A post by Elon Musk about Greece’s declining birth rate and shrinking school populations has sparked discussion online, drawing renewed attention to the country’s long running demographic challenges. Musk commented on reports concerning the closure of hundreds of schools in Greece, where some schools have struggled to remain open because they no longer have enough …
Government officials from Greece and another four European Union countries meeting in Denmark Friday drafted “specific and implementable” plans to deport rejected asylum-seekers to African or other non-EU countries, Migration Minister Thanos Plevris said. Source link
Greece is preparing to significantly expand its domestic military drone production, with state-run defense facilities expected to manufacture as many as 15,000 drones annually once a new production unit becomes operational, Defense Minister Nikos Dendias said. Speaking on Thursday, September 3, during a visit to a military production facility near Xanthi in northern Greece, Dendias …
Authorities have found human remains wrapped in nylon in the basement of a house in Nea Makri, a coastal settlement northeast of Athens, in what investigators believe could be the body of an elderly woman who had been missing for about a decade. Source link
The British Museum has agreed to lend two fragments of the Parthenon Sculptures to a German museum, a move that comes amid the continuing dispute over the return of the sculptures to Greece. The pieces will be displayed at the Museum of Ancient Sculpture in Frankfurt as part of an exhibition running from November 18, …
Turkey has lodged a formal diplomatic protest against Greece over the extension of a border fence along the Evros River, arguing that parts of the structure are being built on Turkish territory, Kathimerini has learned. Source link
“Granted, Turkey’s declaration of marine parks is illegal, but we also went too far with our maritime spatial planning.” Thus goes the refrain of some commentators seeking to show that they take an impartial view of developments in Greek-Turkish relations. Source link
Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios has been handed a one month suspension after testing positive for cocaine in an out of competition sample. Kyrgios has been provisionally suspended since August 4 and is eligible to return to competitive tennis on September 4. According to the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA), Kyrgios told investigators that he …
New book describes boom in exports and how this contributed to the flourishing of the northern Greek port city . Source link
One of contemporary Greek literature’s acclaimed works is heading to the big screen with SWELL, a new feature film directed by Alexandros Voulgaris (The Boy) and based on the celebrated novel by Ioanna Karystiani. Karystiani, one of Greece’s most acclaimed contemporary writers, wrote the screenplay herself, bringing her novel’s story of isolation, memory, love and …