Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama addresses the media after the EU-Albania Association Council in Brussels, on November 17. ‘Nationalistic attitudes can sometimes surface quickly, often reflecting a lack of maturity and awareness,’ Rama tells Kathimerini over a joke he made about Greeks in January. [AP] The photograph was taken in 1903. It depicts 87 boys, …
A scene from Euripides Laskaridis’ ‘Tourne.’ [Elina Giounanli] The Athens Epidaurus Festival has announced an expanded program under new artistic director Michail Marmarinos, whose three-year tenure aims to balance ancient drama with experimental forms, international collaboration and broader public access. Ancient tragedy remains the festival’s “reservoir of ideas, moral and social values,” Marmarinos said, while …
The death of a 13-year-old boy riding an electric scooter in Makrisia, in southwestern Greece’s Ilia region, has renewed debate over whether children below a certain age should be barred from using the vehicles. The boy was killed after he apparently swerved to avoid a parked vehicle and collided head-on with a farm truck. He …
A restored bust of Cretan folk music legend Nikos Xylouris will soon be returned to its place in the center of Iraklio after it was vandalized last month, local authorities said. The bust, located in Kyprou Square and created by the late sculptor Aspasia Papadoperaki, was knocked off its pedestal about 10 days ago by …
Business owners on the island of Milos say a government decision suspending building activity has left developers of small tourist units facing financial ruin. Parliament approved an amendment halting the issuance of building permits in all off-plan areas of the island until the end of the year and freezing construction along the northeastern coast. The …
Albert II, Prince of Monaco, wearing a tie with Greek flags, gestures during a ceremony to receive the Gold Medal of the city at Athens City Hall, on April 21, 2026. [Petros Giannakouris/AP] He came to Greece for the 11th Delphi Forum, but he visits the country often, not only for official engagements, but also …
File photo. Authorities arrested an alleged human smuggler and located 14 migrants after a high-speed boat chase off the eastern Aegean island of Samos, officials said. The operation began early Saturday after the Coast Guard was alerted to a suspicious speedboat traveling at high speed toward the island’s northeastern shores, officials said. A patrol vessel …
Greece has launched a new digital system to register and monitor the sale of alcohol, tobacco and vaping products, marking a shift toward real-time oversight and stricter enforcement aimed at protecting minors. The platforms alto.gov.gr and events.gov.gr form the backbone of the initiative, which for the first time records, cross-checks and tracks commercial activity that …
A university professor has said the entrance to her home was vandalized after she appeared on a television news program and expressed her views on antisemitism. Vana Nikolaidou-Kyrianidou, emerita professor of political philosophy at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, told Kathimerini that slogans were painted at the entrance to her residence and that an …
The government is weighing its response after PASOK filed a proposal for a preliminary investigative committee targeting former ministers Spilios Livanos and Fotini Arabatzi over a case linked to the OPEKEPE farm subsidies case. Government officials said no final decision has been made, with discussions expected to continue in the coming days. According to reports, …