Ithaca

Man accused of beating wife's ‘ex-lover’ to death

A 54-year-old Greek man faced a prosecutor on Monday charged with the fatal beating of a 40-year-old foreign national on the Ionian island of Ithaki on Saturday.

The alleged perpetrator's 42-year-old wife, who was present at the time of the beating, notified police after finding the 40-year-old dead in a hotel room on Sunday.

A Greek operetta

Greece's mainstream parties adopted the universal language of poetry as they locked horns ahead of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras's triumphant declaration on Ithaca, the island home of the Homeric hero Odysseus, marking the country's formal exit from the bailout programs. 

PM shows his true colors

Alexis Tsipras managed to outdo himself and at the same time showed his true colors Tuesday. There is no contradiction here: Greece's leftist leader grabbed the opportunity offered by the country's formal exit from the bailout programs in order to push his divisive narrative even further.

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