[Vassilis Psomas/AMNA] From a strictly rational perspective, it is a funeral. Yet every Good Friday, this lived ritual of grief gathers kin and community, reenacting a tradition spanning centuries. In one small village in the Pindos mountains, parishioners once carried the bier themselves when a priest could not reach the church. “Shall we leave Christ …
[InTime News] The Holy Light will travel from Jerusalem to Cyprus on a special Aegean Airlines flight on Holy Saturday, to be distributed to other sites on the island, the carrier said on Thursday. According to a statement by Aegean, the arrival of the flight at Larnaca airport from Tel Aviv is expected at 5 …
A 3.6-magnitude earthquake was recorded in cities of western Greece on Friday morning, according to the Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory of Athens. The tremor’s epicenter was located one kilometer west of Nafpaktos and was felt in Antirrio, Patra and other areas of Aitolia-Akarnania and Achaia. No damages were reported. Source link
[Shutterstock] The chasm between the expectations of candidate employees and the practices pursued by employers is growing, according to two surveys by kariera.gr. This mainly concerns Millennial and Gen Z job-seekers, 53% of whom say they ‘never or almost never’ see a reference to the offered salary in job ads. Six out of seven (85%) …
All the data show that real estate prices have continued to rise. Despite the subsidizing programs implemented for special categories of citizens, housing continues to become more expensive and beyond the reach of people with an average income. Clearly, much bolder interventions than targeted subsidies are needed if we want to prevent the housing crisis …
Palestinians walk along a street surrounded by buildings destroyed during Israeli air and ground operations in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on April 9, 2026. [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP] Israel is always just one defeat away from catastrophe. The fact that it is an island of 10 million people in a sea of Arabs and other …
INTIME file photo More than 250,000 passenger cars left Athens through the two major national highways to the north and west of the city on Thursday and Friday alone, police announced. Most of these cars – over 170,000 – left on Thursday. Since last Friday, April 3, when the Easter exodus actually began, a total …
Greece’s housing market continued to post strong increases in both property prices and rental rates in the first quarter of the year, with no clear sign of a slowdown, according to market data. Asking prices rose 7.9% year-on-year nationwide, but in areas once considered more affordable, increases reached between 20% and 30%. Average rents rose …
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Athens subway trains will end their run earlier on Good Friday and Saturday, Athens Urban Rail Transport has announced. Usually trains run later on Fridays and on a 24-hour basis on Saturdays, but not this weekend because of the Easter holiday. Thus, on Good Friday, the last Line 2 and Line 3 trains are scheduled …