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AthensCon, Greece’s largest comic and pop culture convention, returns to the Tae Kwon Do Stadium in Palaio Faliro. The three-day event brings fans face-to-face with global icons like actress Aimee Garcia, writer Larry Hama and illustrator Stephanie Hans, alongside artist signings, workshops and gaming tournaments. Highlights include the AthensCon Cosplay Championship and a comic competition …
File photo. The Coast Guard rescued 79 migrants in two operations near Greece’s southernmost island of Gavdos. Late Friday, a rescue vessel intercepted a boat carrying 43 men 10 nautical miles off Gavdos. The migrants were taken to Hora Sfakion port and transferred to temporary housing in Agia, Hania. On Saturday morning, a Panama-flagged cargo …
[Yiannis Papanikos/Intime News] A metro system in Greece’s second city Thessaloniki officially opened on Saturday, its stations displaying the same ancient artifacts that nearly derailed the project’s completion. During construction, which began in 2006, workers discovered a Byzantine-era market, a Roman cemetery and other treasures of the city’s long and varied history. The finds stalled …
‘We knew that Athens did not need another concert hall. On the contrary, insisting on its nonprofit nature, we imagined and designed how the Athens Conservatoire could operate in an autonomous and completely sustainable way as a multifunctional space for education, production and hosting events,’ Nikos Tsouchlos, head of the Athens Conservatoire, tells Kathimerini. [Nikos …
The Hellenic Basketball Federation (EOK) has officially submitted its bid to host the 2029 EuroBasket to the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). Greece is requesting to host both a group stage and the final phase of the tournament, with other contenders including Slovenia and Slovakia. There are also rumors of a joint bid from Serbia and …
A model of the plan for the regeneration of the Athens’ Faliro Bay Metropolitan Park. A major new park project, “Aenaon,” has been unveiled in Athens, aiming to transform the city’s waterfront. The 54.1-hectare park will feature 4,000 trees and 185,000 shrubs along Faliro Bay, offering a green space for all residents. The park’s design, …
A high-ranking officer in Greece’s Narcotics Division, known for driving a luxury Lamborghini, has been arrested after being implicated in a cocaine trafficking scandal. The 42-year-old lieutenant was arrested on Thursday following an investigation by the Internal Affairs Service of the Hellenic Police (ELAS). The officer is accused of leaking sensitive police operations to major …
In the spring of 2022, Georgios Georgalis, an associate professor of paleontology at the Academy of Sciences in Krakow, Poland, was invited to France by the University of Montpellier to examine fossils from a large excavation. The findings had come from Tunisia’s Chambi National Park, and the Montpellier team of paleontologists asked the Greek expert, …
[Intime News] A 16-year-old boy has died from suspected gas poisoning in his home in Magiko, Xanthi, in northern Greece, while his sisters, aged 15 and 18, remain in critical condition. The incident occurred after the family was reportedly exposed to a gas leak, possibly from a newly installed propane system or carbon monoxide. The …
File photo. Euro area annual inflation is expected to be 2.3% in November 2024, up from 2% in October according to a flash estimate from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, released on Friday. Looking at the main components of euro area inflation, services are expected to have the highest annual rate in …