Before this year, Tobias Kammann, a German container ship captain, had only once sailed around the southern tip of Africa, and the lack of other vessels in the little-trafficked waters made him feel very much alone.
The ongoing legal battle between the Republic of Cyprus and Greek contractor Intrakat over the Paphos-Polis highway project is continuing.
The largely expected European Central Bank rate cut by 25 basis points and the mild rise of European stocks led Athinon Avenue to a day of gains.
PAOK and Panathinaikos scored important European wins on Thursday and are close to qualifying.
The House of Representatives in Cyprus voted on Thursday in favor of a bill submitted by the island’s Ministry of Education about the introduction of strict provisions regarding the establishment and operation of branches of foreign universities in Cyprus.
Interest rates for mortgage holders will unfreeze and head south based on ECB decisions.
European Union ministers on Thursday agreed to let Bulgaria and Romania fully integrate into Europe’s ID-check-free travel zone, known as the Schengen area, by lifting land border controls from next year, the EU’s Hungarian presidency said.
Record-breaking heatwaves, limited rainfall and a spike in tourism have many in Greece concerned about the availability of water. Alexia Kalaitzi, an award-winning journalist and features reporter for Kathimerini, joins Thanos Davelis to look at what the mounting water crisis means for Greece and its popular islands in the Cyclades like Tinos.
Greece’s supreme administrative court, the Council of State, has ruled that key provisions of the New Building Regulation are unconstitutional.
Najem al-Moussa was delighted when news of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s overthrow first beamed from the television in his tiny Athens apartment.