[Shutterstock] Two people died when a taxi rammed into a light pole while moving on Pireos Avenue in central Athens on Tuesday night. The 64-year-old taxi driver died on the spot while the 61-year-old female passenger was seriously injured and taken to hospital where she was pronounced dead on Wednesday morning. Police say they are …
Aegean Airlines has exercised its option to increase the order from Airbus by three aircraft, while proceeding to lease one more. This means the Greek carrier’s total number of new generation Airbus Neo family aircraft will increase from 46 to 50 planes. Some global airlines have started lifting suspensions on flights to and from Middle …
[SHUTTERSTOCK] EmTech Europe, MIT Technology Review’s flagship conference, returns to Athens on Wednesday and Thursday, in collaboration with Kathimerini. The event will explore how emerging technologies drive sustainability and reshape industries. Under the theme “Harnessing Emerging Technologies for a Sustainable World,” the conference will focus on AI, biotechnology, and advanced materials, offering insights into solving global …
The ambitious Vasilikos gas terminal project in Cyprus is facing financial and logistical hurdles, with an additional €200 million needed to complete construction. The Finance Ministry is now reviewing funding options, as officials warn that delays could further raise costs and prolong Cyprus’ reliance on expensive energy sources. Ministry spokesman Dionysis Dionysiou recently confirmed to …
A satellite photo provided by NASA shows the world’s largest iceberg, known as A23a, center, ran aground off the coast of the island of South Georgia, marked in red. After months of drifting, the world’s largest iceberg has come to a halt near the island of South Georgia in the South Atlantic Ocean. While a …
[Shutterstock] The Purchasing Managers’ Index for the Greek manufacturing sector closed at 52.6 points in February, marginally lower than the 52.8 points recorded in the first month of 2025, according to the latest PMI data from S&P Global. The latest data from S&P Global indicated a modest improvement in the health of the manufacturing sector, …
The instrumentalization of rationalized financial management of public Greek universities in order to further degrade them starts from something real but essentially negligible. Suddenly we are in pain to “bring order” to the public university. In 2022 came a law (4957) which is unenforceable and whose implementation largely entails additional financial costs, without any certainty …
Cypriot government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis confirmed on Tuesday that the Republic of Cyprus had received an official invitation from United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres to attend the expanded meeting on the Cyprus problem to be held in Geneva on March 17 and 18. The letter “points out that the objective of the meeting is …
Christos Triantopoulos announced his resignation as Deputy Minister for Climate Crisis and Civil Protection in Parliament on Tuesday while firmly denying any role in an alleged cover-up of evidence related to the Tempe railway disaster, which claimed 57 lives just over two years ago. “Today, I am submitting my resignation as Deputy Minister for Climate …
[InTime News] Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis received a birthday call from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday, as he turned 57. Mitsotakis had similarly reached out to Erdogan just days earlier, on February 26, for his birthday, when he turned 71. The two leaders are expected to meet in April during the next bilateral …