Nkos Efstathiou, an Athens-based journalist and author of a best-selling biography on Olympic Champion Pyrros Dimas, joins me to look at the buzz around the Olympics in Greece this summer, and break down whether Greek sport – which took a hit during the crisis – is bouncing back.
Thomas Bach, left, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), left, and his wife Claudia Bach, right, Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his wife Mareva Grabowski-Mitsotaki before a gala dinner hosted by the IOC and the French Presidency at the Louvre Museum, at the Paris Olympic games, Thursday, in Paris.
This week saw tensions between Greece and Turkey reach levels we have not seen since 2022 in the Aegean as Turkey sent its warships into an area south of the Greek islands of Kassos and Karpathos.
Brother and sister duo Odysseas Spanakis (front) and Ariadne Spanaki of Greece are shown during dinghy training at the Marseille Marina in the southern French port city, on Thursday
Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor’s chief correspondent covering major stories on the Middle East and North Africa, joins me to look into the protests that rocked Armenia over the past few months, and break down what’s at stake in the region as Azerbaijan – backed by Turkey – continues to demand further concessions from Armenia.
A canal overflows in Alexandroupoli following strong showers in the northern port city and other parts of the country Tuesday.
The historic Comedie-Francaise returns to the Ancient Theater of Epidaurus with “Hecuba, Not Hecuba,” a hymn to the avenging mother, written and directed by Portugal’s acclaimed Tiago Rodrigues.
Eleni Varvitsioti, the Financial Times correspondent for Greece and Cyprus, joins Thanos Davelis to look into the rise of the Athens Riviera and explore how major investments and projects along the Athenian coastline are poised to transform it, marking a new chapter for the Greek capital.
A woman, bottom left, stands on the balcony of a cruise ship which is docked at Athens’ port city of Piraeus, as the sun rises on Monday.
Endy Zemenides, the executive director of the Hellenic American Leadership Council, joins Thanos Davelis to look at what the failure of the US to use the word “occupation” to describe the 50 year presence of tens of thousands of Turkish troops in the northern part of Cyprus has meant for efforts to resolve the Cyprus problem, and whether the State Department is ready to right this 50 year wrong.
After a sizzling weekend where the beach was the only place to be, forecasts are promising a break in the long heatwave.
Travelers at Athens International Airport saw their flights being delayed or canceled on Friday, as a result of a computer glitch that knocked out systems across the globe.
Alexis Papachelas, the editor in chief of Kathimerini, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss the 50th dark anniversary of Turkish invasion of Cyprus, the importance of revisiting this moment in history – whether in Athens, Nicosia, or even Washington, DC – with clear eyes, and explore whether there is still a window of opportunity for a solution.
The National Historical Museum in Athens is showcasing a part of its collection of posters and photographs, most created in the 1980s, to express Greece’s continued support for the ordeals of Cyprus, following the Turkish invasion.
A computer-generated image illustrates the Culture Ministry’s plans for the radical overhaul of a former furniture factory at 260 Pireos Street in Athens, a space that is already used as an important cultural venue.
John Psaropoulos, an independent journalist based in Athens and Al Jazeera’s Southeast Europe correspondent, joins Thanos Davelis to look into the assistance agreement Greece is negotiating with Ukraine.
A water-dumping helicopter tries to contain a fire before it gets too close to the famed Ancient Theater of Epidaurus in the northeastern Peloponnese on Wednesday.
Thousands of Greeks gather at Syntagma Square to listen to prime minister Georgios Papandreou’s declaration of Athens’ liberation from the Nazi occupation, on October 18, 1944.
About 18,500 people braved the heat and long duration, of three and a half hours, on Friday and Saturday to watch the National Theater’s production of Aeschylus’ “Oresteia,” classical drama’s only extant trilogy, at the Ancient Theater of Epidaurus, as part of the Athens-Epidaurus Festival.
A tourist inspects his work while taking photographs of the Cycladic island capital of Ermoupoli in Syros on Monday, as Greece continued to grapple with a protracted heatwave that is expected to drag on until at least the end of the week.
Greek authorities have warned of an impending weeklong heat wave during the summer tourist season, with a high risk of dangerous wildfire.
Andrea Stricker, a research fellow and deputy director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ Nonproliferation and Biodefense Program, joins Thanos Davelis to look into the latest reports that the US and Turkey are reportedly discussing the possibility of US companies building nuclear reactors in Turkey.
