Blast outside Athens church
Police are investigating an attack with a homemade explosive device made of gas canisters outside the church of Agios Pavlos near Larissis railway station in Athens.
Excavations at the Minoan palace of Zominthos near completion
“I’ve never participated a more difficult excavation,” remarked site director Efi Sapouna-Sakellaraki in a recent interview with Kathimerini’s “K” magazine.
Turkey jacks up electricity, gas prices for New Year
Turkey sharply raised electricity prices by 50-100% for households and companies on Saturday, and again increased monthly natural gas bills, adding to strains in an economy facing soaring overall inflation.
Greece welcomes 2022 with fireworks over Parthenon
Fireworks explode over the ancient Parthenon temple at the Acropolis hill during New Year’s celebrations in Athens, January 1. [Yorgos Karahalis/AP]
Turkey’s lira logs worst year in two decades under Erdogan
Turkey’s lira has logged its worst year since President Tayyip Erdogan came to power nearly two decades ago, despite his appeal on Friday for Turks to trust his unorthodox policies of slashing interest rates in the face of soaring inflation.
Omicron’s New Year’s cocktail: Sorrow, fear, hope for 2022
Sorrow for the dead and dying, fear of more infections to come and hopes for an end to the coronavirus pandemic were – again – the bittersweet cocktail with which the world said good riddance to 2021 and ushered in 2022.
Expert calls for delayed return to class
Greece should delay the return to school for students for one week amid skyrocketing Covid-19 case counts largely driven by the Omicron variant, a top health expert said Saturday.
Construction sector set for busy new year
Major construction projects will dominate economic activity in 2022, concerning both the public and the private sector.
The most memorable sports moments of 2021, according to us
We asked our reporters to write about the most memorable sports moments of 2021 – not the grandest or most historic events, just the moments they think of first when they look back on the year.
15 songs we almost missed this year
Pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on notable new songs and videos.