Fire breaks out in scrap metal recycling yard in Thessaloniki
A fire broke out under undetermined conditions at a scrap metal recycling yard in Diavata near the northern port city of Thessaloniki on Wednesday.
Salo | Athens | February 10 – March 10
“Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom,” one of the most controversial films of the 20th century, directed by Italian filmmaking legend Pier Paolo Pasolini, is reimagined by prominent and innovative Athenian director Aris Biniaris in a production by the Greek National Opera Alternative Stage (364 Syngrou).
Containing the Houthi impact on Piraeus port
The port of Piraeus has so far weathered the impact of the Red Sea attacks, but will not be able to do so for much longer.
Commission to investigate PPC for potential breach of EU antitrust policy
The European Commission informed the Greek electricity provider Public Power Corporation (PPC) on Wednesday of its preliminary view that PPC has breached EU antitrust policy by selling electricity in the Greek wholesale market below cost, thereby excluding its main rivals.
Man Utd defender Harry Maguire’s appeals trial in Greece postponed due to strike
The appeals trial of Manchester United defender Harry Maguire over a nightclub brawl on the Greek island of Mykonos has been postponed for a year because of a lawyers’ strike, court officials told The Associated Press. The 30-year-old England international is appealing a 21-month suspended sentence following the incident in 2020. His case was due…
Government unveils bill for private universities in Greece
Greek students enrolling at private branches of foreign universities founded in Greece will be required to go through the local nationwide university entrance exams and meet some minimum requirements in order to be offered a place, Education Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis said on Wednesday while unveiling draft legislation allowing the establishment of private universities in the…
Musician held in custody for brutal beating of student
A 25-year-old musician has been remanded into pretrial custody after testifying to an investigative magistrate and giving up the name of his accomplice in the beating of a 23-year-old student in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, authorities said on Wednesday.
US senator seeks to block F-16 sale to Turkey
A Republican Senator for Kentucky, Rand Paul, has submitted a joint resolution opposing the proposed sale of military equipment to Turkey on Monday.
Remake | Athens | February 8 – March 2
The Technochoros Art Gallery (12 Lempesi) presents Athens-born artist Maria Diakodimitriou’s solo exhibition titled “Remake.”
A year after Turkey’s devastating earthquakes
Nektaria Stamouli, the deputy editor in chief of Kathimerini’s English Edition and Politico’s Eastern Mediterranean correspondent, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss a recent trip with a team of international journalists to southeast Turkey that looked into the ways last year’s devastating earthquakes continue to impact Turkey and the region.