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More than 240 unaccompanied children offered medical help in Jan-March
Doctors of the World and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) offered medical treatment to more than 240 unaccompanied refugee children in Greece in the first three months of the year, they said on Monday.
Athens Metro closed on Monday due to 24h strike
The Association of Athens metro employees (SELMA) have declared a 24-hour strike on Monday, 14 May.
Thursday’s EWG to open talks process on Greece’s completion of fiscal programme
BRUSSELS (ANA/Ch. Vasilaki) – The countdown of talks leading to Greece’s completion of its fiscal adjustment programme will begin at a Euroworking Group (EWG) meeting on Thursday.
Police force of 200 officers to patrol centre of Athens, Alternate Citizen Protection Minister says
A force of 200 police officers will be deployed to patrol the centre of Athens and intervene where needed to avoid incidents, Alternate Citizen Protection Minister Nikos Toskas said on Friday in an interview with private ANT1 TV.
Weather not an ally as Attica municipalities plan ‘koulouma’ festivities on Clean Monday
Several municipalities in Attica are planning events to celebrate the end of carnival and the Clean Monday holiday marking the start of Lent, though the weather is forecast to put a damper on festivities and the traditional kite-flying on the day.
Bomb explosion at Appeals Court in Athens; no injuries
A powerful bomb explosion was reported at 03:25 on Friday outside the Appeals Court in Athens.
‘Georgios Averoff’ sets sail from Thessaloniki, returning to Athens
The historic Hellenic Navy battleship “Georgios Averoff” on Tuesday set sail from the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki after a stay of two months, beginning its long journey back to Athens and its usual berth at the Trocadero quay, in the Floisvos Marina.
The U.S., China, and the Real “Thucydides’ Trap”: A Distorted Compass
By ILIAS KOUSKOUVELIS Predicting the future is a very hazardous exercise in the social sciences field. Yet, often, academics, under the pressure of the moment, wander into uncharted waters. Their navigation then depends on their theoretical compass. The discussion about the possibility of a conflict between a leading world power and a rising one, presently […]
“Revolutionary Self-Defence” urban guerrilla group behind the attack at PASOK ‘s offices
The “Revolutionary Self-Defence” urban guerrilla group was behind the attack on the headquarters of the PASOK party in central Athens, as confirmed by the findings of a ballistic investigation released on Tuesday.
Cyprus conference in Switzerland was not a failure, says Foreign Minister Kotzias
The Cyprus issue did not end in Switzerland and the conference in Crans-Montana as not a failure, Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said in an interview with private TV channel ANT1 on Tuesday.