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These words belong to the U.S. statesman Alexander Hamilton, whose portrait is on the 10-dollar bill: "Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint." 

ToposText, a digital application presenting a comprehensive bibliography of ancient texts on the Hellenic world, has been nominated for a prestigious Digital Humanities Award.

The report from the inspection of the ministries carried out by the interim government will not become public. The extended version of the report was published on Monday but, in fact, it repeats the statement of interim PM Ognyan Gerdzhikov from last week and does not even present a general picture of suspicious practices during the implementation of public procurement orders.

A committee uncovering the fate of hundreds of missing Greek and Turkish Cypriots said Saturday it's examining whether past DNA tests on unearthed remains were incorrect, resulting in individuals being misidentified.

The climate of political and economic uncertainty in Greece has curbed, albeit temporarily, the recovery of the Greek luxury home market, which last year there saw significant activity and an increase in transaction volume after the slump of 2015.

Turkish scientist Assoc. Prof. Huseyin Onay from Ege University's Faculty of Medicine, achieved to decrease the time of DNA profiling test to 34 minutes with a kit he developed, which is normally done in 6 hours. 

The ancient Ionian Greeks off the coast of Asia Minor from the city of Melitus were the first to use stars and their relationship with the earth’s surface to aid them in navigating the globe.

Greek transgender author Anna Kouroupou will talk with host of Ant-1 TV’s late night show “OLA”, Themos Anastasiadis on sex reassignment, prostitution, bullying and gender studies at school. The author opens up about her tough life experiences, including her gang rape, men and the dark path to prostitution. Don’t miss the show a little after midnight on Tuesday on Ant-1 TV.

Popular singer/songwriter Loukianos Kilaidonis, known for the almost naive and upbeat sentiment of his songs, has died, his family announced on Tuesday.

The 74-year-old composer, songwriter and singer passed away in an Athens hospital in the early hours of Tuesday from a respiratory infection.

Sunny skies and gentle breezes on Monday gave way to gale-force winds, prompting a ferry sailing ban on the Ionian island of Corfu, as the Hellenic National Meteorological Service (HNMS) warned of heavy rain and storms ahead.