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Ta Nea’s reporter spent a day in the first supervised drug consumption site,such site created in Athens, Steki 46, observing the daily routine of those using the facility and employees.

With the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the US is taking a huge step backwards. It is returning to a dark past, in which women were placed at the margin of history, as second-class citizens.

The complete lack of protection and solidarity from those near to Thymios Bougas, and the endless torturous bullying that led him to seek isolation, is something that concerns all of Greek society.

A new procedure is required, in order to ascertain whether a politician was enriched by his or her political activity, and whether there have been shady dealings in cash or real estate.

Despite the evolving crises in Europe, there is a common denominator and a mutual understanding between EU member-states in approaching issues of social cohesion and the EU acquis.

Everyone has a duty to implement in a strictly focused manner public health measures to fend off the virus, taking care of ourselves and our fellow-citizens in vulnerable groups.

The results of the 19 June French elections reminded everyone that political extremes – whether the extreme left or the extreme right – are looming.

The new resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic confirms not only that the virus is still with us, but also that it remains a danger to public health and social cohesion.

Pro-Russia sentiment is also strong in Greece, as the public feels closer to the US as regards security, but closer to the Russians when it comes to family values.

In a future characterised by the digital revolution and globalism, Greece’s place and role is to function as a pillar of stability in the broader region.

'In response to the “Blue Homeland”, Greece could lay claim to all of Asia Minor and Constantinople. Is it possible in our day and age for leaders and peoples to think in this manner?'

'They are the supreme symbol of nobility. They are a tribute to democratic philosophy. They are our aspiration and our name. They are the essence of Greekness," Melina Mercouri had declared.

As long as there are ongoing wars and economic crises, and as long as climate change persists, huge inequalities between developed and developing countries will grow.

The results of the first round of parliamentary elections in France remind one both of the significance of the hegemony of the political centre and of the permanent danger of populism.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has understood the strategic impasses created by his country’s energy dependence on Moscow, for which Angela Merkel has not expressed regret.

Aside from the decline of the fertility rate in the native population, one must also factor in the massive emigration flows of workers and university-trained classes.

'It is extremely important that over recent years Thessaloniki has assumed its share of responsibility for actions and omissions of the past...the historical wound created by indifference, complacency and anti-Semitism,' said President Katerina Sakellaropoulou.

Undoubtedly, the Greek economy’s good Q1 performance is based on exports and in part on domestic consumption, which reflects its dynamic and endurance.

The voices of those who want to preserve the status quo in every area should not discourage the government, which from the very beginning made clear its reformist outlook.

The evolving climate crisis, high temperatures, and aridity shape a precarious environment for all of us and ring a strong alarm bell even before the first day of summer.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has turned his attention to moderate voters and is attempting to fashion a technocratic, “rational” image of his government.

Ukraine’s armed forces endured the first attacks and struck Russian forces where they were most vulnerable, fighting to protect their freedom and to gain international solidarity.

All Europeans appear to have realised that aside from being an economic superpower, the EU must also be a military power in order to maintain its current position.

The opposition has an obligation to tone down its rhetoric, just as the government has a duty to bolster the country through alliances and other means in the best way possible.

This case involves the victims of the negligence of the state and of its failure to effectively manage one of the biggest natural disasters in our recent history.

PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ trip to Washington triggered hostile outbursts against him from Ankara, which is attempting to exploit current challenges to its benefit.

Aside from the sorrow, rage, and the global outcry, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has sensitised democracies to the dangers of authoritarianism and revisionism.

The PM and his advisors must rev up their engines and make haste in order to accomplish what they did not have time to do due to successive crises over the last years.

Almost all Republicans in Congress invoke the constitutional right to bear arms in opposing gun control laws, but the gun lobby is one of the Republican Party’s biggest donors.

By turning his country into a regional troublemaker, Erdogan offers Greece the opportunity to highlight the fact that it is fully capable of playing a role as a force for stability.

Historic and well-known cadres are passing the torch to new ones, who will help the PASOK succeed in the future, after a dark decade of floundering for the historic party.

Two recent, shocking cases of heinous murders demonstrate that it is possible to adjudicate cases swiftly, without the outrageous delays to which we have become accustomed.

The PM was persuasive in speaking with Greece’s powerful ally, and six out of ten Greeks, as surveys indicate, laud his handling of his important US visit.