Petros Molyviatis

In a prestigious ceremony, Panagiotis Pikrammenos, former caretaker Prime Minister, ex-Deputy Prime Minister, and former President of the Council of State, will be honored as an Honorary Doctor of the Faculty of Law at the University of Athens.

The news came from the opposite shore of the Aegean, from Ayvalik: the ancestral home of Elias Venezis, a prominent Greek writer of the past century, is on the verge of collapse. Unfortunately, this is not an uncommon occurrence.

In 1984, “Eleni” divided Greece yet again, reigniting civil passions. The book, a product of extensive research and based on hundreds of verified testimonies, tells the true story of Eleni Gatzogianni from Lia, Epirus. Eleni, a simple village woman, became a universal legend due to the immense success of the book written about her tragic fate by her son, Nikos Gatzogiannis.

September 17-21, 1975. Official visit of French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing to Greece (Athens and Thessaloniki). Substantial talks with Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis, in a warm atmosphere. Dinner at the Presidential Palace. Greek civilization and French enlightenment.

Testimony by Deputy Prime Minister Panagiotis Pikrammenos, one of 10 Greek officials implicated (but not incriminated) in the original Novartis investigation, points to political interference in the judicial handling of the probe, reports said Friday.

Following his meeting with the President of the Hellenic Republic, Prokopis Pavlopoulos, European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos met Saturday with caretaker PM Vasiliki Thanou. The Commissioner told the Greek caretaker PM that 33mln Euros would be released within the next week in aid to Greece to deal with the explosive refugee crisis.