A new banquet hall with stunning frescoes inspired by the Trojan War has been unearthed by archaeologists in Pompeii, the ancient city destroyed and buried under ash by the explosion of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 in southern Italy.
Muslims observe Eid-al Fitr at the Yeni Mosque in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, on Wednesday – the first time that the early 20th century monument has been opened for prayers in more than a century.
Sinan Ciddi, a non-resident senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), joins Thanos Davelis to look at why Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is taking steps to restrict exports to Israel now, and break down how this fits into the broader post-election narrative after the oppositions sweeping victory on March 31st.
Muslims gather to perform Eid al-Fitr prayer at the state-operated Mosque of Athens on Wednesday.
The fire season may formally begin on May 1, but forest fires started at the end of March this year, causing particular concern.
What can Thucydides tell us about our world today? Professor Andrew Novo, a scholar of ancient and modern Mediterranean history and strategic studies, joins Thanos Davelis to look at the lessons we should take away from Thucydides in a new era of great power politics.
Migration is top of the agenda this week in Cyprus, with President Nikos Christodoulides calling for the EU to step in to help Cyprus deal with a surge in arrivals on its shores.
Since 2021, a team of researchers from the Swiss School of Archeology in Greece and the Ephorate of Antiquities of Piraeus and the Islands has been exploring the top of Mount Hellanion, the highest peak on Aegina island, as well as the entire Saronic Gulf.
With wildfires already breaking out in Greece, Derek Gatopoulos, a correspondent for the Associated Press who has been covering news in Greece for more than 25 years, joins Thanos Davelis to look at how Greece is looking to overhaul its wildfire response in preparation for this summer’s wildfire season.
With the EU elections on the horizon, one party in Greece, Greek Solution, is seeing a notable surge in support. The rise of this far right nationalist party also mirrors broader trends in the far right across Europe, and many are beginning to ask whether this resurgent far-right is here to stay.
University of Cambridge lecturer Dr Ioanna Sitaridou (right) is pictured with Romeyka speakers from Turkey’s Black Sea city of Trabzon. Sitaridou has spent 16 years documenting this endangered variety of Greek still used by an estimated 4,000-8,000 speakers, mostly elderly Muslim women, in northeast Turkey.
Vassilis Nedos, Kathimerini’s diplomatic and defense editor, joins Thanos Davelis to look into a special visa program Greece launched for Turkish visitors who arrive on Greece’s islands, and explore where it fits into ongoing efforts to maintain calm in the Aegean.
Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor’s chief correspondent covering major stories on the Middle East and North Africa, including Turkey, joins Thanos Davelis to break down the results from Sunday’s municipal elections in Turkey, what this historic defeat means for Erdogan, and look at whether the opposition’s resurgence can now reshape Turkey’s national politics.
Shortly before Monday’s visit by Migration and Asylum Minister Dimitris Kairidis to Gavdos, south of Crete, 74 people were found on a boat that was at risk 10 nautical miles southeast of the island and rescued by the coast guard.
A nun makes her way to the milking pen at the Monastery of St John the Frontrunner nestled at 1,080 meters on Mount Ossa (also known as Kissavos) in Anatoli, near Larissa in central Greece.
Alan Makovsky, veteran Turkey analyst and senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, joins Thanos Davelis to examine how Turkish President Erdogan finally snagged an invite to the White House.
Eva Papasotiriou greets customers in the food department of an Athens department store.
Sean Mathews, a Greece based journalist covering the broader region, and George Manginis, the academic director at the Benaki Museum, join Thanos Davelis to break down how the search for an antique can give us insight into Thessaloniki’s rich history, and look at how current efforts to shine a light on the city’s past cosmopolitanism are increasingly important in a changing region.
A few weeks ago Greece passed a law allowing the operation of private, non-profit universities, including allowing foreign private universities to set up branches in the country.
Earlier this year Kathimerini organized a three-day conference looking back at the 50 years since the restoration of democracy in Greece in 1974, or the Metapolitefsi.
Professor Roderick Beaton joins Thanos Davelis to celebrate Greek Independence Day by looking into Lord Byron’s important contributions to the Greek cause.
[nx_login_form]x
