Editorial principles
AppiSToS aims to provide documented information with practical value. Readers should understand what happened, whom it affects, what applies and what remains uncertain.
Selection and verification
Decisions, measures, deadlines and substantive developments take priority. Announcements are starting points for research, not ready-made articles. A meeting or statement alone is not sufficient grounds for a new story. We seek the original document and distinguish a bill, passage, Gazette publication and commencement.
Sources are named. Allegations are attributed to those making them, political positions to their proponents, and research questions are not presented as findings. Arrest does not mean conviction. A risk map does not prove an incident occurred.
Independent value for readers
Adding a headline or changing words in a press release is insufficient. A story should explain the new development, its conditions and consequences where documented, and the limits of available information. We do not pad text to increase its length. A brief official warning can be useful when it identifies the area, instruction and validity period.
Updates and corrections
Developments are incorporated into the relevant story, with Europe/Athens time and an explanation of what changed. Substantive errors are explicitly marked as corrections. Earlier information is retained as history where needed for understanding, without being presented as current. Send a correction or reply request.
Images, artificial intelligence and advertising
We use AI and automation tools in production. These do not replace sources. AI images carry the caption “Photo AI” on section and article pages. Third-party photographs carry credits. Advertising is labelled and separated from journalism. Commercial promotion is not evidence of a claim’s reliability.