Athens subway trains will end their run earlier on Good Friday and Saturday, Athens Urban Rail Transport has announced. Usually trains run later on Fridays and on a 24-hour basis on Saturdays, but not this weekend because of the Easter holiday. Thus, on Good Friday, the last Line 2 and Line 3 trains are scheduled …
[InTime News] Newly appointed Deputy Agriculture Minister Makarios Lazaridis faces opposition demands for his resignation over his degree from the College of Southeastern Europe. PASOK questions how he served as a ministerial specialist in 2007, when Law 2190/1994 required a minimum of a university degree, doctorate or postgraduate qualification. Lazaridis dismissed critics, saying he submitted …
A bear has appeared in rural and mountainous areas of Oreokastro, a municipality in the regional unit of Thessaloniki, northern Greece, local authorities said in a press release on Friday. The animal was seen in Liti and Melissochori, the municipality said. “The appearance of a bear near residential areas may be related to the animal’s …
“The Corfiot countryside offers an abundance of herbs, wild greens, flowers and tender shoots in the springtime. Lamb and goat are well raised and well fed. Cooked together, they make the traditional Corfiot tsilihourda,” says chef Aristotelis Megoulas, a native of the Ionian island. “There is no single recipe, but variations from one part of …
Classic lamb fricassee Springtime greens, rich egg-lemon sauce and meat tender enough to cut with your fork: this is what fricassee is all about in Greece. Lettuce, chard, sorrel and other legumes come together with all sorts of herbs to create the ultimate springtime and Easter stovetop dish. Chef: Asterios Koustoudis Prep: 1 hour Cooking: …
Low productivity remains an obstacle to the further convergence of the Greek economy with the most developed economies of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), while the large investment gap, low innovation and the slow adoption of advanced technologies by businesses continue to limit the dynamics of growth, according to an OECD report …
Chef: Aristotelis Megoulas Prep: 30’ Cooking: 4 hours Ingredients (serves 6) • 2 kg lamb (leg and shoulder), bone-in, cut into portion pieces • 1 lamb pluck , 700-800 g • 6 medium onions, finely diced • Cloves from 1 head of garlic, peeled and left whole • 2 bay leaves • 2 allspice berries, lightly crushed • 10 peppercorns, lightly …
Police in Crete have arrested a 68-year-old man after they found undeclared weapons in his suitcase and then at his home in Hania. He is facing charges of importing and transporting weapons into the country. The man was stopped for a random check at Hania Airport on April 8, during which customs officers found eight …
A 19-year-old man who was hospitalized early this week after being diagnosed with meningitis has been extubated and spoke with his doctors, the head of the Panhellenic Federation of Public Hospital Employees (POEDIN), Michalis Giannakos, said on Friday. Giannakos said the patient, a veterinary student at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, will remain in the …
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis talks to residents of the Athens Nursing Home on April 9. [Prime Minister’s Press Office] Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis departed for Hania on Thursday, carrying with him briefing files on the rule of law, rising prices and the farm subsidies case, as the government prepares its post-Easter strategy. The trip to …