The vertiginous cliffs of the Vikos Gorge form the backdrop as arching stone bridges of Zagori stand proudly over pristine blue waters and morning mist descends from the mountains to mingle with smoke rising from the chimneys of the village-square kafeneia. It is the scenery of rugged, wild beauty, where human intervention and nature blend …
Main opposition PASOK senior figure Anna Diamantopoulou told the ongoing congress Saturday that the party has no intention of cooperating with parties such as Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s New Democracy, citing “ideological, political and moral differences.” She described PASOK as “autonomous and unified,” stressing it “will neither become a supplement nor be divided,” and aims …
[Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters] We know only this: More troops are being sent to the Middle East, missiles and drones are being fired back and forth, and people are dying. Lives are being disrupted and economies globally are absorbing hits they did not budget for and cannot easily handle, and the political rhetoric – on …
Government efforts to reposition the Greek diaspora within the country’s economic and political framework are acquiring clearer institutional contours, as outlined by deputy prime minister, Kostis Hatzidakis, during his visit to Canada. Postal voting, brain regain, and investment potential were presented as interrelated components of a broader recalibration of state-diaspora relations. The visit, initiated through …
The fact that monitoring shelf prices led to a reduction in costs highlights the distortions present in the market. Oversight mechanisms must remain vigilant, particularly at a time of strong inflationary pressures. Authorities have a responsibility to at least address the underlying causes of high prices. Source link
Marinella, one of Greece’s most iconic voices with a career spanning decades, died on Saturday at the age of 87. She had suffered a stroke during a live performance in Athens in September 2024, collapsing on stage at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus. After four months in hospital, she was discharged to continue rehabilitation at …
[InTime News] Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis spoke by phone on Saturday with his Iranian counterpart Seyed Abbas Araghchi, urging a diplomatic resolution to tensions with the US and Israel and calling for full respect for international law and freedom of navigation. According to state broadcaster ERT, Iran outlined its positions on developments in the conflict …
The PASOK congress, which wraps up Sunday, is marked by the absence of both concern for the country’s productive reconstruction and a compelling governance vision to inspire citizens and win them back. Instead, a far more politically barren debate dominates: an unnecessary, almost incomprehensible discussion over whether – and under what conditions – a coalition …
Former prime minister George Papandreou told the ongoing PASOK congress on Saturday that the party is returning not to “better manage what exists” but to “change how the country functions.” Reusing the phrase “socialism or barbarism,” Papandreou framed the choice as one between “a society of liberation, justice, democratic control” and a “new form of …
A sequence of two apparently related accidents within minutes of each other on Saturday afternoon on the Egnatia Odos in northern Greece left two people dead and two others lightly injured. In the first incident, a car traveling on the Ioannina-Igoumenitsa section reportedly crashed into a semi-trailer, possibly due to a slippery road surface caused …