A new house of worship for the divine Maria Callas
Before getting involved with the Maria Callas Museum, architect and museologist Erato Koutsoudaki loved classical music but was not much of an opera fan.
Reds’ European misery ends with another home loss
Olympiakos’ miserable run in Europe this year came to a close on Thursday with a 2-0 defeat at home to Nantes for the Europa League.
Disproportionate spending
Independent international observers find that the Greek state’s spending on public education is not resulting in a corresponding level of service.
ATHEX: Global outlook sends local stocks lower
The ominous forecasts by the US Fed and the Bank of England, pointing to a recession in the West and feeding a further cycle of interest rate hikes, weighed heavily on global stocks on Thursday and led to snap losses at most European bourses – including Greece’s after weeks of significant gains.
Ex-soccer star convicted of transphobia over 2017 post
A retired star of Greek soccer has been convicted to a commuted sentence of 10 months in prison and fined 5,000 euros over a transphobic social media post, in which he referred to gender reassignment as an “abomination” and likened trans people to pedophiles.
Greece to tax power firms on windfall profits from higher gas prices
Greece will impose supplementary tax bills on energy firms, its energy minister said on Thursday, after a regulator identified windfall profits stemming from elevated energy prices.
West should not be seeking Russia’s ‘demise’
The Russian-born historian and Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies Sergey Radchenko calls on the West to set limits on the escalation of the war in Ukraine. Speaking to Kathimerini, he describes the danger of a direct confrontation between NATO and Russia as […]
Erdogan’s dismay at Scholz’s stance
Recep Tayyip Erdogan is said to have been dismayed by the stance on Greek-Turkish relations adopted by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz during his recent visit to Athens.
Ministry eyeing trash as alternative electricity source
The Environment Ministry is paving the way for burning trash to produce electricity, with sources pointing to significant interest in such a scheme from the Public Power Corporation, particularly for its plant in Lavrio, southeast Attica.
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