Translation of Phoebe Giannisi’s ‘Cicada’ among finalists for US National Awards
Fiction originally written in Vietnamese, Polish and French and poetry in German, Arabic and Greek are among this year’s finalists for National Translation Awards.
Fiction originally written in Vietnamese, Polish and French and poetry in German, Arabic and Greek are among this year’s finalists for National Translation Awards.
Greece, Bulgaria and Romania co-signed a letter of intent for the extension of NATO’s Fuel Pipelines Network towards the Alliance’s eastern flank on the sidelines of a NATO defence ministers’ meeting in Brussels on Wednesday.
A conservation group in Cyprus said Wednesday that police have been lax in cracking down on criminal gangs that illegally trap migratory songbirds to supply restaurants, although the poaching has declined overall.
Greece hopes to raise more than 5 billion euros in 2024 from the sale of state assets including a stake in Athens International Airport and concession deals for two toll roads, a senior privatization official said on Wednesday.
In its World Economic Outlook for October, published on Tuesday, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasts that Cyprus’ growth rate for 2023 will slow to 2.2% of gross domestic product.
Discussing a wide range of topics, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios, the spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians, also referenced the unfolding crisis in Israel and Gaza and the need to protect the Christian presence in the Holy Land during their meeting in Athens on Wednesday.
The Greek stock market built on Tuesday’s rebound on Wednesday, with the main index securing further gains as the local market is still considered oversold among traders.
Inflation was at its lowest level since the beginning of the year in September, reaching 1.6%.
“The situation reminds me of the days after the terrorist attack on the Twin Towers in New York in 2001.”