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Kendrick Nunn eclipses Monaco, as Reds avoid upset in Berlin
The Greek teams in the Euroleague bounced back from their losses last week to score road victories that might even see them share the top two spots at the end of the regular season next week.
Reforming city transport
European metropolises are deploying new technologies for fast and green urban transportation, while in Athens we are still struggling with how to use bus lanes correctly.
Infant product suppliers fined for price-fixing
The Hellenic Competition Commission imposed fines on three supplier companies, acting as importers and representatives of well-known infant product brands, after finding them to be involved in price-fixing.
PPC unveils ambitious €5.75 billion plan for West Macedonia
Public Power Corporation presented an ambitious investment plan for the transformation of West Macedonia into a technological and green energy hub.
ATHEX: Markets in free fall as China responds
The expansion of the international trade war, with the strong response by China to the tariffs introduced by Donald Trump, wreaked havoc on European bourses on Friday.
18th Century Balkan and Aegean Identities | Athens | April 8-9
A symposium at the Gennadius Library (61 Souidias), co-organized by library director Maria Georgopoulou and Cotsen Fellow Alper Metin, explores artistic and cultural identities in the 18th-century Ottoman Balkans and Aegean
Interpol fugitive wanted for murder arrested in Athens
Greek police arrested a 45-year-old man wanted by Interpol for murder early Friday by Greek police in Athens’ inner district of Exarchia.
Turkey: Younger generation plays key role in protests
In Sarachane Square, in front of Istanbul’s metropolitan municipality building, we met people from different social classes, political ideologies and ages.
Afghan national detained as suspected smuggler in Lesvos dinghy tragedy
An Afghan national arrested by Greece’s coast guard as a suspected smuggler in connection with a migrant-carrying rubber dinghy that sunk off the coast of Lesvos on Thursday has been ordered into pre-trial detention following his testimony before an investigating magistrate on Friday.
One in five TikTok users in Greece at high risk of addiction, study finds
The first study on TikTok addiction in Greece, conducted by the University of Athens, has revealed that one in five users of the platform are at high risk of addiction.
Athens Stock Exchange suffers heavy losses amid escalating trade tensions
The Athens Stock Exchange’s general index plunged 4.83% on Friday, swept up in a wave of global market turbulence sparked by China’s decision to impose retaliatory tariffs of 34 percent on US goods.
Greece returns 160 Georgian nationals to their home country
Two separate return operations involving 160 Georgian nationals took place in recent days, according to the Ministry of Migration and Asylum.
Original Sifnos chickpea stew (revithada) in a clay pot
The signature dish of the island of Sifnos, revithada is made on many other Cycladic islands as well.
The Soul Peanuts | Athens | April 5
The Soul Peanuts will perform an intimate live session at Dudu Loft (12-14 Kolonou) this Saturday.
Trial begins for former protected witnesses in Novartis bribery scandal
The trial of former protected witnesses in the high-profile Novartis bribery case – now facing charges of perjury and false accusations against prominent political figures – has opened with a flurry of legal objections.
Court acquits former HCMC president in Folli Follie case
The Athens Misdemeanors Court on Friday acquitted Charalampos Gotsis, former president of the Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC), of all charges related to the delayed suspension of Folli Follie’s stock in May 2018.
Rescuers search for girl missing after migrant boat sank near Lesvos
Greece’s coast guard said Friday that a search and rescue operation off eastern island Lesvos had still not found any trace of a child reported missing after a rubber dinghy carrying migrants sank, leaving seven people dead and 23 rescued.
Grandiose gesture of self-harm
What makes a superpower abandon its leading role, choosing isolation rather than dealing with alliances and solving common problems?
Greece braces for Trump’s tariffs
Dimitra Manifava, a journalist with Kathimerini covering business stories and the economy, joins Thanos Davelis to look into what US President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on allies and adversaries could mean for Greece and Greek exports.