Police are linking a pre-dawn petrol bomb attack in Thessaloniki Sunday with the previous targeting of a former senior prison official who lives close by, state ERT television said. Source link
A 41-year-old motorcyclist was killed Saturday morning after a collision with a car on the coastal avenue linking Athens with Sounio. Source link
A fire broke out on Saturday afternoon in an open area next to the Designer Outlet, in Spata, a town 20 kilometers east of Athens the Fire Department said. Source link
A Greek-Swiss initiative is advancing plans to revive parts of the historic Peloponnese railway network, which has largely stood idle since regular passenger services were suspended in 2011. Source link
We switch off the flashlights on our phones and sit as still as we can as the dome rotates until its opening reaches the patch of sky where we can observe the Orion Nebula, or Messier 42 (M42). Source link
Journalist and flaneur Nikos Vatopoulos recently wrote in Kathimerini about the signs on old storefronts. The piece is, of course, excellent, but I find myself drawn to the photograph of the glass door of a closed corner shop. Source link
Turkey coach Vincenzo Montella said he was shocked by the team’s World Cup elimination at the hands of Paraguay on Friday but held nothing against his players after another fruitless night in front of goal. Source link
The market is taking a wait-and-see approach on the expected deterrent effect of a new €3 EU duty on small parcels worth under €150 imported from third countries, aimed mainly at low-cost e-commerce shipments from Asia. Source link
Christopher Nolan’s movie “The Odyssey” is not in theaters yet, but it has already created much controversy. The reason is the famous filmmaker’s casting of Lupita Nyong’o, a black actress, for the dual role of Helen of Troy (Beautiful Helen to us Greeks) and Clytemnestra. Source link
French midfielder Etienne Camara officially became a Panathinaikos player on Saturday afternoon, marking the club’s first move of the summer transfer window. Source link