ILIANA MAGRA

Greek expats beset by bureaucratic hurdles

Christos Kaltekis, born and raised in Melbourne, Australia, a city renowned for its vibrant Greek community, wishes to relocate to Greece.

All candidates get contact lists, no questions asked

The storm raised by a conservative Eurodeputy’s emailing Greeks resident abroad, who will be able to vote by mail for the first time in June’s European Parliament elections, is a reminder that lists of names, with addresses, phone numbers and emails, are in the hands of every political candidate.

20.02.2024 / 21:16

The shift in sentiment from skepticism to mutual trust

Greek-American relations are experiencing a “golden age” right now, US analyst and senior fellow for national security and international policy at the Center for American Progress Alan Makovsky told Kathimerini.

18.02.2024 / 19:47

Important strategic dialogue about what’s happening between Greece and US

The Willard InterContinental, a landmark hotel in the American capital, hosted the delegates of the 5th Forum for Southeast Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean, which was organized by the English-language edition of Kathimerini, in collaboration with Delphi Economic Forum, and the Hellenic American Leadership Council (HALC) last week.

30.12.2023 / 18:32

The chronicle of a media alliance

With a special event in the port of Piraeus, Kathimerini and The New York Times marked 25 years of a joint venture between the two media groups that share common values.

20.12.2023 / 13:28

Trump already ‘gave us warnings’

The morning after the event celebrating the 25th anniversary of the collaboration between Kathimerini and The New York Times for the former’s English-language edition, thanks to which American columnist Susan Glasser was in Athens for the first time, we meet at the cafe of a hotel in central Athens.

18.12.2023 / 09:58

Fishermen a vanishing breed, thanks to aquaculture

Giorgos Alevras, 38, plies the coast near the town of Astakos, in west-central Greece, in search of fish. Alevras, who returned to Greece last year after 10 years working abroad in biotechnology, has invested 250,000 euros in a fishing trawler, but the returns have been meager.

26.11.2023 / 22:30

The Bektashis have stopped hiding

The first time Ayse Karahusseinoglou laid eyes on yellow roses was at the age of 6. Accompanied by her father, she ventured to the Health Center in Soufli, a town nestled in the regional unit of Evros near the Greek-Turkish border, renowned for its silk industry.

24.11.2023 / 17:35

Agathonisi residents isolated after ferry services halted

The small remote island of the Dodecanese, Agathonisi has been isolated for the past two weeks after the ferry that connects it to Samos halted its services for maintenance.

14.11.2023 / 20:53

Self-defense with humanity, says UN deputy chief

The under-secretary-general of the United Nations and high representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, Miguel Angel Moratinos, was in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki last week representing UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the award ceremony for the Empress Theophano Prize, which this year went to the international organization. […]

11.11.2023 / 12:51

Empress Theophano Prize bestowed on United Nations

In the fourth award ceremony of the pan-European Empress Theophano Prize, which took place in Thessaloniki on Thursday evening, attention was not on the stunning Rotunda, the city landmark that served as a temple in Roman times, a Christian church in the Byzantine era and a mosque during the Ottoman occupation; nor was it on the distinguished guests who attended the event.

10.10.2023 / 11:02

Greeks in Israel: ‘We’re alive, for now’

He was woken up at 6.30 a.m. on Saturday by the wail of the air-raid sirens. Makis Levy knew he had 15 seconds to rouse his two children from their beds and get them all safely into the bomb shelter.

07.10.2023 / 22:26

Candidates with an immigrant background

In the Netherlands, Elma Baten worked for the police as a communications consultant. In Kastellorizo, a small Dodecanese island in the Eastern Mediterranean, she has taken up various jobs.

30.09.2023 / 13:02

Takeaways from the Athens Democracy Forum

The theme at this year’s forum, which ran from Tuesday to Friday, was about hope. “Do we dare to hope?” was the question at the core of the conference.

26.09.2023 / 07:55

Central Greece braces for onslaught of Storm Elias

More than 600 firefighters, EMAK rescue teams, army units and other state and local authority personnel have been put on standby as central Greece braces for the onslaught of a second major storm in less than a month, after Daniel razed homes, businesses, streets and bridges in early September, claiming 17 lives.