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EU has ‘ambitious framework’ for marine protection

VIRGINIJUS SINKEVICIUS

The European Union will be making more than 40 new commitments for the protection of our seas in the framework of the Our Ocean Conference, taking place in Athens through Wednesday.

16.04.2024 / 15:30

Monument is ancient, not the art

KATERINA EVANGELATOU

Stage director Katerina Evangelatou is midway through her second term as artistic director of the Athens-Epidaurus Festival, the country’s biggest cultural event.

10.04.2024 / 17:40

’There are no shortcuts’ to EU integration

NATASA PIRC MUSAR

Every country that wants to become a member of the European Union “must fulfill the conditions,” Natasa Pirc Musar, the president of Slovenia, tells Kathimerini, discussing the integration of the Western Balkans.

10.04.2024 / 11:45

Fiscal benefit 2% of GDP for Greece, but stricter rules

ZSOLT DARVAS

New EU fiscal rules are set to bring about greater relief for Greece but will also demand increased efforts, according to Hungarian economist Zsolt Darvas.

07.04.2024 / 19:30

‘There is no and can be no “ideal” democracy’

JOHN KEANE

“Democracy is always unfinished business. It is not a recipe for Paradise on Earth,” John Keane, the renowned professor of political science at the University of Sydney, tells Kathimerini.

03.04.2024 / 11:34

Sculptures must be ‘reunited with their brothers and sisters’

PAUL CARTLEDGE

“Any holders of Parthenon Sculptures outside Greece should return them forthwith to Athens, where they can be reunited with their brothers and sisters,” the distinguished historian of the University of Cambridge, Dr Paul Cartledge, stated in an interview with Kathimerini.

01.04.2024 / 22:46

If Ukraine falls, Russia will ‘directly menace the European NATO members’

PROFESSOR NIALL FERGUSON

He may study the past but does not hesitate to comment on the present or make predictions about the future. Scottish historian Niall Ferguson, author of “Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe,” among many others, is clear about one thing: if the United States does not restore support to Kyiv, Ukraine will no longer be able […]

25.03.2024 / 17:23

Armenian PM sees new impetus in regional dynamics

NIKOL PASHINYAN

The recent visit by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to Athens and the subsequent visit by Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias to Yerevan comes as a result of the boost in bilateral relations.

15.03.2024 / 09:07

Effective tax system, effective public expenditure are both key to growth

FABRIZIA LAPECORELLA

Fabrizia Lapecorella, deputy secretary-general of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, has indirectly identified three main weaknesses in Greece’s fiscal policy.

13.03.2024 / 11:55

‘New Democracy is a multifaceted party’

STAVROS PAPASTAVROU

There is an “invisible thread” connecting the conservative governments of Antonis Samaras (2012-2015) and the current administration of Kyriakos Mitsotakis, according to Minister of State Stavros Papastavrou.

10.03.2024 / 17:52

Yes to digital consultation, internal referendums

STEFANOS KASSELAKIS

In an interview with Kathimerini, SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis declares that he is ready to sit at the same table with other progressive parties, provided they respect his party’s role as the main opposition.

06.03.2024 / 19:55

The forgotten, invisible safe spaces under Athens

DIMITRIS KARAISKOS

A network of thousands of underground spaces are scattered beneath Athens. Pedestrians hurry past them, not suspecting that the metal lid of a manhole they have just stepped on is one of the gates to a vast web of spaces, which for decades has been sealed in silence and oblivion.

04.03.2024 / 22:00

From Kaisariani to Strasbourg

THEODOROS ROUSSOPOULOS

“Hello, Mr Roussopoulos. Congratulations!” said a customer from another table at the taverna in Ilioupoli, where Kathimerini met on Tuesday with the first Greek politician to be unanimously elected the 35th president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).

28.02.2024 / 21:48

The classical violinist who can pack a stadium

ANDRE RIEU

“Beethoven needed four notes for his 5th Symphony to be recognized: ta-ta-ta-taaaa. Theodorakis only needed two: pa-dam!” the famous Dutch violinist and conductor Andre Rieu tells Kathimerini while he is preparing for his first concert in Greece with his Johann Strauss Orchestra.

27.02.2024 / 21:46

Expert on Alexander the Great weighs into debate about docudrama on his life

DR PAUL CARTLEDGE

“Alexander the Great: The Making of a God” is the title of a new docudrama on the Netflix platform, which raised a storm of reactions, with the Greek minister of culture, Lina Mendoni, labeling it “of poor content and low quality.”

27.02.2024 / 14:56

Channels of communication with Turkey are working, says shipping minister

CHRISTOS STYLIANIDES

The channels of communication with Ankara are working, which is why tension was avoided at the most recent incident to take place near the uninhabited Imia islets in the southeastern Aegean, Greece’s minister of maritime affairs and island policy, Christos Stylianides, tells Kathimerini.

26.02.2024 / 15:45

‘It is time’ for strategic autonomy in the EU

ROBERTA METSOLA

The steps toward upgrading the European defense structure are outlined in a Kathimerini interview with the president of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola.

23.02.2024 / 00:45

Trump is ‘very serious’ about leaving NATO

JOHN BOLTON

“Erdogan would appeal to Trump as somebody who he could work with and I think Trump would accept that,” says the onetime White House hawk Ambassador John Bolton.

15.02.2024 / 21:15

The country that blazed a trail for same-sex weddings

SUSANNA TERSTAL

Marriage equality was a matter of debate as early as 1960 in the Netherlands. It became law in 2001. At the time, the country was the first in the world to legalize marriage for same-sex couples.

12.02.2024 / 12:16

US will be ‘closely monitoring’ Turkey

CHRIS VAN HOLLEN

The Biden administration has assured the US Congress that it will closely monitor Turkey’s behavior towards Greece, particularly focusing on potential overflights of Turkish F-16s over Greek islands and violations of Greek airspace, Chris Van Hollen, a Democrat who sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, says in an interview with Kathimerini, emphasizing that there […]

11.02.2024 / 23:31

How to prepare Greece for the onslaught of AI

DAVID EVAN HARRIS

In an interview with Kathimerini, David Evan Harris, who teaches artificial intelligence (AI) ethics for leaders at Berkeley, suggests identifying at-risk jobs and investing in education.

26.01.2024 / 11:55

Greek-American filmmaker revisits 1970s in ‘The Holdovers’

ALEXANDER PAYNE

Even though he’s a frequent visitor to Greece – coming in the summer for the Evia Film Project and in autumn for the Thessaloniki International Film Festival – Kathimerini caught up with Alexander Payne in London this time.