All the Family

So far as such things can be known, the failed coup against President Gorbachev was hatched before the official visit of Mr Mitsotakis to the Soviet Union accompanied by the family members with which he is so abundantly blest.

In Search of a New National Strategy

Addressing a special session of the Academy of Athens held on the tenth anniversary of Greece’s accession to the European Community, senior economist Anghelos Anghelopoulos made a direct appeal to President Karamanlis who was sitting there in front row, centre. He had just been made an honorary member of the Academy.

Pale Safe

By the end of July, most Athenians have aquired a tan-some by swimming and sunbathing and others by just walking in the streets of central Athens. The first-mentioned tan is usually a healthy, brown one.

In the Steps of the Master

Akimbo Akimba, President of the Central African state of Wakanaka, rose from his desk to greet the emissary from the International Monetary Fund who had come to investigate and report on the country’s application for a restructuring of its previous loans and for a further loan to tide it over the next six months.

Climates of Change

Last month’s World Environment Day was dedicated to confronting the problems created by changes in the world’s climate. Athens, ten days later, became a living example of this confrontation.

Cutting Down

Grigoris Grafiokratis was the department head of one of the more important ministries in Athens and for two weeks he had been trying to see the minister with no success.