Defense Ministry to bring €5 bln procurement package to Parliament
POLITICS

The Defense Ministry is expected to present Monday several major military procurement programs costing €5 billion in total.

Athens rebuts Turkey’s Patriot claims

US Rep Chris Pappas slams Turkey’s F-16 deployment to occupied Cyprus as ‘unacceptable and illegal’

Long and arduous house buys
REAL ESTATE

Bureaucracy remains a mountain to climb in real estate transfers. Despite efforts in recent years to reduce the time required, this has not been possible.



Main suspect in Thessaloniki stabbing surrenders to police
NEWS

The main suspect in the fatal stabbing of a 20-year-old man in Kalamaria, Thessaloniki, has turned himself in to police.

Retired Polish tourist on Crete charged with espionage
FOREIGN AFFAIRS

A prosecutor on the southern island of Crete on Friday brought espionage charges against a retired Polish man suspected of photographing a major naval base there and forwarding the material to an associate in Poland.

Gov’t publishes rules and fines to tackle market profiteering
ECONOMY

The government has published ministerial decisions detailing how authorities will enforce new measures aimed at curbing profiteering in the market, including fines of up to €5 million and monitoring of 63 categories of essential goods.



ANALYSIS

Cyprus’ effective management – both at the operational and diplomatic levels – of the drone attacks from Hezbollah, has upgraded it strategically.

The quiet revival of Dragatsaniou street in Athens
GOING OUT

New bakeries, restaurants and creative spaces are bringing fresh life to a once-forgotten downtown street near Klafthmonos Square.

Traditional Greek bean soup (fasolada)
COOKING

Fasolada appears in many variations across Greece, but it is particularly beloved in its most traditional form, with carrot, celery, onion and olive oil.

Veganism in Greece: What’s it really like during ‘nistia’?
FOOD

As Lent approaches, we explore Greece’s surprisingly rich plant-based cuisine – and what it’s really like going animal-product free for 40 days.

‘Bobota’ cake with raisins and orange
FOOD

A rustic, nourishing cornmeal bread known as “bobota” – once called the “bread of the poor” during the wartime occupation years – is reborn here in a gently sweet version studded with raisins and scented with fresh orange.