News archive of September 2018

Former defense minister Yiannos Papantoniou and his wife Stavroula Kourakou were yesterday given until October 22 to prepare their depositions to a corruption prosecutor for money-laundering.

With the prospect of snap elections seeming increasingly likely, the government is seeking a majority on two fronts: one to secure backing for the so-called Prespes name deal, assuming it is approved in a referendum in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on Sunday, and another in the event that the junior coalition partner quits the government over the deal and conservative New Democracy

It would be a grave mistake to ignore the sense of insecurity that has gripped large swaths of public opinion.

Many of our fellow citizens live or work in neighborhoods that have changed dramatically and live under the shadow of the constant threat of violence and criminality. This is not about a virtual reality created by the media but about the daily lives of people.

The campaign of the European People's Party for the European Parliament elections next May will kick off in Athens where the EPP's youth arm is to hold a meeting from November 1 to 4, just before a critical summit in Helsinki which will focus on the replacement of the European Commission leader, Kathimerini has learned.

The case of Greece's former statistics agency chief Andreas Georgiou will go to the Council of Appeals for a third time over accusations he falsified budget data to justify Greece's first international bailout.

The former chief of ELSTAT has already been cleared twice in judgments by the Council of Appeals Court Judges.

The president of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is criticizing top US and EU officials for backing a referendum on changing his country's name.

President Gjorge Ivanov urged his compatriots not to vote on Sunday, calling the name change a "noose" and a "flagrant violation of sovereignty."

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) on Thursday urged the citizens of the Balkan country to take part in Sunday's referendum and approve a name change deal reached with neighboring Greece in June that will unlock membership of the EU and NATO.
    

Accompanied by singers Alkinoos Ioannidis and Dimitra Selemidou, the Greek National Opera orchestra and choir present Manos Hadjidakis's emblematic "Gioconda's Smile" and "Magnus Eroticus" song cycles in a tribute to the celebrated Greek composer at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) on September 28, 29 and 30. Shows start at 8 p.m.

Kosovo police arrested MP Shkumbin Demaliaj for allegedly intimidating prosecutor Elez Blakaj, who resigned after saying he received threats while investigating fraud in the verification of Kosovo Liberation Army war veterans.

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) is screening Sidney Lumet's celebrated 1974 adaptation of Agatha Christies's "Murder on the Orient Express," featuring an all-star cast including Albert Finney as the indomitable sleuth Hercule Poirot, Lauren Bacall, Sean Connery, John Gielgud, Vanessa Redgrave and Ingrid Bergman, who won her third Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress