PATRAS: Greek elections have a reputation of being raucous affairs, with loud arguments at taverns or street protests — but the vibe is muted ahead of Sunday’s polls, as voters doubt the main parties’ ability to lift their economic woes. Outgoing conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of New Democracy and his Syriza party rival, leftist…
There were scuffles among jail inmates earlier too but the level of indiscipline has increased now leading to fatal attacks, primarily because of incompetent officers, untrained personnel and government apathy, a former official said on Friday, after two gangsters were killed inside the Tihar jail. “The current state of affairs shows the (prison) management is…
Top of the weekend to you all. One of Australia’s most significant events of 2023 has finally arrived, and to everyone in Brisbane for the NRL’s Magic Round – play hard but fair. There’s also the not insignificant matter of us officially gaining a new head of state. I know, I know – these things…
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On the high street in Stafford, which has become firmly Conservative “blue wall” territory in recent years, there was very little consensus among voters about who they were backing in Thursday’s local elections. All 40 seats on Stafford borough council are up for grabs, and Labour is hoping a combination of anger over national political…
