New Left party melts away after seven MPs quit

The New Left party will seize to be a separate parliamentary group, as seven of its lawmakers have announced their departure, which means their numbers will fall below the threshold of 10 MPs. Source link

The small family dairies of Hania

Even on Sunday morning, the chimneys of Apokoronas’ dairies in northwest Crete are billowing smoke. In villages like Tzitzifes and Fres, farm trucks stop at the roadside and unload milk crates from the sheep and goats of the area’s numerous small-scale farmers. Source link

EU paves way to allow migrant deportations to centres outside bloc

European Union lawmakers and governments agreed on Monday on new rules allowing countries to send migrants ordered to leave the bloc to centres in third countries, a move that has drawn sharp criticism from rights groups that warn it could enable abuses. Source link

Inside Attica’s rental maze

Kathimerini investigates common practices in the loosely regulated brokerage market, which lacks clear rules, creating labyrinthine property searches and negotiations. Source link

Ancient Eleutherna: Out of order

Barbara from New York was genuinely looking forward to the tour. The guide’s narrative on the trip from Rethymno to the archaeological site and museum of ancient Eleutherna had excited her interest in this once glorious city-state. Source link

A skyscraper in Athens

By what standards do you judge a skyscraper? Aesthetic? Functional? Ideological? The problem with the high-rise going up in the seaside Athens suburb of Elliniko is that it defies any framework of productive evaluation. Source link