Merkel, who played a pivotal role from 2011 when Greece entered its first bailout program until her retirement in 2021, shared critical moments and decisions in a packed hall at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.
Italy and Greece Plan Joint Cultural Initiatives
The ruling, which cannot be appealed, was welcomed by Greece’s center-right government. It reduces the number of MPs in the 300-seat Hellenic Parliament to 297 and lowers the threshold for an absolute majority from 151 to 149 votes. The decision is effective for the remainder of the current parliamentary term, ending in 2027.
Τα Plásmata επιστρέφουν στο Πεδίον του Άρεως, ένα σημείο συνάντησης, ένας τόπος συλλογής επιθυμιών και συμβίωσης για όλες τις «φυλές» της Αθήνας.
Leading Greek filmmakers Yorgos Lanthimos and Costa-Gavras were amongst a group of 350 international actors, directors and producers who have signed an open letter at the Cannes Film Festival condemning the brutal killing by Israeli armed forces of Fatima Hassouna, a young Palestinian photojournalist and protagonist of the acclaimed documentary, “Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk”.
“Athens, whose wider metropolitan area is home to 3.6 million people, narrowly avoided a catastrophic fire—but only just,” the FT article notes, reminding readers of the devastating fire in 2024, when flames reached the Halandri area after passing through Penteli.
