IN recent weeks the city has been quiet. It is a time of hard work for many and a time of assessment for others. Most people seem to be suffering from mild depression, to be expected after a year of horrendous events and in the face of the tragic situation in Cyprus.
The acquisition of Cyprus by Venice in 1489 was an empty triumph commercially — and commerce was the only thing that Venice ever considered. It was not Venetian rapacity alone, however, that laid Cyprus desolate, but the loss of its economically strategic position.
It was the worst of times. They arrived under the cloak of darkness and at
Metternich in the early nineteenth century contemptuously described Italy as ‘a mere geographic expression.’ So much the worse for him! The highly political mind frequently ignores the vital forces of history in which geography plays a greater role than alliances and treaties.
WE wish to bring to the attention of our readers a new service being offered by the Public Power Corporation (DEI): cheaper electrical rates between the hours of 11 p.m. and 7 a.m.
MANY in Athens will regret the departure on July 17 of the British Ambassador, Sir Robin Hooper KCMG DSO DFC and his charming wife, Constance.
Understandably, the foreign resident in Greece seems to have little idea of the various social welfare organizations in Greece. Besides the communication / language difficulties, the Greek social welfare organizations are modest in their approach to the public, avoiding the sometimes aggressive tactics of their counterparts elsewhere in the world.
Those who have been losing sleep lately in the occasional but eerie quiet caused by a lull in construction around town may now take heart. Substruction is about to begin!
When Mayor Skilitsis began to clean up Piraeus some years ago, there were those who complained that the atmosphere of the town would be ruined. It can now be stated, after several years of his administration, that the results are on the whole pleasant.
There recently took place in Eretria a curious spectacle which should be of interest to
