Netflix’s Queen Cleopatra ‘completely rewrites history’
The recent screen adaptation of the life of Queen Cleopatra by Netflix provoked intense discontent among the Egyptian public and the government in Cairo.
PM: Europe obliged to deal with migration
Europe has an obligation to deal with the migration problem as it concerns the entire continent, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis insisted on his arrival in Brussels for the European summit on Thursday.
Speculation mounts over new SYRIZA leader following Tsipras’ resignation
Following Alexis Tsipras’ resignation as the leader of the leftist opposition party SYRIZA, speculation has intensified about his successor. The 48-year-old’s decision came in the aftermath of the party’s heavy defeat in the May 21 and June 25 elections
Polish president says EU should help its members more with migration
The European Union gives more support to countries outside the bloc like Turkey to help them deal with migration than it gives to its own members, the Polish president said on Friday.
Athens hotels raise rates 23%
Despite a slight lag in hotel occupancies in Athens and Attica compared to 2019, the nightly rate has increased by more than 20%.
Greek-Chinese business relations set to expand
Agri-food, high technology, construction materials, medical equipment, medicines and cosmetics, biotechnology and health services are sectors of interest for the development of cooperation networks between Greek and Chinese companies, according to the conclusions of a visit by a Chinese delegation to the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry (EBEA).
Probe launched into train mishaps
The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport has asked the management of the Hellenic Railways Organization (OSE) to investigate the circumstances and causes of the two incidents that occurred on the national railway network.
Dozens of companies interested in Greek gas grid capacity
Greece has received interest from 27 US and European companies in booking future capacity in its gas grid, which would allow them to import and export gas to Europe via the country in the coming decades, grid operator DESFA said on Thursday.
Tsipras steps down from SYRIZA helm
SYRIZA’s crushing defeat in the May 21 and June 25 elections had de facto put the leftist party on the road to change – and the resignation of its leader Alexis Tsipras.
The paradoxes of the ballot box
The first question after this year’s elections is where did Zoe Konstantopoulou, leader of Plefsi Eleftherias, or Course of Freedom, find the extra 90,000 votes in the May general elections? In the previous elections in 2019, 82,786 voters (1.47%) chose Course of Freedom; in May this year it jumped to 170,424 votes (2.89%); and in…