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Athens has numerous aging buildings that need renovation. The process, however, is plagued by two serious problems: In order to issue the relevant permits, one needs to endure the bureaucratic delays, and after the permits are issued, no one checks whether their terms are respected by the contractors.

The dominant Western narrative today has the West fighting a battle against a dark world that represents authoritarianism and challenges the liberal post-war political world. It is summed up in the phrase “the West and the rest.”

Athens has numerous aging buildings that need renovation. The process, however, is plagued by two serious problems: In order to issue the relevant permits, one needs to endure the bureaucratic delays, and after the permits are issued, no one checks whether their terms are respected by the contractors.

The talent of acting is a gift from heaven. It shows itself, dazzling at every moment and on every occasion. An example is Notis Mitarakis, the new minister of citizen protection, and formerly minister of migration and asylum, deputy minister of labor and deputy minister of development. I wrote here on Thursday about the prime […]

This year marks the 15th anniversary of the lethal shooting of 15-year-old Alexis Grigoropoulos by a police officer in Athens in December 2008.

The election of Nikos Christodoulides to the Presidency of the Republic of Cyprus is a new development in the island nation's political scene as it was done, for the first time, without the the support of the two major parties – Democratic Rally (DISY) and communist-rooted AKEL.

Iran’s failed missile attack against Israel offers the latter an opportunity to reverse the negative environment on the public relations front.

The local elections in Turkey – which did not go very well at all for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan – provided a momentary escape from the grim domestic quagmire Greece is sinking into, with no end yet in sight of the present crisis.

Managing public opinion is one of the tasks of every government. Some governments understand this process as a necessary, continuous, systematic explanation of their strategy to the country’s citizens, to make it understandable and remove any unavoidable obstacles to its implementation. 

A network of thousands of underground spaces are scattered beneath Athens. Pedestrians hurry past them, not suspecting that the metal lid of a manhole they have just stepped on is one of the gates to a vast web of spaces, which for decades has been sealed in silence and oblivion.

Former Prime Minister and ex-leader of the main opposition SYRIZA party Alexis Tsipras voiced concerns about the surge of far-right populism in the Greek politics, during a panel discussion at the 9th Delphi Economic Forum on Thursday. 

“Democracy is always unfinished business. It is not a recipe for Paradise on Earth,” John Keane, the renowned professor of political science at the University of Sydney, tells Kathimerini.

A storm in a teacup or a serious shift in the Greek cinema industry’s institutional landscape? Draft laws, as a rule, tend to attract the interest only of those who are directly affected, a few specific circles.

The climate crisis is becoming a direct threat to all. Extreme weather phenomena are accelerating in frequency and intensity, provoking death and disease, social and economic turmoil.

His political career lasted over half a century; it was full of crises, scandals, even an assassination attempt. But some of the most dramatic passages in the memoirs of Wolfgang Schaeuble concern Greece.

Greece’s Health Ministry is preparing a program aimed at developing a model for the prevention and treatment of juvenile delinquency, Stelios Stylianidis, psychiatrist-psychoanalyst and professor emeritus of social psychiatry at Athens’ Panteion University, told Kathimerini. 

Far-right pundits persistently raise the question: What would have ensued if the police officer stationed at the Agioi Anargyroi police station had intervened with his firearm to halt the man who murdered his ex-partner?

I won’t get into the discussion of whether putting Fredi Beleri’s name on the New Democracy ticket for the upcoming European elections would serve the ruling Greek conservative party’s interests; it would, in spades.

The Greek parliament on Sunday evening approved the government’s 2024 budget, the first in 14 years with Greek debt listed at investment grade.

The dominant Western narrative today has the West fighting a battle against a dark world that represents authoritarianism and challenges the liberal post-war political world. It is summed up in the phrase “the West and the rest.”

Greece “can play a very important mediating role,” in the developing conflict in the Middle East, Palestinian Ambassador to Greece, Yussef Dorkhom, said at a press briefing held at the embassy on Wednesday.

Tapping into the values and beliefs permeating Greek society, a survey by the Dianeosis think-tank shows that the return of economic insecurity, the consequences of climate change and the demographic issue are seen as major threats to the country’s future.

Greece is closely monitoring developments in the Middle East with great concern following Iran’s retaliatory attack on Israel late on Saturday, amid escalating fears of a major escalation in the Middle East conflict.

It is true that a gloom has descended on the holiday season again this winter, with a large part of the population continuing to be wary and mindful of the virus’ effects, particularly as it seems inevitable that the Omicron variant will take over by mid-January.

The collapse of a building floor in Piraeus on Tuesday where work was being carried out has highlighted the plight of hundreds of thousands of aging buildings in Athens, Piraeus, Thessaloniki and other urban centers without a plan for the future.

It has no writing system but it is spoken, mainly by elderly Muslim women in the Trabzon (Trebizond, historically) region in northern Turkey by a population that ranges between 4,000 and 8,000 people, according to estimates.