Virtue

The calamity in Spain is yet another signal of the imperative need to rebuild and adequately equip Greece's civil defense mechanism. Significant steps have certainly been made in recent years, but the truth is that the threat is constant and the ability to neutralize it is way beyond any one country, for that matter.

The creation of the Municipal Cleanliness Police to monitor the daily schedule for the collection of waste and the cleaning of the city was announced by local authorities on Monday.

Speaking to Athens 9.84 radio, Deputy Mayor for Cleanliness and Recycling of the Municipality of Athens Roxani Bei stressed that the role of the police will not be to collect fines, but advisory.

"This requires awareness, a great deal of reason, and the concerted efforts of the international community to seek peaceful solutions based on international law. I expressed a position similar to His Holiness, emphasizing that it is time for reason to prevail. We must prioritize diplomacy because we've seen that peace cannot be achieved through economic and military means alone.

For more than a year - which is the amount of time that Turkey has abstained from aggressive actions in the air and the Aegean Sea - two things have become apparent: The first is that Turkey does not back down from its long-standing claims, nor does it miss an opportunity to proclaim them. 

Today, under Ibrahim Shaheen’s guidance, the practice endures in a modern echo of ancestral wisdom

"A smile and a wave work the same in every neighborhood. If you want to renew your faith in humanity and you want to renew your faith in the country, walk across it and put yourself dependent on the kindness of strangers."

Lazarus Lake

'We will need a few more days,' the airline's CEO said, asking customers for 'patience and understanding'

He believes he could probably do it, but he won’t – People need to die for society to progress

"I don't think this wound ever heals. Some people came to me and said, 'you will forgive' and I replied, 'The priests forgive, God forgives, I don't'."

The Washington Oxi Day Foundation has established new global awards to "celebrate everyday acts of courage by unsung heroes across the globe."

Titled "It Takes Courage," the new awards build on the Oxi Courage Award that the foundation established in 2011.