Big win for Aris over AEK in Basket League
Aris produced a stunning performance to beat AEK in the Basket League, in a weekend that was seriously affected by the coronavirus, as three out of the six games scheduled got postponed.
Draw in Athens derby, as Olympiakos scrapes past Aris
Olympiakos beat Aris and maintained its 12-point advantage at the top of the Super League table at the start of the play-offs on Sunday, as PAOK edged out PAS Giannina, while the Athens derby involving Panathinaikos and AEK ended in a draw.
New ‘blood’ at universities
No reform in higher education can succeed unless the chains of nepotism preventing the renewal of teaching staff at the institutions are broken.
Lessons from the war in Ukraine
The crisis in Ukraine can teach us a few lessons. It is very important to successfully “read” your allies and opponents. Sometimes it is harder to do so with your partners.
Mitsotakis-Erdogan: yes to improvement, but without threats, challenges and violations
The messages by both sides following the Mitsotakis-Erdogan meeting in Istanbul are positive. We will find soon whether they reflect reality.
PM to Ecumenical Patriarch: meeting with Erdogan hopefully went well
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed his belief that his meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan went well to Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios when the two met at the Greek Consulate in Istanbul.
Meeting between Mitsotakis and Erdogan concludes
The meeting between Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul on Sunday concluded after approximately an hour and a half.
Cooperation is the key to Europe’s security
The European defense project should be complimentary to NATO, according to Jiri Sedivy, the chief executive of the European Defense Agency (EDA), who tells Kathimerini in an interview that a separate mutual defense clause among European states, like that in NATO’s Article 5, would not be “realistic.”
Energy costs to eat up 12% of Greek GDP
The global shock from the energy rate jump will have such a major impact on the Greek economy that the total cost of energy in Greece will amount to almost 12% of the country’s gross domestic product, some four times higher than just a couple of years earlier, according to Wood & Company.
New Covid-19 cases ease to 11,986
Greek health authorities announced 11,986 new Covid-19 cases and 48 virus-related deaths on Sunday. The National Organization for Public Health (EODY) also stated that there are currently 356 intubated patients being treated in Intensive Care Units.