With the scars still visible on his body 50 years after Turkey invaded Cyprus, Angelos Vougioukas, a member of the Panhellenic Association of Cyprus Fighters of 1974, looks back on the crucial first hours of the Turkish occupation of Cyprus, and the 99 days he spent as a prisoner of the Turkish forces.
Our meeting was originally scheduled to take place on Lesvos, the eastern Aegean island where Yusra Mardini would swim in the same waters where she once risked her life as a refugee nine years ago.
Dr Antonis Armoundas was studying electrical engineering at the National Technical University of Athens in his native Greece when he decided the subject was a bit too dry for his taste.
Iranian artist Tala Madani’s first solo show in Greece, hosted by the National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST) and curated by Ioli Tzanetaki, captures your attention with the title alone, “Shitty Disco,” borrowed from one of the pieces featured in the exhibition. “It’s like a shitty place that’s not worth spending a night in, but which may still reveal a secret. A place where things are not what you thought they’d be,” says the artist.
With the day after in France marked by uncertainty in party headquarters, Kathimerini contacted the distinguished French historian and visiting professor at Yale Law School, Patrick Weil.
“Neither the Greek Cypriots nor the Turkish Cypriots had affection for the Republic of Cyprus in 1960,” Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides tells Kathimerini in an extensive interview on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Turkey’s bloody invasion of the island.
American-born, lyric coloratura soprano Nadine Sierra is one of the brightest stars in today’s operatic firmament. Her glorious, sensuous vocal instrument – without hint of the dryness often present in this type of voice – is combined with considerable acting skills and looks to kill: a combination of Hollywood and the pages of Vogue.
Why is the digital transformation of the economy necessary and when will we see the end of cash?
“The use of unmanned devices in the air, at sea and on land is almost certainly going to increase,” Andrew Novo, professor of strategic studies at the National Defense University, Washington, DC tells Kathimerini in an interview.
Kathimerini met in Athens with California Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis to ask her about the next day in the Democratic Party.
Amman, Beijing, Istanbul, Mumbai, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago, Tel Aviv, Tunis: The list of cities where New York’s Columbia University has developed its so-called Global Centers is indeed impressive.
Athens and Riga agree that European defense spending should be exempt from fiscal rules, Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics told Kathimerini in an interview ahead of his two-day visit to Athens on Wednesday, where he met with political and state officials. Rinkevics furthermore said that regardless of who wins the upcoming presidential elections in the United States, Europe will need “to be more serious about its own defense and security.”
Her life until the final year of high school was solely dedicated to track and field. An athlete specializing in middle-distance running events, she was ready for the Gymnastics Academy.
Seeking to acquaint ourselves with the retired livestock farmer who is among the 21 MEPs who will represent Greece in the European Parliament, we visited Toula Alexandrakis’ butcher shop in Alexandroupoli, northeastern Greece.
France is in danger of entering a permanent conflict, in case President Emmanuel Macron is forced to “cohabit” with Jordan Bardella after the elections. This is the assessment of political scientist Jonah Levy, vice chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of Berkeley.
We had just begun our conversation with Loukia Saranti when a Thessaloniki MP known for his outgoing manner dropped by, prompting me to introduce my guest. “You think I don’t know the iron lady of industry?” he responded.
Athletes are counting down the days to the 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games. However, there are some who are counting not just the days but also the seconds.
“Macron does not know what the answer is about the people’s reaction, but he is taking the risk as he considers politics as gambling,” argues Christian Lequesne, professor of political science at Sciences Po in Paris.
Matthew Nimetz, who acted as US and UN mediator in the “name” dispute between Athens and Skopje for 25 years, highlights the significance of proper implementation of the Prespa Agreement, not only for Greece and North Macedonia, but also for regional stability.
The losses suffered by ruling New Democracy in the recent European Parliament elections were from “both sides,” Defense Minister Nikos Dendias tells Kathimerini, noting that while these losses were mostly concentrated in the center, the ones to the right were “not negligible” either.
For many years, French-Swiss architect Bernard Tschumi was an almost unwanted person in Greece, at least for those who knew his name and associated him with the first and most emblematic public building constructed in Athens in the 21st century.
I had never eaten melon with feta before. I certainly hadn’t had it at the start of a meal. “But it’s the best appetizer for raki,” says Byron Nicolaides as he poured.
