Gifts, Gadgets and Greece: Inside a Huawei Lobbying Campaign
Leaked internal messages detail efforts by the Chinese tech giant to court Greek officials and fight an American-led effort against its technology.
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‘Enough is enough’: US looted treasures unit faces accusations over credit
Exclusive: archaeologist Christos Tsirogiannis accuses Manhattan DA’s office of abusing intellectual propertySince 2017, when the Manhattan district attorney’s office announced the formation of its first antiquities trafficking unit, it has recovered n…
Political outsider Stefanos Kasselakis wins race to lead Greece’s Syriza
Centre-left entrepreneur wins 56.69% of vote in stunning and unprecedented rise ‘from nowhere’Stefanos Kasselakis, an outsider with no previous experience of politics in Greece, has emerged the victor of an electric race to lead the leftwing Syriza, th…
Quest for new leader of Greek opposition Syriza intensifies as runoff begins
Newcomer Stefanos Kasselakis beat former minister Efi Achtsioglou in first round of vote to become new head of leftwing partyStefanos Kasselakis: the political outsider hoping to revive the Greek leftThe unexpectedly electric quest to elect a new leade…
Global heating made Greece and Libya floods more likely, study says
Report says climate change made rainfall heavier but human factors turned extreme weather into humanitarian disasterCarbon pollution led to heavier rains and stronger floods in Greece and Libya this month but other human factors were responsible for “t…
How Do We Feel About Global Warming? It’s Called Eco-Anxiety.
After a summer of intense heat, raging fires and catastrophic floods, a term for pervading dread about climate change and other environmental crises is having its moment.
Weather tracker: Libya floods caused by Storm Daniel ‘medicane’
Country hit by record rainfall that followed Mediterranean storm with similarities to tropical cycloneAfter battering Greece last week, Storm Daniel caused further devastating floods, this time affecting Libya. As the storm moved across the Sahara, it …
Charges brought against Greek ferry crew over death of passenger pushed into sea
One crewmember accused of homicide with possible intent and two more with complicity over drowning of Antonis KargiotisA Greek prosecutor has brought criminal charges against an island ferry captain and three of his crew over the death of a passenger w…
Crew radio leak increases outrage over Greek ferry passenger pushed into sea
Recordings of conversations appear to reveal racist attitudes among crew in connection with death of Antonis KaryotisOutrage over the drowning of a passenger who was pushed from the ramp of a Greek ferry has mounted after leaked recordings of radio con…
Greek PM under attack over handling of Storm Daniel disaster response
Kyriakos Mitsotakis faces biggest crisis yet as residents ask where money for ‘immediate’ flood relief has goneThe Greek prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, is facing his biggest crisis yet as – less than a week after rainstorms left vast tracts of th…