In a remarkable collaboration marking the 70th anniversary of the Athens Epidaurus Festival, the festival has partnered with the Hellenic Film Academy to produce a film inspired by Sophocles’ ‘Electra.’ This initiative expands the ‘Contemporary Ancients’ cycle into cinema, featuring a script by Panayotis Christopoulos and comprising seven chapters, each directed by a different filmmaker. …
The European Commission has, for a second time, delayed an announcement of its plan to phase out the region’s reliance on Russian energy imports from March 26 to an unspecified date, a schedule showed on Wednesday. The Commission declined to comment on a new date. Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen said in November at a parliamentary …
[InTimeNews] Thousands of protesters have gathered in Syntagma Square in Athens as parliament debates a censure motion against the government over its handling of the Tempe railway disaster. The president of the Tempe Victims’ Association, Maria Karystianou, addressed the gathered crowd, saying, ‘We will be here every day.’” Protesters released 57 lanterns into the sky, …
File photo. A 55-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder and arson for allegedly dousing his 37-year-old wife with flammable liquid and trying to set her on fire, authorities said. The attack occurred Tuesday at the couple’s home. Police were alerted by the suspect’s mother-in-law, who lives in the same house, and called emergency …
[Giorgos Zachos/InTime News] A censure motion against the government over the Tempe railway disaster was submitted on Wednesday by 85 opposition MPs from the opposition parties PASOK, SYRIZA, New Freedom and New Left, as well as nine independent MPs. The 17-page document, submitted to parliament by main opposition PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis, said the “criminal …
Every morning, Vasilodimos Theodorou begins his ritual with quiet reverence – lighting the charcoal brazier, tuning his transistor radio to the soulful sounds of rebetiko and folk music, washing his hands with rose water, and pulling his vintage 1920s scale toward him. With a melodic whistle, he carefully measures ingredients and prepares four kinds of …
The trial of four company executives linked to Greece’s Predator spyware scandal at Athens’ first instance court was interrupted until April 10, as one the defendant’s lawyer was absent. The defendants face misdemeanor charges for breaching communication privacy laws. The court rejected the request for a longer adjournment submitted by the legal representatives of the …
[Giorgos Zachos/Intime News] Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday his government is committed to establishing the facts in the case of Greece’s deadliest train crash in 2023 which killed 57 people, in his opening remarks in Parliament, regarding the accident. “I declare the government’s commitment to truth and justice,” he told lawmakers in a …
The Greek National Opera (GNO) marks a significant milestone today, celebrating 85 years since its founding on March 5, 1940. The opera house was born with a performance of Johann Strauss the Younger’s The Bat, an operetta that ignited its artistic journey and marked the beginning of a vibrant cultural institution in Greece. The idea …
A view of a production line as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Defence Minister Boris Pistorius visit the future site of an arms factory where weapons maker Rheinmetall plans to produce artilleries from 2025, in Unterluess, Germany, on February 12, 2024. [Fabian Bimmer/Reuters] German defence companies seeking more capacity as Europe prepares to raise military …