New lease of life for the Loutraki water bottling unit
New lease of life for the Loutraki water bottling unit Eight years after the closure of the water bottling factory at Loutraki by PepsiCo-Ivi (now PepsiCo Hellas), Greece’s first such facility is about to resume operations under a new owner: This is NU Aqua, a company belonging to a German fund already active in Greece […]
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H εμφάνιση της Rihanna στο Met Gala After Party με κοσμήματα Έλληνα σχεδιαστή
H εμφάνιση της Rihanna στο Met Gala After Party με κοσμήματα Έλληνα σχεδιαστή Τετάρτη 22 Σεπτεμβρίου 2021, 08:00 Στο φετινό Met Gala η Rihanna κατάφερε να τραβήξει πάνω της όλα τα βλέμματα και με τις δύο εμφανίσεις της, οι οποίες είχαν την υπογραφή του οίκου Balenciaga. Για το after party υιοθέτησε ένα sexy look και […]
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Efood is forced to backtrack
Efood is forced to backtrack Efood was forced to take a step back after the fierce reaction generated from its text message to the cellphones of 115 delivery workers last week, expressing its intentions to turn them from full-time employees to freelancers. In a new message sent over the weekend to its delivery staff, following […]
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Health Ministry clarifies requirements for visits to dentists, after reactions
Health Ministry clarifies requirements for visits to dentists, after reactions Patients will not have to provide a coronavirus test to their dentists during a regular visit, the Health Ministry clarified on Tuesday, after an uproar over media reports obliging patients to either a rapid or a molecular test. Exceptionally, the ministry said, patients expected to […]
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AEGEAN – The profitable third quarter and the strategy for the day after
AEGEAN – The profitable third quarter and the strategy for the day after AEGEAN will close the first profitable quarter after the pandemic hit at the end of September, as it prepares for the first year with full activity. The course of this summer, during which our country was among the top destinations in Europe, […]
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Elon Musk Mocks Biden in Tweet After Successful SpaceX Mission
Elon Musk Mocks Biden in Tweet After Successful SpaceX Mission Elon Musk took a shot at Joe Biden on Twitter after his SpaceX missions landed successfully. Credit: Public Domain Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk took a shot at President Joe Biden on Sunday. Musk’s SpaceX private spaceflight had just completed its landmark mission the […]
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Penal code amendments set to move ahead soon
Penal code amendments set to move ahead soon Two years after the hasty adoption of the amended penal code, when it provoked fierce political controversy, the government is now seeking to change the provisions considered problematic. The changes, which have been elaborated by a special lawmaking committee at the Justice Ministry over the last two […]
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Checks to enter indoor areas tightening
Checks to enter indoor areas tightening After last week’s period of “adaptation” to the new pandemic measures, this week is expected to see the enforcement of fines and penalties for violations in the workplace and in restaurants. Indeed, Kathimerini understands that in addition to the vaccination or illness recovery certificate that will be requested from […]
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Tsitsipas says will take Covid-19 shot this year
Tsitsipas says will take Covid-19 shot this year A month after sparking controversy by saying he would only get the Covid-19 vaccine if it became mandatory to compete in tennis, world number three Stefanos Tsitsipas has said he plans to receive the jab later in 2021. “It will certainly happen this year,” Tsitsipas said in […]
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After Merkel
After Merkel The end of the Merkel era offers a moment for reflection in Europe. Germany’s outgoing chancellor often acted as a shock absorber for the European project, making sure that the necessary compromises were made. However, Angela Merkel’s hesitation often cost Europe. Now, with the political changeover in Berlin and the upcoming elections in […]
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Dendias orders demarche to Ankara after Turkish harrasment of research vessel south of Crete
Dendias orders demarche to Ankara after Turkish harrasment of research vessel south of Crete Greece’s Ambassador to Ankara has been instructed by Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias to deliver a strong demarche to the Turkish foreign ministry due to harassment of the Research Vessel Nautical Geo and due to Ankara’s issuance of an illegitimate counter-NAVTEX. “I […]
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After Afghanistan pullout, US seeks NATO basing, intel pacts
After Afghanistan pullout, US seeks NATO basing, intel pacts Against the backdrop of the troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, the top US military officer is meeting in Greece with NATO counterparts this weekend, hoping to forge more basing, intelligence sharing and other agreements to prevent terrorist groups from regrouping and threatening America and the region. Army […]
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After the wildfires, threat of indolence becomes visible
After the wildfires, threat of indolence becomes visible If – God forbid – a month from now, a fire were to break out in a part of Attica that escaped the devastating blazes this summer, would we be ready to deal with it better than we did in August? Have you see any local government […]
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France Recalls Its Ambassadors to the US and Australia after AUKUS Announcement
France Recalls Its Ambassadors to the US and Australia after AUKUS Announcement French President Emmanuel Macron has recalled France’s ambassadors to the United States and Australia in response to AUKUS. Credit: Remy Juan, CC BY-SA French President Emmanuel Macron has recalled France’s ambassadors to the United States and Australia in response to the AUKUS alliance […]
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Yes, Biden does have a strategy!
Yes, Biden does have a strategy! Soon after becoming vice president in 2009, Joe Biden told Barack Obama and the entire National Security Council that the United States should stop trying to build a feminist democracy in Afghanistan of all places, stop trying to build a national army from a pre-national population, and stop paying […]
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Vladimir Putin Self Isolates After Being Exposed to COVID-19
Vladimir Putin Self Isolates After Being Exposed to COVID-19 Vladimir Putin has begun quarantining after someone in his inner circle tested positive for COVID-19. Credit: The Presidential Press and Information Office, CC BY 4.0 Russian President Vladimir Putin is self-isolating after several members of his inner circle tested positive for the coronavirus, the Kremlin announced […]
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Bulgaria to hold an early election after political deadlock
Bulgaria to hold an early election after political deadlock Bulgaria’s president has called a third parliamentary election this year that will be held on Nov. 14 after two previous votes failed to produce a government, authorities said Wednesday. Parliament will be dissolved and a new caretaker government will be appointed in the European Union country […]
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Tι φόρεσαν οι διάσημες στο after party του φετινού Met Gala
Tι φόρεσαν οι διάσημες στο after party του φετινού Met Gala Τετάρτη 15 Σεπτεμβρίου 2021, 15:30 Το Met Gala επέστρεψε στο Ινστιτούτο Κοστουμιών του Μητροπολιτικού Μουσείου Τέχνης της Νέας Υόρκης (MET) μετά από έναν χρόνο απουσίας λόγω του Covid-19 πιο ανανεωμένο από ποτέ. Mετά την φαντασμαγορική βραδιά οι διάσημοι συνέχισαν και στα after party που […]
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Το sexy look της Rihanna στο after party του Met Gala
Το sexy look της Rihanna στο after party του Met Gala Τετάρτη 15 Σεπτεμβρίου 2021, 12:30 Στο φετινό Met Gala η Rihanna κατάφερε να τραβήξει πάνω της όλα τα βλέμματα και με τις δύο εμφανίσεις της, οι οποίες είχαν την υπογραφή του οίκου Balenciaga. Για το after party υιοθέτησε ένα sexy look και έκανε τα φλας […]
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The Ancient Greek Lexicon Published after 23 Years in the Making
The Ancient Greek Lexicon Published after 23 Years in the Making An example of Linear B script, the earliest known Greek writing. Credit: Sharon Mollerus, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Cambridge University Press has published the Cambridge Greek Lexicon after 23 years of work by the University’s classics faculty. The group was led by the lexicon’s editor-in-chief, […]
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Police launches manhunt after central Athens bank heist
Police launches manhunt after central Athens bank heist Police in Athens have launched a manhunt to find the perpetrators of an armed robbery against a bank in the city center on Tuesday. The heist took place during the midday rush hour, at around 12 noon, at a bank on Mitropoleos Street, which links Syntagma Square […]
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Americans and US allies deserve accountability for Afghanistan
Americans and US allies deserve accountability for Afghanistan Twenty years after the September 11 attacks that launched the US-led allied intervention in Afghanistan, General Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr, USMC, commander of US Central Command, defeatedly stated, “We did not get out everyone who wanted to get out.” It was time to leave Afghanistan, but not […]
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Woman attacked with corrosive substance
Woman attacked with corrosive substance Police on Monday arrested a 58-year-old man after he attacked a woman with a corrosive liquid. The incident took place outside the Nikaia General Hospital, near Piraeus, shortly after 10 a.m. The man sprayed a so-far unknown substance on the 64-year-old woman, identified by some reports as his mother-in-law, following […]
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Girl, 13, accidentally shoots herself with father’s gun
Girl, 13, accidentally shoots herself with father’s gun A 13-year-old girl was hospitalized after firing a hunting rifle that she found in the house in Serres in northern Greece, reports said Monday. Reports said the girl, who is now recovering in a hospital in the northern port city of Thessaloniki, was injured in the forehead […]
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Greek bond yields buck trend to decrease after PEPP boost
Greek bond yields buck trend to decrease after PEPP boost Greek government bond yields start the new week on Monday after falling for a second session in a row on Friday and avoiding a sell-off that struck the rest of the market. By Friday’s closing the benchmark 10-year bond yield had dropped to 0.767%. The […]
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PAS Giannina shocks PAOK, Atromitos holds the Reds
PAS Giannina shocks PAOK, Atromitos holds the Reds After two postponements and a long time waiting, the Greek Super League finally got under way this weekend – but it was worth the wait: PAS Giannina stunned PAOK in Thessaloniki and Atromitos held Olympiakos in Piraeus, while Panathinaikos and AEK made emphatic starts. Champion Olympiakos kept […]
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The end of myths
The end of myths Are we done with myths? It’s something to think about after the universal farewell to composer Mikis Theodorakis. The answer is “probably yes.” Because history plays mysterious games and just when it seems to be moving in a straight line, it can take a strange turn that leads to new myths. […]
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Toyota’s Rovanpera leads in Greece after day one
Toyota’s Rovanpera leads in Greece after day one Toyota’s Kalle Rovanpera led after the first day of Greece’s Acropolis Rally on Friday with championship-leading team mate Sebastien Ogier third. Hyundai’s Estonian Ott Tanek was second, 3.7 seconds behind the Finn, with Frenchman Ogier two tenths further behind in a close battle between the three drivers […]
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Athens Pride to return to the streets on Saturday
Athens Pride to return to the streets on Saturday After taking place online last year, the Athens Pride march returns to the streets this Saturday, September 11, under the slogan “This Is What Unites Us.” The event kicks off at 7 p.m. from Klafthmonos Square and will conclude on Syntagma Square, in front of parliament. […]
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Member of National COVID-19 Committee expects hike in cases after schools re-open
Member of National COVID-19 Committee expects hike in cases after schools re-open The health ministry has announced that a spike in COVID-19 is expected after schools re-open on 13 September and outlined details of the procedures to be followed. The government has for months expressed its determination to keep schools open, and it has been […]
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