budget director, to seven years in prison on Wednesday, even though he was not in court. Judge Stefan Underhill also ordered three years of supervised release. Diamantis was convicted on 21 counts of extortion, bribery and lying to federal investigators, tied to his role overseeing school-construction …
The cabinet in Cyprus approved a set of measures proposed by the Finance Ministry to ease the cost of living for Cypriot households. Source link