Real benefit
Greek ports had been unused for decades. The current geopolitical juncture has highlighted their immense importance and the government is rightly making the most of it.
‘We need to address intolerance’
Lee Bollinger is an accomplished man. President of Columbia University since 2002, he is an expert on legal and constitutional issues involving free speech and a free press, and a member of the Pulitzer Prize Board.
Vertigo
You hear from very powerful people the most flattering words about your country.
European Panorama | Athens | November 24-30
Athens’ oldest film event, the European Cinema Panorama, is coming back for its 35th installment at the Elli and Andorra movie theaters.
Greece mulling various proposals for new corvettes
Italy, France and the Netherlands have put in proposals to supply new corvettes to Greece, which is boosting its armed forces amid tensions with regional rival Turkey, Kathimerini has learned.
Ex-minister accused of corrupting investigations
The trial of a former government official and a prosecutor charged with obstruction of justice in corruption cases continued Tuesday, with a retired prosecutor accusing the minister of trying to direct his investigations to target specific individuals.
Kavala also off the market
After the decision to cancel the tender for Alexandroupoli Port Authority and instead develop its infrastructure through public investments to be undertaken by the main shareholder, the TAIPED asset utilization fund, the government has also decided to proceed with a similar model for the Kavala Port Authority.
Handout to 2.3 million people
In the week before Christmas, approximately 2.3 million pensioners, uninsured elderly and vulnerable households are expected to receive the 250-euro inflation check, as extraordinary financial assistance to citizens most affected by the energy crisis and the dramatic increases in consumer staples.
Mitsotakis, Kerry discuss cooperation against climate change
Greek-US cooperation in facing climate change and achieving the goal of net-zero emissions by 2050 was the focus of a meeting between Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and US Special Presidential Envoy on Climate John Kerry on the sidelines of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP27, at Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt on Tuesday.
‘Teach fewer things in greater depth,’ says OECD education adviser on Greek school system
Kathimerini caught up with the German mathematician, statistician and researcher in the field of education, to talk about education today, the OECD’s Program for International Student Assessment, and what schools need to focus on to instill pupils with the skills that will help them in life.