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Makarios Lazaridis resigned as deputy agriculture minister on Saturday, saying he was stepping down to avoid distracting the government from its work, amid an ongoing dispute over his academic qualifications and political pressure within the administration. Lazaridis had been appointed in a limited cabinet reshuffle earlier this month that replaced ministers who stepped down after …
Europeans’ desire to travel in 2026 not only remains strong, but also reaches record levels, despite intense pressures from the rising cost of living and worrying developments in the Middle East. At the same time, however, they plan to limit both the duration of their trips and the amount of their spending. The Greek tourism …
File photo. The Rebrain Greece initiative, aimed at connecting Greeks abroad with job opportunities back home, will hold an event in London on May 9, Labor and Social Insurance Minister Niki Kerameus said Friday in a social media post. According to Kerameus, the event at the Hilton London Metropole will feature representatives from leading Greek …
[InTime News] A man and a woman have died in a fire at an apartment in the Athens district of Kolonos. The fire service said the fire broke out around 5.20 a.m. in a third-floor apartment on Argous and Platonos streets. Both were found inside the apartment by firefighters. Officials said two other women from …
Livestock farmers and cheese producers from the island of Lesvos walked out of an emergency government meeting on Friday, furious over vague assurances as a foot-and-mouth disease crisis entered its second month with no clear resolution. Representatives of both groups had traveled to Athens to meet with Agriculture Minister Margaritis Schinas, but left the Agriculture …
[Handout/Hellenic Police] A man has been arrested in the Athens district of Tavros for illegally dumping construction waste amid a police crackdown on the practice, authorities said Friday. Police said the 33-year-old suspect was detained Thursday by a specialized team of officers patrolling for illegal waste disposal, after he drove to a plot in Tavros …
The 11th Delphi Economic Forum is opening on Wednesday, at the ancient town in central Greece, with its five main pillars this year being geopolitics, the planet, sustainable economy and finance, the future, and people. The event concludes on Saturday, April 25. Visit def-xi.delphiforum.gr. Launching the forum will be the president of Greece, Konstantinos Tassoulas. …
A new exhibition at the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens honors pioneering composer Jani Christou, photographed here at the Temple of Poseidon at Sounio in 1968. “Enantiodromia,” now on view, explores his legacy. Curator Costis Zouliatis told Kathimerini that legendary composer Manos Hadjidakis once declared: “The two Yiannis – Xenakis and Christou – …
The Sean Nicholas Savage headlines a triple bill at Ilion Plus alongside Deftera and Johnny Labelle, presented by Kormoranos. Savage, known for his experimental indie pop and collaborations across the international underground scene, returns to Greece with a new live band. Deftera deliver improvised, genre-blending compositions, while Johnny Labelle presents his dark, dreamlike sound rooted …
The discovery of the foot-and-mouth virus in a pig unit is changing the situation in Cyprus, raising new concerns about how foot-and-mouth disease may develop. So far, 84 units of mostly sheep and goat have been infected on the island, with 63 in the Larnaca district and 21 in the Nicosia district. On Wednesday, five …