Athens City Festival | Athens | Through May
The municipal authority invites residents and guests to celebrate the Greek capital with the Athens City Festival, a rich program of live performances, exhibitions, historical tours, lectures and walks.
Women arrested in Thessaloniki for leaving baby in parked car while shopping
Two women aged 22 and 27 were arrested in the Pylaia area on the outskirts of Thessaloniki, in northern Greece, for endangering the life of a minor on Thursday.
Cypriot ex-president denies interfering in soccer probe
Former president Nicos Anastasiades, who has denied accusations that he unlawfully interfered in a soccer match-fixing probe, engaged in a back-and-forth with his accuser after he dropped the bombshell firsthand account allegations during a public podcast.
8 fatally shot in Serbia a day after deadly school shooting
A shooter killed at least eight people and wounded 13 in a drive-by attack late Thursday in Serbia’s second such mass killing in two days, state television reported.
Cyprus behind on freezing Russian assets, EU official says
The European Union’s executive arm wants to delve deeper into why Cyprus has only frozen 100 million euros ($110 million) worth of assets belonging to Russians facing sanctions amid the war in Ukraine, the bloc’s justice commissioner said Thursday.
What would Erdogan’s defeat mean for East Med?
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s medical emergency renewed conversations both inside and outside Turkey about what a post-Erdogan era might mean in the region. Even if he steals or wins the May 14 election, Erdogan’s health crisis highlights the inevitable: Erdogan is aging, his health is shaky and he will one day die. Will Erdogan’s political…
Kasidiaris ban reshuffles right-wing pack
The Supreme Court’s decision to ban jailed former Golden Dawn deputy leader Ilias Kasidiaris’ party from participating in the upcoming national elections is shaping a new political landscape.
Struff stuns Tsitsipas in Madrid
Jan-Lennard Struff thought he was done at the Madrid Open when he lost to Aslan Karatsev in the final round of qualifying last week.
Bloomberg: The Parthenon Sculptures are not Britain’s to keep
“Pope Francis last month returned to Greece the Parthenon marbles held by the Vatican museums for some 100 years. It’s high time Britain followed the Argentinian pontiff’s example. Next year, when Greece marks the 50th anniversary of the return of democratic rule, presents an ideal opportunity,” writes Rachel Sanderson, in a concisely-worded article for Bloomberg…
DEPA acquisition boosts Q1 results of Italgas
Italy’s biggest gas distributor Italgas said on Thursday its core profit rose 19% to 297 million euros in the first quarter, lifted by both a newly acquired Greek business and its energy efficiency services.