File photo. Farmers staged a protest in the central square of Malgara, near Thessaloniki, on Saturday, deploying about 35 tractors. The demonstrators later moved toward the Patra-Athens-Thessaloniki-Evzoni (PATHE) motorway, where they parked along a service road without disrupting traffic. Farmers said they were protesting rising production costs, noting that fertilizer prices have increased from about …
The recent letter by five MPs with the ruling New Democracy party publicly calling for a new model of governance caused the expected waves in conservative ranks, not because its content was anything surprising, but because it came at a difficult time for the government. Source link
The fact that so many local spatial plans remain in limbo is a serious blight, especially for areas that are under intense development pressure driven by tourism. The piecemeal nature of temporary measures has led to significant legal uncertainty and financial losses for investments that are already under way but remain in a gray zone. …
The visit to Athens was expected to be tense. The head of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), Laura Kovesi, was coming to Greece at a time when the institution she represents has found itself at the center of political controversy. She, as well as her Greek counterparts working at the EPPO’s office in Athens, …
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Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama addresses the media after the EU-Albania Association Council in Brussels, on November 17. ‘Nationalistic attitudes can sometimes surface quickly, often reflecting a lack of maturity and awareness,’ Rama tells Kathimerini over a joke he made about Greeks in January. [AP] The photograph was taken in 1903. It depicts 87 boys, …
A scene from Euripides Laskaridis’ ‘Tourne.’ [Elina Giounanli] The Athens Epidaurus Festival has announced an expanded program under new artistic director Michail Marmarinos, whose three-year tenure aims to balance ancient drama with experimental forms, international collaboration and broader public access. Ancient tragedy remains the festival’s “reservoir of ideas, moral and social values,” Marmarinos said, while …
The death of a 13-year-old boy riding an electric scooter in Makrisia, in southwestern Greece’s Ilia region, has renewed debate over whether children below a certain age should be barred from using the vehicles. The boy was killed after he apparently swerved to avoid a parked vehicle and collided head-on with a farm truck. He …
A restored bust of Cretan folk music legend Nikos Xylouris will soon be returned to its place in the center of Iraklio after it was vandalized last month, local authorities said. The bust, located in Kyprou Square and created by the late sculptor Aspasia Papadoperaki, was knocked off its pedestal about 10 days ago by …
Business owners on the island of Milos say a government decision suspending building activity has left developers of small tourist units facing financial ruin. Parliament approved an amendment halting the issuance of building permits in all off-plan areas of the island until the end of the year and freezing construction along the northeastern coast. The …