Dance Festival | Kalamata
The Kalamata International Dance Festival, the biggest event on Greece’s dance calendar, gets under way in the capital of Messinia in the southwestern Peloponnese, running July 15-24.
Political poison
A section of Greece’s elected politicians continue to behave as if they never suffered through the experience of seeing the country go into default. They insist on employing the same bigoted language that transforms political debate into hostile behavior. The good news is that public language of that sort is no longer mainstream. And politicians…
Europe is paying the piper
In order to understand if and when the war in Ukraine will end, we must first attempt to answer a number of key questions.
Cartoon (13/07/2022)
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Thessaloniki university degree certificates turn bilingual
New graduates from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki will receive bilingual degree certificates in Greek and English, thus freeing them from the need to have them translated when working abroad, the university’s authorities have announced.
AHI updates fact sheet on Greece’s contributions to US interests, NATO
The American Hellenic Institute (AHI) announced it has released a 2022 update to its fact sheet that details Greece’s contributions to United States interests in the eastern Mediterranean and to NATO.
Euro-dollar parity leaves ECB facing costly choices
The euro’s tumble to parity against the dollar has pushed the European Central Bank back against a wall, leaving its policymakers with only painful and economically costly choices.
Two rescued from helicopter that crashed off Samos
Two out of four missing crew members were rescued from a helicopter that crashed off the western coast of the island of Samos, during an ongoing operation to control a wildfire, the Fire Department announced on Wednesday.
Construction of Greek Navy’s second FDI frigate begins in France
The construction of the second FDI frigate ordered by the Hellenic Navy started at the Naval Group shipyard in Lorient, France, on Wednesday, the company said.
Lignadis’ 12-year sentence for rape suspended pending appeal
An Athens court on Wednesday suspended a 12-year jail sentence for former actor and director Dimitris Lignadis, who had earlier been found guilty by the same panel in two out of four counts of rape.