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10 March 2023

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NEWS

Anti-Money Laundering Authority targets railway companies

The Anti-Money Laundering Authority has launched a general financial audit for bribes in railway network owner OSE and its subsidiaries, targeting officials who held positions of responsibility in OSE, its ERGOSE subsidiary and TRAINOSE.

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PM ends talk of elections before Easter

SYRIZA says ERGOSE board is made up of ND functionaries

Tens of thousands march in Greece to protest train disaster

NEWS

Support measures announced for relatives of Tempe dead

The immediate relatives of people killed in the Tempe railway disaster will receive a special pension, as part of a package of measures announced by the government on Friday.

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NEWS

Mother in pimping case calls for police psychologist to testify

A 37-year-old mother who has been in custody since last October over charges relating to the pimping of her 12-year-old daughter has requested that a police psychologist examining the child be called to testify before an investigating magistrate.

IMAGES

More than 1,000 ancient graves uncovered in Halkidiki

Tourism development may have overshadowed the archaeological wealth found on the peninsulas of Kassandra and Sithonia in Halkidiki, but thanks to it, one of the largest cemeteries in northern Greece has been uncovered.

NEWS

Construction of Giannis Antetokounmpo basketball court begins in Ghana

Construction work on a basketball court jointly funded by a Greek government donation has begun in Ghana, the Foreign Ministry tweeted on Friday.

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21:40Who will the young trust?
21:00Funding for R&D can fuel growth and support democratic institutions in Greece
20:26Anti-Money Laundering Authority targets railway companies
20:15Experts sound alarm over lurking kidney disease
19:54Watchdog focuses on Unilever and P&G
19:20Support measures announced for relatives of Tempe dead
18:17Construction of Giannis Antetokounmpo basketball court begins in Ghana
18:07Dwarf elephants? Giant rats? Strange island creatures at high risk
17:22Gov’t seeks EU advice on railway safety after train crash
17:11SYRIZA says ERGOSE board is made up of ND functionaries
16:06Mother in child pimping case calls for police psychologist to testify
15:20Proposal submitted to end attacks on health workers
14:59Ministry issues warning over mosquito-borne diseases
14:43Iraqi Kurds, oil, and Turkey: Why Amos Hochstein’s energy schemes are a disservice to Iraq and US interests
14:22Road safety black holes
13:38Erdogan calls Turkish elections for May 14, three months after quake disaster
13:23PM vows quick and transparent investigation into deadly train crash
13:08Deficit of 330 million euros in agricultural products
12:32Athens expresses dismay over Hamburg church attack
12:06More than 1,000 ancient graves uncovered in Halkidiki
11:50SKY Express offering free flights to students
11:30The war in Ukraine: One year later
10:46Turkey’s southeast exodus after earthquake puts manufacturing at risk
10:22Poll of voting intentions shows ND lost ground following Feb 28 train crash
09:36Turkey appears to halt transit of sanctioned goods to Russia
09:31Greece on the cusp of investment grade rating
09:19Amvrosios: Train crash God’s punishment for Carnival
08:55Case file points to mistakes, inexperience
08:33Defense ministers agree to keep channels open
08:19New Cyprus foreign minister visits Athens
08:01PM ends talk of elections before Easter
07:20Police deny abuse claim
04:00Cyprus GDP and employment on the rise
03:54Israel’s democratic process is a democracy at work
03:00Researchers give new hope for Alzheimer’s therapy
23:00Political responsibility
22:43Corporate taxes paid promptly
22:42Common sense and angry voters
22:29Greek-Turkish Solar Energy Excellence Hub
22:09ATHEX: Moderate gains after five days of decline

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EDITOR'S PICK

Who will the young trust?

ANALYSIS

Funding for R&D can fuel growth

In July 2022 Professors Konstantinos Drosatos and Nicholas Ktistakis published a letter in Nature, demanding the creation of a national research foundation in Greece.

 OPINIONS

TOM ELLIS

Common sense and angry voters

PASCHOS MANDRAVELIS

The heirs of populist journalism

NOTIS PAPADOPOULOS

Ditching the I-can’t-be-bothered attitude

EDITORIAL

Let anger create drive

PASCHOS MANDRAVELIS

Saying ‘never again,’ yet again

NIKOS KONSTANDARAS

Who will the young trust?

COSTAS MEGHIR

Funding for R&D can fuel growth and support democratic institutions in Greece

STAVROS TZIMAS

Road safety black holes

ALEXIA TASOULI

Israel’s democratic process is a democracy at work

EDITORIAL

Political responsibility

TOM ELLIS

Common sense and angry voters

PASCHOS MANDRAVELIS

The heirs of populist journalism

NOTIS PAPADOPOULOS

Ditching the I-can’t-be-bothered attitude

EDITORIAL

Let anger create drive

PASCHOS MANDRAVELIS

Saying ‘never again,’ yet again

NIKOS KONSTANDARAS

Who will the young trust?

COSTAS MEGHIR

Funding for R&D can fuel growth and support democratic institutions in Greece

STAVROS TZIMAS

Road safety black holes

ALEXIA TASOULI

Israel’s democratic process is a democracy at work

EDITORIAL

Political responsibility

TOM ELLIS

Common sense and angry voters

PASCHOS MANDRAVELIS

The heirs of populist journalism

NOTIS PAPADOPOULOS

Ditching the I-can’t-be-bothered attitude

EDITORIAL

Let anger create drive

PASCHOS MANDRAVELIS

Saying ‘never again,’ yet again

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Fight over retirement in France is a question of identity

CATHERINE PORTER

Monday is line dancing; Tuesday scrapbooking with friends; Wednesday caring for her two grandchildren.

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INTERVIEWS

NIKOS ANDROULAKIS

PASOK chief chides ND, SYRIZA for past failures

YANNIS MANDALAS

The caretakers of the precious mastic tree

YANNIS STOURNARAS

Trust ‘can be lost in 24 hours’

RUMEN RADEV

Athens-Sofia responsibility for regional security ‘growing by the day,’ Bulgarian president tells Kathimerini

MARGRETHE VESTAGER

Europe paying price for being ‘greedy’

FAHRETTIN ALTUN

We have never abandoned the extended hand of friendship

OLGA STEFANISHYNA

Victory for Ukraine, accountability for Russia

NICOS ANASTASIADES

Cyprus, a reliable partner

NIKOS ANDROULAKIS

PASOK chief chides ND, SYRIZA for past failures

YANNIS MANDALAS

The caretakers of the precious mastic tree

YANNIS STOURNARAS

Trust ‘can be lost in 24 hours’

RUMEN RADEV

Athens-Sofia responsibility for regional security ‘growing by the day,’ Bulgarian president tells Kathimerini

MARGRETHE VESTAGER

Europe paying price for being ‘greedy’

FAHRETTIN ALTUN

We have never abandoned the extended hand of friendship

OLGA STEFANISHYNA

Victory for Ukraine, accountability for Russia

NICOS ANASTASIADES

Cyprus, a reliable partner

NIKOS ANDROULAKIS

PASOK chief chides ND, SYRIZA for past failures

YANNIS MANDALAS

The caretakers of the precious mastic tree

YANNIS STOURNARAS

Trust ‘can be lost in 24 hours’

RUMEN RADEV

Athens-Sofia responsibility for regional security ‘growing by the day,’ Bulgarian president tells Kathimerini

PODCAST

In the wake of the tragic train crash in Greece: How could this happen?

PODCAST

Iraqi Kurds, oil, and Turkey: Why Amos Hochstein’s energy schemes are a disservice to Iraq and US interests

PODCAST

Greece on the cusp of investment grade rating

PODCAST

The political fallout of the tragic train crash in Greece

PODCAST

Kilicdaroglu emerges as the main candidate to take on Erdogan after a weekend of political drama

PODCAST

In the wake of the tragic train crash in Greece: How could this happen?

PODCAST

Iraqi Kurds, oil, and Turkey: Why Amos Hochstein’s energy schemes are a disservice to Iraq and US interests

PODCAST

Greece on the cusp of investment grade rating

PODCAST

The political fallout of the tragic train crash in Greece

PODCAST

Kilicdaroglu emerges as the main candidate to take on Erdogan after a weekend of political drama

PODCAST

In the wake of the tragic train crash in Greece: How could this happen?

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VIDEO

America is failing refugees, and itself

How the United States treats refugees is one of the greatest tests of the American experiment.

‘Do no harm’: OB-GYNs weigh the legal impact of abortion bans

As anti-abortion laws take effect across the country, doctors treating patients with high-risk pregnancies are facing difficult decisions – and legal risks – over their standards of care.

The Conservatives made everything in Britain worse (yes, even the weather)

With a new prime minister, Britain is about to get a second helping of the policies that created its current crisis.

(Re)defining the American dream

From politics to pop culture, it’s a thing we’ve all talked about for decades. But what does the American dream actually mean?

New climate promises, same old global warming

“Net-zero emissions” sounds like an ambitious goal, but for most corporations it’s just kicking the can down the road.

America is failing refugees, and itself

How the United States treats refugees is one of the greatest tests of the American experiment.

‘Do no harm’: OB-GYNs weigh the legal impact of abortion bans

As anti-abortion laws take effect across the country, doctors treating patients with high-risk pregnancies are facing difficult decisions – and legal risks – over their standards of care.

The Conservatives made everything in Britain worse (yes, even the weather)

With a new prime minister, Britain is about to get a second helping of the policies that created its current crisis.

(Re)defining the American dream

From politics to pop culture, it’s a thing we’ve all talked about for decades. But what does the American dream actually mean?

New climate promises, same old global warming

“Net-zero emissions” sounds like an ambitious goal, but for most corporations it’s just kicking the can down the road.

America is failing refugees, and itself

How the United States treats refugees is one of the greatest tests of the American experiment.

NEWS

NEWS

Experts sound alarm over lurking kidney disease

Around 10% of Greece’s adult population suffers from some form of kidney disease, with 10% of that contingent having a serious problem that may have been averted at an earlier stage, the Hellenic Society of Nephrology (ENE) said on Thursday – World Kidney Day.

NEWS

Dwarf elephants? Giant rats? Strange island creatures at high risk

A dwarf elephant the size of a Shetland pony that once roamed Cyprus was an example of the “island effect,” a rule in evolutionary biology describing how large-bodied species tend to downsize on islands while small-bodied species upsize.

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NEWS

SYRIZA says ERGOSE board is made up of ND functionaries

NEWS

Proposal submitted to end attacks on health workers

NEWS

Ministry issues warning over mosquito-borne diseases

NEWS

Erdogan calls Turkish elections for May 14, three months after quake disaster

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ECONOMY

RETAIL

Watchdog focuses on Unilever and P&G

The Competition Commission has in its sights two multinationals, Unilever and P&G, which hold the largest market shares in the washing detergent category. 

ECONOMY

Deficit of 330 million euros in agricultural products

ECONOMY

SKY Express offering free flights to students

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ECONOMY

Turkey’s southeast exodus after earthquake puts manufacturing at risk

ECONOMY

Turkey appears to halt transit of sanctioned goods to Russia

ECONOMY

Cyprus GDP and employment on the rise

TAXATION

Corporate taxes paid promptly

SOCIETY

Turkey’s southeast exodus after earthquake puts manufacturing at risk

Mehmet Alkan, a shoe-sole manufacturer in Turkey’s earthquake-hit south, doesn’t know what will become of his company after some of his 220 employees died and half fled, reflecting the difficult transformation ahead for industry in the region.

ACG celebrates 100-year anniversary with event in Washington DC

Turkey earthquake survivors search rubble for their gold savings

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Turkish earthquake survivors reconsider election loyalty to Erdogan

Plagiarism rings running riot at universities

Experts sound alarm as winters get warmer and drier

A month after quake, family that survived under the rubble looks to the future

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SPORTS

TRACK & FIELD

Three medals for Greeks in Indoor Europeans, with Tentoglou gold again

Greece won three medals at the Indoor Track & Field Europeans in Istanbul over the weekend, with Miltos Tentoglou winning gold, while Andrikopoulos and Karalis finished second.

SPORTS

Tsitsipas throws cold water on his Indian Wells chances

World number three Stefanos Tsitsipas said he does not expect to put up much of a fight at Indian Wells or the Miami Open as he continues to nurse a shoulder injury he suffered earlier in the year.

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CULTURE

WHAT'S ON

Digital Concert Hall | Athens | March 11

Continuing its Digital Concert Hall series of live screenings from the Berlin Philharmonic, the Goethe Institute in Athens is showing the acclaimed orchestra under the baton of Emmanuelle Haim.

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WHAT'S ON

Nightingale’s Tale | Athens | To April 23

WHAT'S ON

Symposium | Athens | March 10-12

WHAT'S ON

Werther | Athens | March & April

WHAT'S ON

Down to Earth | Athens | To April 30

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IMAGES

Relatives seeking unaccounted-for passengers

Mirela Ruci reacts as she waits to hear news about her 22-year-old missing son Denis Ruci, outside a hospital in Larissa city, about 355 kilometers (222 miles) north of Athens, on Friday.

Tentoglou reaches Istanbul final

Miltiadis (Miltos) Tentoglou, of Greece, makes an attempt in the men’s long jump qualification at the European Athletics Indoor Championships at Atakoy Arena in Istanbul, Friday.

More than 1,000 ancient graves uncovered in Halkidiki

Tourism development may have overshadowed the archaeological wealth found on the peninsulas of Kassandra and Sithonia in Halkidiki, but thanks to it, one of the largest cemeteries in northern Greece has been uncovered.

Plot thickens over fate of Ideal and Astor cinemas

The future of the Ideal and Astor, two of the Greek capital’s historic movie theaters, looks uncertain amid speculation over the intentions of the owner of the buildings housing the cinemas, the Single Social Security Entity (EFKA).

Vatican Parthenon Sculptures heading home

It appears to be only a matter of time, specifically of weeks, for the return and placement in the Acropolis Museum of the three Parthenon fragments, which Pope Francis ‘donated’ to Archbishop Ieronymos last December.

The planet in focus

Sustainable fashion designer Amy Powney is celebrated in ‘Fashion Reimagined,’ directed by Becky Hutner, which was screened as part of the Geocultura section of the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival.

Relatives seeking unaccounted-for passengers

Mirela Ruci reacts as she waits to hear news about her 22-year-old missing son Denis Ruci, outside a hospital in Larissa city, about 355 kilometers (222 miles) north of Athens, on Friday.

Tentoglou reaches Istanbul final

Miltiadis (Miltos) Tentoglou, of Greece, makes an attempt in the men’s long jump qualification at the European Athletics Indoor Championships at Atakoy Arena in Istanbul, Friday.

More than 1,000 ancient graves uncovered in Halkidiki

Tourism development may have overshadowed the archaeological wealth found on the peninsulas of Kassandra and Sithonia in Halkidiki, but thanks to it, one of the largest cemeteries in northern Greece has been uncovered.

Plot thickens over fate of Ideal and Astor cinemas

The future of the Ideal and Astor, two of the Greek capital’s historic movie theaters, looks uncertain amid speculation over the intentions of the owner of the buildings housing the cinemas, the Single Social Security Entity (EFKA).

Vatican Parthenon Sculptures heading home

It appears to be only a matter of time, specifically of weeks, for the return and placement in the Acropolis Museum of the three Parthenon fragments, which Pope Francis ‘donated’ to Archbishop Ieronymos last December.

The planet in focus

Sustainable fashion designer Amy Powney is celebrated in ‘Fashion Reimagined,’ directed by Becky Hutner, which was screened as part of the Geocultura section of the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival.

Relatives seeking unaccounted-for passengers

Mirela Ruci reacts as she waits to hear news about her 22-year-old missing son Denis Ruci, outside a hospital in Larissa city, about 355 kilometers (222 miles) north of Athens, on Friday.

Tentoglou reaches Istanbul final

Miltiadis (Miltos) Tentoglou, of Greece, makes an attempt in the men’s long jump qualification at the European Athletics Indoor Championships at Atakoy Arena in Istanbul, Friday.

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