History of North Africa

The Minister of Youth and Sports, Eduard Novak, stated in his New Year's message that he intends to make a "significant contribution to the entire world of sports" during his mandate. ''Dear colleagues, collaborators and friends, we are close to entering a new year, a time when we make reports, but also plans for the future.

Greek society is wondering when the disgraceful destruction that is wrought inside the country's universities every time we commemorate some anniversary or other will finally come to an end.

Police are seeking to identify the vandals that went on a spree on Saturday morning, destroying electronic ticket machines at the electric railway station (ISAP) in Perissos, northern Athens.

According to authorities, the vandals entered the station at around 4 a.m. and smashed the machines before fleeing.

The recent destruction of historical monuments in the center of the Greek capital gives rise to feelings of sadness and anger.

Erospolis interviews a mysterious stranger who talks about the 'operating model' for successful raids and the makings of a true vandal "Ah, the youth today," said the old man with the weather-beaten face and weary eyes, reading a Hürriyet Daily News and speaking some implacable accent of English. "They think that they can do anything without having to work on it.