News archive of August 2024

The nonprofit cultural organization NEON (neon.org.gr) presents its latest group exhibition "Space of Togetherness" at the National Theater Drama School (52 Pireos). Curated by NEON Director Elina Kountouri, the show tackles urgent global issues such as racism, social mobility and migrant rights, examining their impact on daily life.

The American newspaper Wall Street Journal addresses this controversy in an article discussing the documentary “Odysseus Returns”.

It focuses on Makis Metaxas’ quest to prove that Odysseus was a real person who was buried on Kefalonia, possibly the Ithaca described by Homer.

At the end of June, EFKA, the cosolidated social security agency, had delayed issuing 19,166 pensions, mostly to professionals, freelancers and farmers.

The new mayor of Thessaloniki, Stelios Angeloudis, has quietly started his term without fanfare or grand declarations. So far, he has skillfully avoided the common but misguided approach of dismantling the work of his predecessor - an easy trap for those lacking a clear plan and vision.

Indescribable grief has gripped Evia after yet another tragic car accident that claimed the lives of two young people from Eretria, a 20-year-old man and his 20-year-old female passenger.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that the Turkish people "have not, and will not give in to those trying to confine us to shallow waters."

An boat with two passengers was drifting uncontrollably last night, Thursday, August 29, in the sea area of Epanomi, in eastern Thessaloniki.

Rastislav Pucovski held a fistful of soy beans shriveled to the size of peppercorns on his farmland in northern Serbia where the soil, dried to dust by drought, swirled in the wind.

A brief rain shower, the first in over 40 days, offered no relief. The surrounding fields, near the town of Backi Petrovac, remained parched, the corn and soy crops withered.

A multitude of fake images created with artificial intelligence on Elon Musk’s social media platform X, including images of Donald Trump and Kamala Harris in romantic scenarios, have elicited mixed reactions worldwide. Some found these images amusing, while others deemed them in poor taste. However, the majority felt a sense of concern and suspicion.