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Holiday Stroll | Athens | December 31
The voluntary group Full Moon Hikes invites walkers on a holiday stroll in the heart of Athens to sing traditional New Year's carols. The walk will start at the War Museum at noon, take in the National Garden, the house of the Greek poet Kostis Palamas, and into the scenic neighborhood of Anafiotika.
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On ‘noble’and ‘rude’ souls
My friend and Kathimerini commentator Takis Theodoropoulos has a point when he writes that "there is no racism in Greece, to the extent that the 'noble souls' want to present it." Things are, in fact, even worse, if we look at the big picture.
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Completion of cadastre set back to 2024
The completion of the national cadastre has been officially postponed until 2024. According to the Environment Ministry, the reason for the delay is not only the coronavirus restrictions, but also the low participation of people in some areas in the effort to digitally register their properties.
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E-Kyklos event to debate Greek economy
The Athens-based E-Kyklos think tank is organizing an online public debate on Wednesday evening titled "The Pandemic and the Strength of the Greek Economy: The Day After," featuring former deputy prime minister Evangelos Venizelos, the chairman and chief executive officer of Mytilineos, Evangelos Mytilineos, Eurobank's CEO Fokion Karavias, the president of the Greek Tourism Confederation, Yiann
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Finance, energy ministers to attend Paris investments forum
Greek Finance Minister Christos Staikouras will be heading to Paris on Tuesday on an official two-day visit to participate in an investment forum and attend an official dinner hosted by French senators in honor of the Greek delegation.
Greece seeks new mining jobs, higher royalties in talks with Eldorado
Greece is in talks with Canada's Eldorado Gold to secure higher royalties from its mining development projects and new jobs, Energy Minister Kostis Hatzidakis said on Monday.
Brussels piles on pressure over Greece-Cyprus-Israel electricity cable
Just when the Greek Energy Minister thought he could take a short August break, after a hectic first 30 days of the Mitsotakis administration, a stern warning from Brussels has exposed the wavering attitude that Athens has chosen by succumbing to pressure from the Chinese-controlled transmission system operator ADMIE over the Attica-Crete subsea electricity cable.
Seal pup fighting for its life at MOm conservation society
As I left the first-aid station of MOm, the Hellenic Society for the Study and Protection of the Monk Seal, in Spata, northeastern Attica, I couldn't help wondering whether seals remember things the same way we do. I had just visited Kostis, a male Monachus monachus pup in the care of the nonprofit organization's vets, biologists and volunteers.
Culture Ministry condemns vandalism of angel sculpture
The Greek Culture Ministry has condemned the destruction of a statue at a public square on Athens's southern coast that religious zealots said symbolized Satan.
Artists react to vandalism of controversial statue on southern Athens coast
The Chamber of Greek Artists on Thursday issued a statement reacting to the destruction of a statue at a public square on Athens's southern coast that religious zealots said symbolized Satan.