When we can’t even afford to rent or buy somewhere to live, we have to ask: did we give the financial sector too much power?Leilani Farha is the former UN special rapporteur on adequate housingIn the summer of 2021, I visited a...
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Read MorePassenger Ljubisa Karović was nearly sucked out of his seat when Boeing 737-800’s window blew out on flight from GreeceFor nervous flyers, it sounds like the stuff of nightmares; for most, only contemplated in an action movie....
Read MoreHis church thinks electric guitars are the devil’s work. But Father Tabakis is on a mission to change that – with Paradise Metal, a religious dubstep album that outdid Daft Punk and Aphex Twin‘The guitar was made by God,” says...
Read MoreSet to be this year’s biggest blockbuster, The Odyssey’s cast has been selected to ‘represent the world’. Fair enough – except that one key country seems to have gone completely unrepresented …There are the American accents,...
Read MoreStudies show one in two Greeks will not go on holiday this year as average salary remains lowFrom a booth facing the ferries moored at Piraeus, Tassos Papadopoulos cuts tickets for passengers heading to the isles of the Saronic...
Read MoreWork that made its creator a superstar then mysteriously disappeared is mesmerising art lovers once moreIt was commissioned by a Greek king, made its creator a superstar and in his native Denmark attracted crowds like no other...
Read MoreMPs vote to give leave to bring in private members’ bill on PR but it will have no practical effectLord Robertson, the former Labour defence secretary and former Nato secretary who is leading the government’s strategic defence...
Read MoreAndrew RT Davies narrowly won a confidence vote but is stepping down, saying his position is ‘untenable’Lord Robertson, the former Labour defence secretary and former Nato secretary who is leading the government’s strategic...
Read MoreGreek Cypriot Costa Koushiappis to be removed from UK even though his application is pending with Home OfficeAn EU citizen caught up in a Home Office backlog of applications for post-Brexit residency status is to be deported by...
Read MoreGreek Cypriot Costa Koushiappis told he will be deported even though his application is pending with the Home OfficeAn EU citizen caught up in a Home Office backlog of applications for post-Brexit residency status is set to be...
Read MoreInitial investigation says there were no injuries to suggest a crime after body discovered on Greek island of SymiAn initial inquest has determined that the TV presenter Michael Mosley, whose body was found on the Greek island...
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