News archive of December 2016

Probably you keep hearing about it all these days, the concept of "post-truth." After a spike in use around Brexit and the election of Donald Trump, the word "post-truth" has been named as Oxford Dictionary's word of the year. 
Actually the term was first used by Serbian-American playwright Steve Tesich. 

Turkey was pulled into a nightmarish situation with the failed July 15 coup attempt. How the coup evolved, why Turkey's well-fed intelligence services could not gather information, take adequate measures and prevent the calamity the country was condemned to still remain a mystery.

A major exhibition of Oliver Ressler's works dating from 2004-2016, "Who Throws Whom Overboard?" has recently opened at SALT Galata. 

The laciest, if not raciest, catwalk event of the year - the Victoria's Secret fashion show - took place on Nov. 30 in Paris. Among the takeaways: Performances by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars, sisters Bella and Gigi Hadid joining forces, as well as a $3 million fantasy bra modelled by Jasmine Tookes. 

OFI beat Panathinaikos and is threatening it with elimination from the Cup, while another second-division team, Anagennisi Karditsas held AEK to a draw in a midweek set of group stage games that had plenty of upsets.

Greek shipowners returned to the buying market in October as they acquired a total of 26 vessels, against seven in September and 10 in October 2015, data by Golden Destiny shipbrokers showed.

Had tourists' average per capita expenditure in Greece in July and August been on a par with that at rival destinations, the country's tourism revenues would not have posted a decline, according to a survey presented on Thursday by the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE).

Following the departure of Italian manager Andrea Stramaccioni earlier on Thursday, Panathinaikos announced the hiring of Marinos Ouzounidis as its new coach.

The Athens club stated the 48-year-old manager has signed a contract for a year-and-a-half, i.e. until the end of next season.

The gap between the political parties of New Democracy and Syriza is widening according to an opinion poll conducted by the University of Macedonia on behalf of Skai TV.

In the new survey, the opposition party is leading the governing party by 16 points, with 32% to 16% respectively.

The closing auctions added to the losses sustained by Greek stocks earlier in the day on Thursday, as December started with a notable decline for most blue chips.