Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan speaks during an interview with Reuters at the 23rd edition of the annual Doha Forum, in Doha, Qatar, on December 6, 2025. [Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters] Turkey’s foreign minister raised concerns on Monday about Iran and the US proposing in their talks new regulations for transiting the Strait of Hormuz, and …
Come rain or snow, Stavros Nikolaou is always there for his swim. For five decades, he has walked the one-kilometer distance every day from his home to Palaio Faliro, where the Batis Winter Swimmers Club – founded in 1980 – is based. As the 70-year-old tells Kathimerini, he does not formally belong to any club. …
Lacework flourished during the Victorian era, a time when women spent most of their lives indoors. [Shutterstock] Two exhausted “camps,” a mother and a daughter, collide over inherited household items. Opened suitcases, a red sheepskin rug folded carelessly, a woolen blanket that has warmed generations in the family and has remained hidden in the closet. …
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis congratulated Peter Magyar, leader of Hungary’s center-right opposition Tisza party, following his landslide victory in his country’s elections on Sunday. “Big night for Hungary and Europe! Congratulations Peter Magyar on an impressive victory,” he said in a post on his official social media account on X. Preliminary election results, based on …
Τhe president of the Greek Foreign Mission, Charalambos Metallidis (left), and director Nikos Aslanidis are seen outside the home of Chrysostomos. Defying danger and convention, Chrysostomos Papasarantopoulos, canonized in 2025, emerged as a pioneering Orthodox missionary in Africa, reshaping lives across a volatile continent. In the 1960s, he reached communities in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and …
The legal status of the two British bases in Cyprus is “non-negotiable,” UK Armed Forces Minister Al Carnes said on Sunday. The comment comes weeks after President Nikos Christodoulides said that his country wanted “an open and frank discussion with the British government” over the future of the bases in Cyprus. “We have to be …
Mostly clear skies are expected across Greece on Easter Sunday, with brief periods of cloud cover and isolated showers in eastern and northern mainland areas, as well as the islands of Evia, the Sporades and Crete, mainly during the midday and afternoon. Visibility may be locally reduced early in the morning over the Ionian Sea …
Norway-based PASSER Marine AS will return to Posidonia 2026 for its third participation, strengthening its engagement with the Greek and international shipping community. The company specialises in technical and cryogenic insulation solutions for maritime and onshore projects, with particular expertise in independent IMO tanks used for LNG and alternative-fuel applications. Previous Posidonia participations have enabled …
The letter in which lawyer Moses Saul informed Italian Consul General Guelfo Zamboni of the impending persecution of Thessaloniki’s Jews was discovered buried in the archives of the Italian Cultural Institute of Thessaloniki (Instituto Italiano di Cultura), a building recently sold to a German supermarket chain. Saul, who served as legal adviser to the consulate, …
The Jesse Davis Quartet will perform at Half Note Jazz Club, showcasing the acclaimed alto saxophonist’s signature “neo-bop” sound. A New Orleans native, Davis blends bebop and blues influences shaped by mentors like Charlie Parker. With a career spanning more than four decades, he has collaborated with leading jazz figures and established himself as a …