News archive of February 2018

The leader of the Israeli Defense Forces, Lieutenant General Gadi Eisenkot (left), is seen during an official visit to the Defense Ministry near Athens on Wednesday where he met with the chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff (GEETHA), Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis (right).

The prime minister of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Zoran Zaev, said in an interview published on Wednesday in the Financial Times that he is optimistic a solution to the name dispute with Greece will be reached soon, but reiterated that his country cannot accept the demand by Athens to change its constitution.

German artists Erol Sarp, a trained jazz pianist, and Lucas Vogel, a technician who constructs synthesizers, create a sound that combines classical composition with modern, experimental production and sound design.

The Acropolis Museum presents "Eleusis: The Great Mysteries," an exhibition in a space designed to resemble the ancient sanctuary's Telesterion and presenting the most important artifacts brought to light by excavations in modern-day Elefsina, as well as finds from the Eleusinion temple in the Athens Agora and along the Sacred Way.

Greece's Foundation for Research and Technology is poised to launch the country's first Astrophysics Institute, in cooperation with the University of Crete, which aims to become an international hub of research and innovation in the field.

An animal rights group in Lavrio, southeastern Attica, is offering a 1,000-euro reward for information that will lead to the person that fatally shot three puppies at the weekend.

According to reports, the three puppies were shot in an area near the ancient theater of Thorikos.

Killing or torturing an animal is a criminal offense.

Summer bookings to Greece by German holidaymakers were 40 percent higher than a year ago by the end of January, helping the country overtake the Balearic islands as Germans' most popular holiday destination, Doerte Nordbeck, head of Travel & Logistics Germany at German market researcher GfK, told journalists at a news conference on Wednesday, ahead of the world's biggest travel fair in Berl

Navine G. Khan-Dossos's solo show, "Shoot the Women First," on display at The Breeder through March 10, reflects on the role of women, as regarded by society, as both perpetrators and victims of violence, questioning what it means to be both a menace and a target.

It's not hard to see where all the hate in Greek society comes from. It is, however, hard to see where it will lead. Certainly not anywhere good, unless some very determined and enlightened leaders appear in the future and squeeze the genie back into the bottle.

An expert advisory council said the Croatian government should allow the WWII fascist salute ‘Za dom spremni’, which has caused repeated controversy, to be used “in exceptional situations” under strict conditions.