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Nikola Dimitrov: ‘The bridge might collapse without care’
LENA ARGIRI
The former foreign minister of North Macedonia and one of the signatories of the name deal with Greece in 2018, Nikola Dimitrov is cautiously optimistic that the Prespa Agreement will survive the recent shift in the political landscape in Skopje.
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.
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 violinistwho 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.
25.01.2024 / 16:30
Land of warmth, light and antiquity
VICTORIA HISLOP
Victoria Hislop first visited Greece with her mother and sister in 1976, at the age of 17.
22.01.2024 / 22:03
No breaks on the path of radical reform
KYRIAKOS PIERRAKAKIS
It took him just nine months in office in his first-ever term in government to score his first big win as head of the ministry responsible for bringing Greek bureaucracy into the digital age.
19.01.2024 / 11:02
Greece has managed migration better than most European countries
KYRIAKOS MITSOTAKIS
Greece has addressed the migration issue more effectively than most of its European counterparts, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in an interview with journalist Richard Quest on CNN on Friday.
14.01.2024 / 15:14
We can’t keep buying off the shelf
NIKOS DENDIAS
Friday’s sweeping overhaul of Greece’s military leadership is indicative of a radical shift in the dogma governing how the armed forces are run, Defense Minister Nikos Dendias tells Kathimerini in an exclusive interview.
14.01.2024 / 12:00
Why the political system fails us –and how to fix it
BEN ANSELL
Why politics fails and what share of responsibility do citizens bear in a failed political system? These are the overarching questions that Ben Ansell, professor of comparative democratic institutions at the University of Oxford, tries to answer in his new book
