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There's a sense of change in this antiauthoritarian neighbourhood, and one that is not always welcome, but it's an undeniably fascinating detour off the tourist trail
Membership of NATO is no guarantee of democracyIt was early September in 1971. My mother had taken me in a taxi to a boutique hotel in a leafy northern Athenian suburb to visit my favourite uncle, her beloved brother. Before we got out the car, she put her arm around me and whispered words of courage in my ear.
'Navalny' is screening at the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival, honoring the legacy of the Russian reform leader who died in prison.
Athens' new mayor will plant 25,000 trees over the next five years to try to cool the sprawling Greek capital, he told AFP.
Athens' new mayor will plant 25,000 trees over the next five years to try to cool the sprawling Greek capital, he told AFP. Scorching summer heatwaves can make the city of tightly-packed concrete office and apartment blocks almost unbearable, with temperatures topping 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit).To make matters worse, nearly a quarter of the trees on the mountains surrounding the capital have been lost to forest fires over the past six years, the mayor said.