CORONAVIRUS

Pandemic unrelenting as deaths climb

With the main pandemic indicators of deaths and intubations still at high levels, Greece is still not out of the woods, despite a relative drop in coronavirus cases after a spike earlier in the month.

REAL ESTATE

Property all set for rebound

This year the property market is set to recover all the ground lost in the last couple of years and return to the levels recorded in 2019, according to George Mountis, managing partner at Delfi Partners and Co.

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Fixed rate for 80% of mortgages, as demand rises

Moderate rise in Golden Visas

Cyprus house prices keep increasing

AUSTRALIAN OPEN

Tsitsipas beats Paire without realizing it to reach last 16

Stefanos Tsitsipas staved off the incendiary Benoit Paire to reach the Australian Open fourth round on Saturday with a tough 6-3 7-5 6-7(2) 6-4 win but appeared not to realize the game was over after converting match point.

DIPLOMACY

Athens and Ankara seek positive agenda

In a bid to de-escalate tensions, sparked by a spike in Turkish overflights in the eastern Aegean and incendiary rhetoric that even targeted President Katerina Sakellaropoulou, the Greek-Turkish Joint Economic Committee is meeting on Monday in Athens under Deputy Foreign Minister Kostas Frangogiannis and Turkish Deputy Minister of Trade Mustafa Tuzcu. 

ELPIDA

Cold, snow and gale-force winds forecast from Sat to Wed

Extreme weather conditions are expected in areas of Greece on Saturday and Monday, according to an emergency bulletin released by the National Meteorological Service on Friday.

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ANALYSIS

EastMed and the new circumstances

In May 2020, the Greek Parliament ratified the agreement of Greece, Cyprus, Israel and Italy on a gas transportation system from the Eastern Mediterranean to European markets.

OPINIONS

EDITORIAL
Futile taxes for black holes
NIKOS KONSTANDARAS
Under the same banner
EVANGELOS VENIZELOS
EastMed and the new circumstances
APOSTOLOS LAKASAS
Impunity at universities
EDITORIAL
Who pays?
TOM ELLIS
Bοurla, Dimon, and so many others

CARTOON

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INTERVIEWS

EFRAIM INBAR

Israeli expert sees US role in East Mediterranean waning

MARINA ECONOMIDOU

Anastasiades on EastMed: Ready to examine other solutions

CHRISTOPHER MURRAY

The pandemic will probably be over in March

YAIR LAPID

Israel-Greece a ‘values-based strategic alliance,’ says FM

KEVIN FEATHERSTONE

‘Contact with Greece made me a better person’

ANGELOS SYRIGOS

Wooing Greece’s scientists back to universities

ELIAS MOSIALOS

‘Health services need to be stress-tested’

DENIS TERRIEN

Greece ‘a growing technology hub for entrepreneurs’

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PODCAST

What’s in the way of North Macedonia’s bid to join the EU?
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PODCAST

Greece strengthens its air force with new Rafale jets from France
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PODCAST

Beyond the EastMed pipeline: An opportunity for Greece
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PODCAST

US clarifies position on EastMed, refutes Turkish propaganda video
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PODCAST

Alexandroupoli: A center for US-Greek cooperation

VIDEO

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The Last Word: E.O. Wilson

In a never-before-seen interview, E.O. Wilson sat down with The New York Times in 2008 to talk about his lifelong quest to explore and to protect the planet’s biodiversity.

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NYC food banks adapt to pandemic’s long haul

Persistent food insecurity and economic pressures have forced aid organizations to expand and adapt their systems for getting food to those in need.

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If the internet were a toy, it would look like this

Our kids are at the mercy of tech companies, with only an outdated law to protect them.

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Searching for the unmarked graves of indigenous children

For more than a century, Indigenous children in Canada were forced to attend residential schools, where many endured abuse.

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Reaching the finish line. Finally.

Runners and volunteers waited two years for the return of the New York City Marathon, after it was canceled in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic.

NEWS

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Mother and grandmother arrested after baby dies of burns

A mother and grandmother were arrested on suspicion of negligent homicide on Friday after the death of a 15-month-old baby who was admitted to an Athens hospital with burns.

[Ekriti]
NEWS

Cretan river runs red

Residents near the town of Moires noticed that the local river, Geropotamos, had turned red, saying there was a strong smell of blood from the waterway.

[InTime News]
NEWS

Defense minister in precautionary quarantine after meeting with Israeli counterpart

A medic is seen on the night shift at a coronavirus hospital in Athens, in a file photo. A recent study estimates the cost of treating a Covid patient in intensive care at more than €2,000 a day, and in a regular ward at €450 a day. [SOOC]
NEWS

Covid: 20,507 new cases, 108 deaths, 679 intubated

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NEWS

Licenses approved for seaplane infrastructure on Corfu, Paxi

[Reutesr/Stoyan Nenov]
NEWS

Bulgaria says it decides on its defense with NATO allies

ECONOMY

[Intime News]
ECONOMY

Current account deficit swells

The current account balance has once again set the alarm bells ringing, as its deficit in November was twice as high as a year earlier (as well as two years earlier), reaching up to 2.515 billion euros – the highest since 2011.

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PROPERTY

Cyprus house prices keep increasing

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STOCKS

ATHEX: Losses send weekly result into the red

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BANKING

Negative rates put on hold for now

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FINANCE

Pandemic’s dues paid in 36-72 tranches

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ATHENS

The Experience Park at Elliniko open to the public every evening

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CYPRUS

Larnaca port and marina overhaul

SOCIETY

[Reuters]

Israel’s Genesis Foundation honors Pfizer’s Greek CEO Albert Bourla

Israel’s Genesis Foundation is awarding Dr. Albert Bourla, the Greek CEO of Pfizer, for being a “bright star in the constellation of outstanding Jewish scientists and doctors at the forefront of fighting the pandemic.”

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Water seen as culprit behind eerie Thessaloniki noise

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Michael Amiridis named President of UofSC

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Future global center of Pontian Hellenism unveiled

[File photo]

Greeks abroad now able to electronically register vital events through consulates

Sakellaropoulou was welcomed by a military detachment that sang the national anthem, accompanied by the island’s four schoolchildren and the mayor. [Thodoros Manolopoulos]

‘Here, the heart of Hellenism beats strongest’

A traditional fishing boat in the Missolonghi-Aetoliko lagoons. [Ministry of Culture]

Preserving a centuries-old fishing heritage in Aitoloakarnania

SPORTS

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SOCCER

Derby stalemate, while AEK suffers home shock by Panetolikos

Olympiakos preserved its unbeaten record in a goalless draw at historic rival Panathinaikos on Sunday, capping an eventful weekend that also had PAOK score a controversial win over OFI to rise to second, and AEK suffer another home reverse, this time to Panetolikos.

[Intime]
BASKETBALL

Greens go down in the end, Reds succumb earlier [highlights]

Panathinaikos got mighty close to beating Euroleague holder Anadolu Efes in Turkey, only to lose to a buzzer beater, while Olympiakos surrendered easily to Maccabi at Tel Aviv, as the Greek teams remain winless in the Euroleague in 2022.

CULTURE

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WHAT'S ON

Cries for Help | Athens | To February 9

The Hellenic American Union and the Prisma Center for Development Studies present “Cries for Help,” an exhibition of audiovisual documentary evidence of life on the margins of society and the works of art it has inspired.

[Pinelopi Gerasimou]
WHAT'S ON

Electronica on Delos | Online | January 20

Alekos Fassianos (right) chats with poet Vangelis Chronis (left) in a photograph for the exhibition dedicated to their work and friendship at the B&M Theoharakis Foundation. The 2019 show was Fassianos’ last.
CULTURE

Farewell to a painter of ‘contagious’ optimism

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WHAT'S ON

Christian Loffler & Ergon | Athens | January 24

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CULTURE

Artist Chrestos Sarakatsianos dies after long illness

IMAGES

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Capital looking out for homeless in big chill

The Municipality of Athens remains fully prepared to protect the city’s homeless from the cold, with heated rooms open to all and more on-site interventions by Streetwork in the streets of the capital.

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Sakkari feels she can go ‘all the way’ in Melbourne

Fifth-seeded Maria Sakkari plays a forehand return to Veronika Kudermetova of Russia during their third-round match at the Australian Open.

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Sakkari into 4th round at Australian Open

Fifth-seeded Maria Sakkari beat No. 28 Veronika Kudermetova 6-4, 6-1 to move into a fourth-round match of the Australian Open against 21st seed Jessica Pegula of the US, who beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz 7-6 (3), 6-2.

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Security cooperation with Israel reaffirmed

The defense ministers of Greece and Israel, Nikos Panagiotopoulos (l) and Benny Gantz, reaffirmed the commitment of the two Mediterranean countries to their continued security cooperation.

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Russian tycoon transforms Skorpios into an art island

Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev is planning to spend an additional 235 million euros on his privately owned Skorpios island in western Greece to include an art gallery in the luxury tourist development he is building, Kathimerini understands.

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Maria Sakkari beats Tatjana Maria in straight sets in opening match

Maria Sakkari of Greece waves after defeating Tatjana Maria of Germany in their first round match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Monday.

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BUSINESS & THE LAW

‘Buy now pay later,’ in Greece

POWERED BY ZEPOS & YANNOPOULOS Amid the coronavirus outbreak, the need for alternative finance methods has grown. In Greece, access to traditional bank lending for small businesses and consumers with no credit history is practically impossible. This, combined with the rapid growth of e-commerce and the fintech evolution has led to the development of innovative digital financial products.

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PARTNER CONTENT

Athens-based shipping company looking for Superintendent Engineer

[Intime News]
PARTNER CONTENT

Earlier restrictions for restaurants will destroy sector, union says

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BUSINESS & THE LAW

Antitrust dawn-raid upsurge: An old visitor at your doorstep

Summers are different for ‘turtle people’ and 2021 was no different.
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‘Fighting’ for turtles. A story of conservation from the Mediterranean