An overnight arson attack destroyed a car used by a senior official at the Italian embassy in Athens, an incident that authorities in Greece and Italy condemned Friday. Italian Prime Minister Premier Giorgia Meloni offered solidarity to the official and expressed “profound concern for the attack against her, probably of an anarchist origin.” The embassy…
Superstition appears to be alive and kicking in Greece, with an impressive four in 10 people believing in witchcraft and the evil eye, according to research published in the journal PLoS One.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis welcomes Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer at the Maximos Mansion in Athens, Friday.
Amberin Zaman, a senior correspondent reporting from the Middle East, North Africa and Europe exclusively for Al-Monitor, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss the increasing likelihood of a Turkish offensive in northeast Syria, the response from Washington and Moscow, and the options on the table for Syria’s Kurds.
Turkey is open to talks with Greece, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar has said, while cautioning officials in Athens against being influenced by third parties.
Nine months have passed since Russia’s incursion into Ukraine and the Ukrainians seem to be in for a long and bitter winter during which their living conditions will worsen. While war is destroying the foundations of a country and the lives of its people, Europe can already feel the economic and political implications of the…
Athens prosecutor Ioannis Sevis has asked financial police to conduct an in-depth investigation into the finances of the Ark of the World (Kivotos tou Kosmou) children’s charity, which is also being investigated for allegations of child abuse and exploitation.
How does the Russian president think? Is he contemplating a compromise to end the war? For these and many other questions which have been bothering international circles for months, Kathimerini approached a man who not only knows Vladimir Putin but has worked with him at the highest level: the former prime minister of the Russian…
An interesting debate has picked up in recent months: What will decide the Greek election? The economy or the wiretapping scandal? Certain pundits have presented this dilemma in an attempt to forge a collective attitude, as it were, that can be summed up as the apotheosis of the cynical citizen.
Banks are being asked to subsidize 50% of the difference in mortgage installments resulting from the increase in interest rates as far as vulnerable mortgage borrowers are concerned.