[InTime News] Government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis has accused PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis of retreating from months-long talks with the government over appointments to Greece’s independent authorities.  Speaking to Mega TV on Saturday, Marinakis said the appointments require a three-fifths majority in Parliament’s Conference of Presidents, making cross-party cooperation constitutionally necessary.  He said three authorities remain …

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Cyprus is seeing early signs that its vaccination campaign against foot-and-mouth disease is working, with the spread of the virus now showing clear signs of slowing, a senior official said on Thursday. Stavros Malas, head of the Special Scientific Committee for the Reconstruction and Upgrade of the Livestock Sector, said the situation remains serious but …

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The Environment and Energy Ministry has announced a new subsidy scheme covering up to 50% of restoration costs for privately owned listed buildings. Bankrolled through European Union resources, the “Diatiro” initiative is designed to help owners carry out structural reinforcement, facade repairs and – mandatorily – energy upgrades, based on approved technical studies. Announcing the …

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File photo Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is scheduled to meet Monday with European Commissioner for Defense and Space Andrius Kubilius and later with German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul at the Maximos Mansion, the prime minister’s office.  The morning talks with Kubilius are expected to focus on European defense cooperation and space policy, areas gaining increasing …

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[InTime News] More than two decades after the Greek state expropriated four refugee apartment blocks on Alexandras Avenue in Athens, a long-delayed restoration plan is moving forward, reviving a conflict over who should shape the future of the historic buildings.  Constructed between 1933 and 1936 for families from Asia Minor and Pontus, the Bauhaus-style complexes …

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Known less for its natural wealth than it is for its laden history, Gyaros – the “death island” of communist exiles that so deserves our remembrance – is also home to extremely important biodiversity and a remarkable natural landscape. In many countries, an island with such characteristics would have prompted timely action from the state …

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Alexander Jeremejeff scored twice to put PAOK above Olympiakos on the table [INTIME]. AEK is four points away from clinching the Super League title, after drawing at Panathinaikos and PAOK downed Olympiakos on Sunday. AEK drew 0-0 with host Panathinaikos and opened a six-point lead at the top of the play-off table. The Yellows had …

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One of them produces exoskeleton systems that make robots more dexterous. Another promises with its software a stay of less than five minutes in the MRI scanner, while another digitizes key stages in the process of developing new drugs. These are some of the deep tech companies that are developing innovations in Greece, claiming a …

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“Travelers of the Levant.” That is how Thodoris Ktistakis describes his loukoumades. These small, perfectly round bites of dough have a crisp exterior and, unlike your standard loukoumades, are not drizzled with honey. Instead, when they burst in the mouth with the first bite, they release the syrup trapped inside, like a small explosion of …

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Birds fly near a boat in the Strait of Hormuz amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, as seen from Musandam, Oman, Monday. [REUTERS] The confrontation in the Strait of Hormuz is like a hostage situation in which neither side cares about the fate of the hostages. To put it another way, seeing as the leaders …

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