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‘Best in the class’: Greek man in his 80s starts night school after life of toil

Vasillis Panayiotaropoulos always had a thirst for knowledge – but had to leave education behind aged 12 to help his father in the fields. “Everything I learn is interesting,” says Vasillis ...

World - The Guardian - 2 days ago

Greek anti-terror squad investigates big blast that killed a man in an Athens apartment

Greece’s anti-terrorist squad is investigating a strong explosion that wrecked an Athens apartment, killing one man and severely injuring a woman

World - ABC News - October 31

UK police to investigate treatment of England fans

Local police in Athens are said to have used riot shields and tear gas to control England fans before the Nations League fixture with Greece.

Greeks go on general strike demanding higher pay

Ships docked at Greek ports, and railway and bus services were disrupted on Wednesday as workers joined a nationwide strike to demand higher pay.

The myth of the ‘working class' voter

The 2024 presidential race is focusing on the working-class voters, but the government's Current Population Survey data shows that the definition of this group is complex and often contradictory, ...

Politics - The Hill - November 4

Why encouraging cruise ships to dock at Amorgos would be a Greek tragedy

A policy of restricting huge liners visiting popular Cyclades islands could have the unintended consequence of diverting mass tourism towards quieter islands. Imagine the perfect Greek island, a ...

World - The Guardian - November 7

Former Greek opposition leader Kasselakis departs left-wing Syriza

Stefanos Kasselakis, a businessman who burst into Greek politics over a year ago, says he's leaving left-wing Syriza, the country’s main opposition party he had led, and forming his own

World - ABC News - November 9

Vardis Vardinoyannis, Greek business magnate and Kennedy family friend, dies at 90

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World - ABC News - November 12

Greek and Turkish coast guards aim to boost cooperation against migrant smuggling

Senior Greek and Turkish coast guard officials have agreed to boost cooperation in restricting one of the main illegal migration routes into Europe

World - ABC News - November 13

Vardis Vardinoyannis, Greek Tycoon With Ties to the Kennedys, Dies at 90

He built his family’s oil-refining operation into one of the largest companies in the country, and then used his wealth to benefit charitable causes.

Business - The New York Times - November 13

Yiannis Boutaris, Vintner, Animal Defender and Greek Mayor, Dies at 82

A colorful figure in Thessaloniki, he tried to reconcile the city’s painful history with its Turkish and Jewish communities, and he extended a hand to his country’s foes.

World - The New York Times - November 16

Former Greek PM expelled from ruling New Democracy party

Hardline nationalist Antonis Samaras ousted over persistent criticism of government policies. Former Greek prime minister and lawmaker Antonis Samaras was expelled from the ruling New Democracy ...

World - The Guardian - November 16

Former Greek premier Samaras is expelled from the ruling conservative party

Former Greek Prime Minister and lawmaker Antonis Samaras has been expelled from the ruling New Democracy party over his persistent criticism of government policies

World - ABC News - November 16

Greek police say they have seized explosives and weapons in an Athens apartment building

Greek police say they have seized explosives and weapons in a search of a storage area in an apartment building in Athens

World - ABC News - 6 days ago

It’s This Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World

You can’t count him out, sadly.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 6

Is This the End of the White Working-Class Democrat?

Democrats hoped to lose by less in blue-collar areas that had drifted toward Donald Trump. In many places, they may have lost by more.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 18

Jon Jones agrees to anger management classes

Jon Jones has agreed to attend four hours of anger management classes to resolve a pair of misdemeanor charges stemming from a drug test at his New Mexico home.

Sports - ESPN - October 29

Rapidly rising rents squeeze millions in the middle class

Four in 10 middle-class renters pay 30% or more of their incomes toward housing each month, NBC News analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data shows.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard - Best Class To Pick For The Campaign

Dragon Age: The Veilguard pits you against countless foes, all eager to bring doom on the lands of Thedas. Thankfully, you have a lot of tricks up your sleeve, since you get to choose from three ...

Tech - GameSpot - October 31

Hapag-Lloyd christens Hamburg Express class flagship

World - Yahoo News - November 5

LSU, UNC, Stanford lead the early top-10 recruiting class rankings

The early signing period for the class of 2025 opens on Nov. 13, with Kim Mulkey's LSU leading the way.

Sports - ESPN - November 8

Yale introduces class on Beyoncé's political and cultural impact

Yale University is getting in formation with a course dedicated to studying Beyoncé.

Yale class to examine Beyoncé's political, cultural impact

Yale University is offering a full course dedicated to Beyoncé and her impact on politics and culture, following a trend among schools that are carving out credits to study specific pop stars. The ...

Politics - The Hill - November 12

Bernie Sanders Is Wrong That Democrats Abandoned the Working Class

The party’s record is clear and strong.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 12

The 12 best women's basketball recruits, regardless of class

With the early signing window open, these players project favorably from high school to college to the pros.

Sports - ESPN - November 14

Greek leaders tell German president a WWII reparations claim is very much alive

Greek leaders have revived a long-standing demand for war reparations stemming from Nazi Germany’s World War II occupation of Greece, during a visit by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier

World - ABC News - October 30

Greek police say fatal Athens apartment blast was likely caused by improvised bomb

Greek police say that an explosion in an Athens apartment that killed a man and severely wounded a woman appears to have been caused by an improvised bomb

World - ABC News - November 1

Eighty years after thousands of Greek Jews were murdered, Thessaloniki’s Holocaust museum is finally set to open

Germany is among donors committing millions to the long-awaited project, to be completed in 2026, which will tell story of those who perished. Few places are more representative of the horrors that ...

World - The Guardian - November 3

Albania aims to join the European Union by 2030, prime minister tells expatriates in Greek city

Albania hopes to join the European Union by 2030, Prime Minister Edi Rama has told an enthusiastic crowd of some 2,000 supporters gathered at a hotel in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki

World - ABC News - November 3

Greek police arrest third suspect over bombing as minister warns of new generation of extremists

Greek police have arrested a third suspect in connection with an explosion in central Athens last week that authorities have blamed on an alleged aspiring domestic extremist group

World - ABC News - November 4

Greek police seize large cache of explosives and arrest 5 in organized crime crackdown

Police in Greece have seized large quantities of explosives and firearms following multiple raids in Athens to dismantle an criminal weapons distribution network

World - ABC News - November 5

Yiannis Boutaris, winemaker and maverick former mayor of the Greek city of Thessaloniki, has died

Yiannis Boutaris was a winemaker who served two terms as mayor of Thessaloniki, Greece’s second largest city, and shook up its conservative image

World - ABC News - November 10

Greek workers hold general strike over high cost of living and call for collective wage agreements

Greek public and private sector workers have walked off the job in a 24-hour general strike that is disrupting services across the country, with public transport in the capital suspended for ...

World - ABC News - November 20

A migrant boat sinks near the Greek island of Samos, killing 6 children and 2 adults

Eight people, including six children, have died when a boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of the Greek island of Samos

World - ABC News - 2 days ago

Inflation is down — but the middle class is still feeling financial pressure. Here's why

Economists say there's a strong role for policy in affecting the prices of essential goods for American families.

Business - CNBC - October 29

They're middle class and insured, yet childbirth left them with crippling debt

Some middle-class families with private insurance face a risk of medical debt after childbirth. The group has been left behind by recent health care reforms.

Teen charged in UK dance class stabbings stays silent in court on new poison and terror charges

The teen charged with killing three girls and wounding 10 other people in a stabbing rampage at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class appeared in court to face new charges of possessing a deadly poison ...