Athens, Greece – As the clock ticks down to the grand finale of Ethnikós Telikós 2025, excitement is peaking across Greece. The nation is poised to select its representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, with bookmakers buzzing over the odds. Currently leading the pack is Klavdia, whose song “Asteromata” has surged in popularity. Betting odds …
Providing the opening statement to the Third Delphi Brussels Forum, a Delphi Economic Forum and Kathimerini English Edition event held Thursday in Brussels, Apostolos Tzitizikostas, European Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism, underlined that Europe is facing challenging times due to factors such as the recent pandemic and war on the continent. Prominent figures have …
Renowned British actor, writer, and cultural advocate Stephen Fry has once again lent his influential voice to the ongoing campaign for the return of the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece. Speaking at an event titled “Conversing with Stephen Fry,” held at the Acropolis Museum in Athens, Fry passionately reaffirmed his belief that the ancient sculptures rightfully …
Rescuers operate on the site of a crash, where two trains collided, near the city of Larissa, Greece, on Thursday. [Alexandros Avramidis/Reuters] The company responsible for trains on Greece’s railway network issued an official statement on Thursday in response to mounting pressure for answers into the causes of a deadly collision that took place on …
Greece, France, Germany, and nine other European Union countries have urged the European Commission to use its powers under the Digital Services Act (DSA) to safeguard European elections from foreign interference, according to a letter signed by their ministers. The letter, co-signed by European affairs ministers from France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Cyprus, Croatia, the …
The Environment Ministry is planning to revise the Regulatory Framework for Athens-Attica, with one of the key aspects of the new urban plan being the development of a new “city within a city” at the plot of the former airport in Elliniko on Athens’ southern coast. The plan will also address the needs of the …
A 3-year-old boy, Angelos, remains in extremely critical condition after suffering severe abuse at the hands of his mother and her partner. The child is currently hospitalised in the Intensive Care Unit at Heraklion University Hospital (PAGNI), where he is being treated with life-saving measures, including intubation. The head of PAGNI, Emeritus Professor of Surgery …
Measures required to counter the effects of Storm Daniel, a deadly cyclone that struck the country in September 2023, will cost €5 billion, Deputy Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Minister Christos Triantopoulos stated at a forum in Volos addressing the disaster. The cyclone, which wrought devastation across the Mediterranean, causing extensive flooding in Greece, mainly …
A 3.8-magnitude earthquake was recorded at dawn on Thursday in a maritime area between Crete and Kythera, according to Greece’s Geodynamic Institute. The tremor occurred at 6:36 a.m. local time, with an epicentre located 87 kilometres southwest of Kythera. The quake originated at a depth of 11.6 kilometres beneath the seabed. There were no immediate …
A meeting of experts and state officials was convened at the Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Ministry on Wednesday to discuss an uptick in seismic-volcanic activity in the area of the Santorini caldera. The meeting, chaired by Minister Vassilis Kikilias, focused on the implementation of measures to better prepare civil protection efforts on the wildly …