Homeownership in Cyprus came to 68.8% last year, slightly below the European Union average of 69.2%, according to Eurostat. Conversely, 31.2% of the population lived in rented housing, just above the EU average of 30.8%. Cyprus has historically boasted one of the highest homeownership rates globally, with figures nearing 78% around 20-25 years ago. The …
Delivery workers from a private company participated in a motorcade protest in central Athens on Friday, as part of a 24-hour strike declared by their union. The E-food Workers’ Union of Attica organized the strike on Friday, along with a work stoppage scheduled for Saturday from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. The union is demanding …
The scientific data confirm that the year drawing to a close was marked by a new climate reality, by phenomena that can no longer be described as “extreme.” They are, in fact, “routine,” and this new reality cannot be addressed with the weapons of civil protection alone. What it demands is a radical overhaul of …
The luxurious Athanasiou Mansion at 10 Panepistimiou Street in photographed by Pavlos Mylonas in 1945. Eighty years ago, Athens experienced its most somber Christmas. New Year’s Day 1945 arrived in a city shrouded in darkness and fear. Despite the shadow of terror that had paralyzed daily life that December, much of the population awaited the …
The recent downpours in Athens, which caused the closure of a major thoroughfare, Poseidonos Avenue, and sent sewage spilling out into the streets of the affluent southern coastal suburbs, serve as a poignant metaphor. This area is, after all, the much-touted “Athenian Riviera,” with so many promises of lucrative investments and so many luxurious apartments …
“When your house is burning or when your ship is sinking and you only have one object to take with you, what you choose certainly means a lot to you. I don’t think the statuette of Aphrodite that Nikolaos Laskaris chose was a random choice,” Dr Kostas Paschalidis, curator in the Department of Prehistoric, Egyptian, …
The jailed leader of Turkey’s outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Abdullah Ocalan, has been quoted as indicating he may be prepared to call for militants to lay down arms, after a key ally of President Tayyip Erdogan urged him to end the group’s decades-old insurgency. Two parliamentarians from the pro-Kurdish DEM Party met Ocalan for …
[Reuters] The Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its condolences on Sunday to the families of the victims of the airplane crash in South Korea through a post on X. “Profoundly saddened by the tragic incident involving the plane crash in South Korea. We extend our sincere condolences to the families and loved ones of …
Shops opened this morning, the last Sunday of the year, at 11 a.m. and will remain open in most cases until 6 p.m. Department stores and most supermarkets also opened at 11 a.m. but will stay open until 8 p.m. Stores will continue operating on Monday and Tuesday under the holiday schedule but will remain …
[Shutterstock] The prices of fish from Greek aquafarming nosedived last year, according to data from the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), mainly as a result of the choice of Greek companies, indeed leading ones – and no longer the Turkish ones – to lower prices on international markets. This year, however, prices were set at higher …