Is Athens going to have a new mayor tomorrow?

Dear reader,

This is our weekly round-up from Greece. 

The first round of the local elections was completed the previous Sunday and it's now followed by the second round this Sunday for those municipalities and peripheries that did not manage yet to elect their representatives. There are interesting political observations to be made so far.

“Twenty flights from Athens will carry some 5,000 Israeli reservists to their home country to join the armed forces” - “A Greek warship is reportedly being deployed to the Eastern Mediterranean – it’s likely to be stationed off the Israel-Lebanon border”: We take a look how Greece is affected by the conflict at Gaza.

Finally, two big hospitals have ceased surgeries due to a lack of anesthesiologists. No one can be sure when and if they will resume.