Fox star turned ambassador heading to Athens
Kimberly Guilfoyle, former prosecutor, Fox News host, and fiancee of Donald Trump Jr, has been named by the incoming president as the new US ambassador to Greece.
What Kissinger did not understand about Cyprus
It has been about a year since the passing of Henry Kissinger, but Thomas Alan Schwartz, American foreign relations historian, has not lost his interest in the life and especially the actions of the controversial former US secretary of state.
Kimberly and the death of the ‘woke agenda’
Anyone who was worried that the “woke agenda” was gaining too strong a footing in Greece can breathe a sigh of relief. US President-elect Donald Trump has made sure to eradicate the threat by appointing as his ambassador to Athens a woman who is bound to stir even the most repressed sexist passions of the…
Huawei launches its European logistics hub in Piraeus
Huawei Greece announced on Thursday the launch of its European logistics hub in the port of Piraeus, with the cooperation of PCT.
Only known living portrait of last Byzantine emperor discovered
Conservation work inside a monastery near the town of Aigio in the Peloponnese has revealed a mural of Constantine XI Palaiologos (1405-1453) that an expert says is the only known living portrait of the last Byzantine emperor.
EU not buckling to pressure over car CO2 rules, climate chief says
The European Commission is not considering changing Europe’s policies to cut CO2 emissions from cars, despite a push from the EU’s biggest political group to weaken the laws, the bloc’s climate policy chief told Reuters on Thursday.
Metamorphosis | Athens | To December 19
In honor of the centenary of Franz Kafka’s death, the Keratsini-Drapetsona Arts School presents “Metamorphosis,” an art exhibition at the Piraeus Municipal Gallery (29 Filonos).
AHI marks 50th anniversary at Athens awards dinner
The American Hellenic Institute (AHI) celebrated its 50th anniversary and the 50th year since Turkey’s invasion of Cyprus at its 20th Annual Athens Awards Dinner on Tuesday at the Grande Bretagne Hotel in Syntagma Square.
EU countries double down on a halt to Syrian asylum claims but will not yet send people back
Some European Union countries have doubled down on their decision to rapidly halt asylum procedures for Syrian migrants in Europe, but said that it was too early to consider sending any of the hundreds of thousands of people who have fled since 2011 back home.
Inquiry ordered into torture, rape of 16-year-old at migrant camp
The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a preliminary investigation into allegations by a 16-year-old Egyptian boy who said he was tortured and raped by a group of fellow inmates at a migrant camp in Malakasa, north of Athens.