Antigone | Epidaurus
Lithuanian director Cezaris Grauzinis brings a strikingly contemporary adaptation of Sophocles’ tragic tale of defiance against oppression to the Athens Epidaurus Festival.
Fires break out in Gythio, Pyrgos; Aspropyrgos blaze splits in two
Two new wildfires broke out near the towns of Gytheio and Pyrgos, in the southern and western Peloponnese, respectively, on Wednesday afternoon, while a separate ongoing braze in west Attica has split in two fronts, the Fire Service said.
EU says Novavax Covid vaccine should carry heart side-effect warning
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is recommending Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine carry a warning of two types of heart inflammation, based on a small number of reported cases, an added burden for a shot that has failed to win wide uptake.
Electricity subsidies to stay
Households will be partly shielded from rising energy costs through state support measures as long as the global energy crisis lasts, Environment and Energy Minister Kostas Skrekas said Tuesday.
New floating LNG storage unit to be ready by end-August
The new floating storage unit (FSU) at the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Revithoussa, an islet west of Athens, will be operational by the end of August, Environment and Energy Minister Kostas Skrekas said Wednesday.
National Library acquires Papadiamantis archive
The National Library of Greece (NLG), the custodian of the country’s literary heritage, has announced the acquisition of the Alexandros Papadiamantis (1851-1911) archive.
Greek intelligence service admits spying on journalist, sources say
The head of Greek intelligence told a parliamentary committee his agency had spied on a journalist, two sources present said, in a disclosure that coincides with growing pressure on the government to shed light on the use of surveillance malware.
Athens seeks delicate balance in Balkans
Amid the tensions that have arisen in the past few days between Kosovo authorities and Serbia, Athens has sought in various ways to help the two sides come to an understanding, while at the same time upgrading its cooperation with Pristina.
The beginning of a shift in German policy when it comes to Turkey and Greece?
Expert Constantinos Filis joins Thanos Davelis to discuss German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock’s visit to Greece and Turkey, where she took a clear stance against Turkish revisionism and called out Ankara on its human rights record, and explore whether this is the beginning of a fundamental shift in Germany’s foreign policy when it comes to…
Greece vulnerable to stagflation
Greece may not be at risk of persistent inflation, at least not to the extent that other EU countries face, but is more vulnerable to the risk of stagflation – inflation combined with low growth – and this could affect its credit, rating agency Moody’s says.