Dendias: ‘A conflict in Ukraine would have no winner’
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias has stressed the need for an immediate de-escalation of tensions in Ukraine during talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow Friday.
Greece responds to Turkey’s threats and its dispute of Greek sovereignty in the Aegean
Vassilis Nedos, Kathimerini’s diplomatic and defense editor, joins our host Thanos Davelis to talk about Turkey’s dispute of Greek sovereignty in the Aegean, President Erdogan’s latest “warning” to Greece, and the response from Athens and Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias.
ND expels MEP Kyrtsos
Greece’s ruling conservatives have expelled MEP Giorgos Kyrtsos.
Is Athens the true city that never sleeps?
It may be a slogan for NYC, but night owls local to the Greek capital know to adjust their expectations when traveling there just like anywhere else in the world, because evenings out in any other city never seem quite long enough when you’re used to one that, truly, never sleeps.
Hundreds rescued from ferry fire near Greek island
A fire on an Italy-bound ferry in the Ionian Sea early Friday required rescuers to carry out an overnight evacuation of more than 280 people near the Greek island of Corfu, authorities said.
Police units to be stationed on campuses this summer
Special police units will be established at Greece’s main universities this summer, according to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who recently met with the rectors of the four institutions where most lawlessness has been recorded.
Cheap Smokes | Athens | To March 13
An operetta on life and romance in 1990s Athens, the Greek National Opera’s latest production is an adaptation of a film by Renos Haralambidis, “Cheap Smokes,” which helped shape the independent Greek film scene that emerged at the time.
Restoration works to continue at the ancient theater of Dodoni
In a recent announcement by the Greek Ministry of Culture, the Central Archaeological Committee (KAS) has given unanimous support for the continuation of maintenance and restoration works at the ancient theater of Dodoni in Epirus, northwest Greece.
Climate murals painted across Greek capital
A young girl looks wistfully at the Earth, the planet the climate crisis is taking away from her, in this five-story mural by Greek-born visual artist INO near the Varvakios food market in downtown Athens.
PM to hold contacts on sidelines of Munich Security Conference
As world leaders converge this weekend for the 58th Munich Security Conference, set to be dominated by the Ukraine crisis, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will also engage in a series of key diplomatic contacts on the sidelines of the annual event, diplomatic sources said Friday.