Sisyphean omnipotence
In the absence of an opposition party that could threaten New Democracy’s dominance, the government is enjoying its omnipotence with almost rapacious pleasure.
University occupations de-escalate amid student fatigue
After two months of university occupations in protest at new legislation allowing the establishment of non-state universities in Greece, the vast majority of students are expected to return to classes on Tuesday.
Sakkari outlasts Gauff in 3 sets of rain-delayed semi at Indian Wells. She plays Swiatek for title
Maria Sakkari outlasted Coco Gauff 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-2 after blowing three match points in the second set of their rain-delayed semifinal Friday night to reach the BNP Paribas Open final.
Aversion toward mortgages
Greece continues to have the worst performance in household credit.
Hands off our cotton, Thessaly farmers tell PM
Representatives of farmers from the region of Thessaly in central Greece said Friday after a meeting with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis that forcing them to abandon the cultivation of cotton would be a “red line” to them.
Three arrested in police raid at Zografou university campus
Three suspects, two foreign nationals and one Greek, were detained during a police operation on Saturday morning at the University Campus in Zografou, located to the east of the city center.
First Zen monastery in Greece in the works
Konstantinos Sgoumpopoulos, a Zen abbot as well as shipping and real estate businessman, talks to Kathimerini about the first Zen monastery to be built in Greece and the wider region.
The Greek debt crisis and President Obama’s foreign policy
Katerina Sokou, who holds the research fellowship at ELIAMEP on “Greek-American Relations” and who covered the Greek crisis from Washington, DC as a correspondent for Kathimerini, joins Thanos Davelis to break down how the Greek debt crisis provides a case study into the Obama foreign policy doctrine – the focus of her recent in-depth report…
Turkish central bank raises credit card cash withdrawal rates
Turkey’s central bank on Saturday raised the maximum interest rate on credit card cash withdrawals to 5% from 4.42%, according to a decision published in the Official Gazette, in a move aimed at additional tightening.
Bill to free up space on Greece’s electricity grid
The Recovery and Resilience Plan is the “most ambitious program the European Union has ever conceived of planning and implementing,” Environment and Energy Minister Thodoros Skylakakis said on Thursday, expressing satisfaction with the progress in its implementation and the loans envisioned under RepowerEU.