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MIKE MCINTIRE
Across the country, openly carrying a gun in public is no longer just an exercise in self-defense — increasingly it is a soapbox for elevating one’s voice and, just as often, quieting someone else’s.
State-run child protection institutions and the corresponding units in the private sector in Greece are characterized by the lack of a uniform framework and minimum national standards for staffing, operation and provision of care, according to research conducted by the National Center for Social Research (EKKE) on child protection institutions in Greece between July 2020 and May 2021.
Greece’s Navy on Saturday issued a new navigational telex (Navtex) expanding the area of seismic surveys for hydrocarbon deposits off the coast of Crete.
Finance Minister Christos Staikouras has asked banks to consider the Spanish model for helping financially weaker borrowers who have mortgage debts and have been hit by rising interest rates.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the establishment of 18 operation offices that focus on handling incidents of domestic violence offers victims the opportunity to speak up about their abuse.
For the fifth consecutive year, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) on the southern coast of Athens will be putting on its Christmas lights display and opening its ice rink on December 1.
Nine months since the war in Ukraine began, we are increasingly reading reports of alleged war crimes, including sexual violence against women and girls.
NEWS
The destruction of the ecosystem in the Syngrou Forest in northern Athens has been denounced by local residents, who claim that during ongoing cleaning operations, all low plants – shrubs, herbs etc – have been indiscriminately uprooted, while several turtles have been killed by heavy machinery.
ECONOMY
The next tourism campaign Greece is preparing will focus on the sustainable tourism product, environmental protection, green entrepreneurship and the blue economy, as Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias told the Circle the Med Forum 2022 this week.
SPORTS
Olympiakos slipped up at Maccabi on Tuesday but remained second in the Euroleague, but Panathinaikos edged out Virtus Biologna in overtime at home.
CULTURE
The house of General Napoleon Zervas (1891-1957), leader of the National Republican Greek League, or EDES, a nationalist guerrilla force that fought the Axis occupation of Greece during World War II, has been converted into a museum offering a glimpse into the history of the Greek Resistance.
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