Knives

Greek prisons brimming with knives, official tells House

The general secretary for crime policy at the Citizens' Protection Ministry, Sofia Nikolaou, told a special House committee on Thursday that checks conducted at Greek prisons since the conservative government came to power in July have yielded hundreds of knives, makeshift weapons and mobile phones.

Free speech for Olympic athletes

When critics apply their denouncements with a palette knife or fling them on canvas like Jackson Pollock, intellectual rigor is often lost in the swirl and splash. Similarly, when the operational matrix is "ready - fire - aim," insufficient attention gets paid to context. In the compulsion to shoot, accuracy is sacrificed.