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1. Monk Epiphanios’ Athonite fish soup

   This fish soup recipe shared with Gastronomos by a monk on Mount Athos, Epiphanios Pantokratorinos, is rich in ingredients, containing vegetables, rice, and egg-lemon sauce. He always boils the fish with their heads, for the flavorful stock they yield, and garnishes the soup with a sprinkling of spicy chili flakes and fresh dill.

2. Kokkalis quits party he founded

   Petros Kokkalis, secretary of political party “Cosmos,” announced his resignation from the party he founded two years ago.

3. ‘Every time someone looks at a photo, the child is abused again’

   The door, marked “No Access,” is always closed. She sits in front of two computer monitors and the window next to her is fitted with one-way glass, hiding what’s going on inside the small office.

4. Tearing Aristophanes apart, gently

   The first time he saw the play “Peace” by Aristophanes was at Athens’ Herod Atticus Theater in the mid-1980s, in a production directed by the legendary Spyros Evangelatos, inspired by the atmosphere of cabarets. 

5. Ten charged in farm subsidies scandal released conditionally after testimony

   Ten of 17 people from Northern Greece charged with receiving illegal farm subsidies were conditionally released after testifying Monday.

6. Rama to ‘old friend’ Tsipras: get rid of ‘reflexes of the past’

   Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has chided his “old friend” and former colleague, Alexis Tsipras, over a statement released by his new party, Greek Left Coalition (ELAS) regarding the injury inflicted on a Greek citizen during a protest.

7. Beleri: Albania using Kushner as ‘bogeyman’

   European Parliament member Fredi Beleri, who grew up in Albania as a member of the Greek minority, spoke against the tourist development project in that country and said the Albanian government’s decision to go ahead with it is “arbitrary.”

8. Salamina’s lace, reclaimed as a living tradition

   The recognition of Salamina’s kopaneli lace highlights a living tradition shaped by memory, skill and a growing contemporary revival.

9. A skyscraper in Athens

   By what standards do you judge a skyscraper? Aesthetic? Functional? Ideological? The problem with the high-rise going up in the seaside Athens suburb of Elliniko is that it defies any framework of productive evaluation.

10. Heat waves to cost Greek economy up to €13 billion by 2030

    Recurrent heat waves could cost the Greek economy up to €13 billion from now to 2030, Allianz Trade warns in a report.