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Xenia Kounalaki, a journalist, columnist, and foreign editor at Kathimerini, joins Thanos Davelis for a deep dive into the revelations in Angela Merkel's recently released memoirs, including her handling of the Greek financial crisis and the migration crisis, her encounters with Greece's leaders, and more.

Conservationists are facing a setback after an endangered white scavenger vulture named Ionas disappeared during his first migratory journey.

Since 2011 Greece's population has gradually been shrinking and getting older, and all the numbers show that this is a trend that will continue into the future.

Warner Bros.' "The Flash" sprinted to the top of North American box offices in its opening weekend, in a Friday-to-Sunday run dominated by spin-offs and sequels.

But the live-action take on the DC Comics superhero only brought in $55.1 million, according to figures released Sunday by Exhibitor Relations - earnings that analysts said were "far below estimates" for its debut.

Turkey's President Erdogan recently secured his reelection, but he now has to find a way to avoid what appears to be an imminent financial crisis.

Tom Ellis, the editor in chief of Kathimerini's English Edition, joins Thanos with the latest analysis from Athens ahead of this second round of elections on June 25th, as we look into the latest polls, the likelihood that Kyriakos Mitsotakis will be able to form a single-party government, and what the opposition will look like as PASOK and SYRIZA battle for dominance of Greece's center left.

Constanitnos Filis, the director of the Institute of Global Affairs and an associate professor at the American College of Greece, joins Thanos Davelis to look at what Erdogan's re-election and his new cabinet mean for Greek-Turkish relations, and spell out what it would take for any potential talks between Athens and Ankara following Greece's elections this month to be successful.

Greece's political parties are embarking once again on the campaign trail, deploying a more surgical approach and with their attention turning to specific constituencies.

Ruling New Democracy is expected to focus on northern Greece, where nationalist Greek Solution and the religious-nationalist Niki parties have been flying high.

Rep McCaul, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told Politico this week that he is generally open to selling F-16s to Turkey, even if President Erdogan is reelected on Sunday.

A 40-year-old herpetologist is in intensive care in hospital after being bitten by a viper in a Thessaloniki school.

The incident happened on Friday evening when the volunteer herpetologist - a zoologist who studies reptiles and amphibians - was called to the school to trap a viper spotted by a teacher.