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ATHEX: Weekly drop is contained to 2.1 percent
Newsroom - The completion of the National Bank stake sale on Thursday allowed for a bourse rebound on Friday, dominated by the same stock...
Stock market today: Wall Street rises after a blockbuster jobs report
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are rising Friday after a surprisingly strong report on the U.S. job market...
Delays for Germany-bound flights, passengers in Athens affected
Dimitris Delevegos - Significant delays were reported earlier on Friday for flights to Germany or those passing through German airspace....
Wildfires rage in western Peloponnese, injuring firefighter and engulfing farmhouses
Newsroom - Firefighters in Ilia, western Peloponnese, are battling multiple wildfires, with one firefighter seriously injured and several...
Featured News
Mitsotakis discusses Turkey relations, rejects Erdogan’s Cyprus claims
Newsroom - Addressing the current state of Greek-Turkish relations, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis offered cautious optimism while emphasizing ongoing challenges during an interview with Mega TV. Mitsotakis reflected on his meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, noting that while progress is being made, significant hurdles remain. “Is The Hague close? No, it’s not,” Mitsotakis said, referring to the possibility of settling territorial disputes over maritime boundaries in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean through...
Editorials
The Council of Europe and Greece
Pantelis Boukalas - The last thing that would have excited public opinion, be it in a spontaneous or contrived manner, in early July this...
‘So what?’
Nikos Konstandaras - Watching Donald Trump on our screens for so long is like living in a story that could have been written by a Roman...
Pursuing diplomacy, while modernizing our defenses
Tom Ellis - Iran’s attack against Israel on Tuesday with 180 missiles – most of which were intercepted by the Israeli Iron Dome and other...
Israel Goes it Alone
Israel’s ground offensive in Lebanon, the country’s latest front, has resulted in criticism and concern from world leaders and...
In the age of the barbarians
Alexis Papachelas - We are facing a period of rapid global developments. The planet no longer has a “master,” and anyone who didn’t...
Israeli airstrikes rock southern suburbs of Beirut and cut off a key crossing into Syria
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Israel carried out another series of punishing airstrikes Friday, hitting suburban Beirut...
FEMA has faced criticism and praise during Helene. Here’s what it does — and doesn’t do
By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency is tasked with helping states and...
Trump and Georgia Gov. Kemp use hurricane recovery to make first 2024 appearance together
By BILL BARROW Associated Press EVANS, Ga. (AP) — After making up privately, Donald Trump and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp used the aftermath...
6 migrants from Egypt, Peru and Honduras die near Guatemalan border after Mexican soldiers open fire
By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican army troops opened fire on a truck carrying migrants from a half dozen...
US launches airstrikes by fighter jets and ships on Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military struck more than a dozen Houthi targets in Yemen on Friday, going...
The Nobel Prizes will be announced against a backdrop of wars, famine and artificial intelligence
By MARK LEWIS Associated Press STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — Wars, a refugee crisis, famine and artificial intelligence could all be recognized...
Mitsotakis discusses Turkey relations, rejects Erdogan’s Cyprus claims
Newsroom - Addressing the current state of Greek-Turkish relations, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis offered cautious optimism while...
Israeli airstrikes rock southern suburbs of Beirut and cut off a key crossing into Syria
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Israel carried out another series of punishing airstrikes Friday, hitting suburban Beirut...
FEMA has faced criticism and praise during Helene. Here’s what it does — and doesn’t do
By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency is tasked with helping states and...
Trump and Georgia Gov. Kemp use hurricane recovery to make first 2024 appearance together
By BILL BARROW Associated Press EVANS, Ga. (AP) — After making up privately, Donald Trump and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp used the aftermath...
6 migrants from Egypt, Peru and Honduras die near Guatemalan border after Mexican soldiers open fire
By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican army troops opened fire on a truck carrying migrants from a half dozen...
US launches airstrikes by fighter jets and ships on Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military struck more than a dozen Houthi targets in Yemen on Friday, going...
Editorials
The Council of Europe and Greece
Pantelis Boukalas - The last thing that would have excited public opinion, be it in a spontaneous or contrived manner, in early July this...
‘So what?’
Nikos Konstandaras - Watching Donald Trump on our screens for so long is like living in a story that could have been written by a Roman...
Pursuing diplomacy, while modernizing our defenses
Tom Ellis - Iran’s attack against Israel on Tuesday with 180 missiles – most of which were intercepted by the Israeli Iron Dome and other...
Israel Goes it Alone
Israel’s ground offensive in Lebanon, the country’s latest front, has resulted in criticism and concern from world leaders and...
In the age of the barbarians
Alexis Papachelas - We are facing a period of rapid global developments. The planet no longer has a “master,” and anyone who didn’t...
World News
UK gives sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The US base on Diego Garcia stays
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government agreed Thursday to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius, in a deal to secure the future of a strategically important U.K.-U.S. military base. British Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the agreement will secure the future of the base at Diego Garcia, the largest in the chain of remote islands off the tip of India that has been under British control for over 50 years. The base,...
Two London police officers reinstated over stop and search of Black athletes
LONDON (AP) — Two former London police officers have been handed their jobs back and will receive back pay after winning an appeal Friday against a ruling that said they had lied about smelling cannabis during a stop and search of two Black athletes. The Police...
Mexico’s new president promises to resume fight against climate change
By TERESA DE MIGUEL Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — In her first days as Mexico's new president, Claudia Sheinbaum made a point of distancing herself from the fossil fuel reliance promoted by her predecessor and mentor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and vowed to...
Japan’s new leader expresses regret for governing party slush fund scandal, vows stronger defense
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — New Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba opened his first policy speech in office Friday by expressing deep regrets over the governing party's slush funds scandal that dogged his predecessor. Ishiba replaced Fumio...
Two London police officers reinstated over stop and search of Black athletes
LONDON (AP) — Two former London police officers have been handed their jobs back and will receive back pay after winning an appeal Friday against a ruling that said they had lied about smelling cannabis during a stop and search of two Black athletes. The Police...
Mexico’s new president promises to resume fight against climate change
By TERESA DE MIGUEL Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — In her first days as Mexico's new president, Claudia Sheinbaum made a point of distancing herself from the fossil fuel reliance promoted by her predecessor and mentor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and vowed to...
Japan’s new leader expresses regret for governing party slush fund scandal, vows stronger defense
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — New Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba opened his first policy speech in office Friday by expressing deep regrets over the governing party's slush funds scandal that dogged his predecessor. Ishiba replaced Fumio...
GREECE and Cyprus
Samaras and Karamanlis to skip New Democracy’s 50th-anniversary event
Newsroom - Former conservative prime ministers Antonis Samaras and Kostas Karamanlis will not attend New Democracy’s 50th-anniversary celebration, Kathimerini has learned. The event is set to take place on Friday evening at the ruling party’s historic headquarters on...
Santorini mayor calls out caldera protection changes
Giorgos Lialios - Santorini’s mayor and a Cyclades lawmaker are raising concerns over a proposed legislative amendment they claim quietly...
Commission pressures Greece to correctly implement EU fair trial directive
Alexandra Voudouri - The European Commission has urged Greece to properly transpose European Union regulations regarding the presumption...
Mitsotakis unveils development plan for Evros following catastrophic wildfire
Newsroom - Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited Orestiada in the Evros region of northeastern Greece on Thursday to present his...
U.S. News
The Latest: Harris to visit Michigan while Trump heads to Georgia
By The Associated Press undefined Vice President Kamala Harris will visit the union stronghold of Flint, Michigan, on Friday as she battles with Donald Trump for working-class voters who could tip the scales in this year's election. Her appearance in the battleground state comes the day after U.S. dockworkers suspended their strike in hopes of reaching a new contract, sparing the country a damaging episode of labor unrest that could have rattled the economy. Meanwhile, Trump is heading to Georgia to appear with Gov. Brian Kemp, the...
Biden talks election, economy and Middle East in surprise news briefing
By JOSH BOAK ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — After 1,080 days as president, Joe Biden on Friday decided to pop in and take questions in the White House briefing room for the first time, striding in with a grin after a strong monthly jobs report and the temporary...
Civil rights groups ask to extend voter registration deadlines in hurricane-ravaged states
By AYANNA ALEXANDER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With registration deadlines looming, Democrats and civil rights groups are asking election officials in the states ravaged by Hurricane Helene to give voters more time. A judge in South Carolina on Friday extended...
Trump and the federal election case against him: Key passages from prosecutors’ latest court filing
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump "laid the groundwork for his crimes" well before Election Day in 2020. He said "the details don't matter" when told his election fraud claims would fail in court. And his...
Biden talks election, economy and Middle East in surprise news briefing
By JOSH BOAK ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — After 1,080 days as president, Joe Biden on Friday decided to pop in and take questions in the White House briefing room for the first time, striding in with a grin after a strong monthly jobs report and the temporary...
Civil rights groups ask to extend voter registration deadlines in hurricane-ravaged states
By AYANNA ALEXANDER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With registration deadlines looming, Democrats and civil rights groups are asking election officials in the states ravaged by Hurricane Helene to give voters more time. A judge in South Carolina on Friday extended...
Trump and the federal election case against him: Key passages from prosecutors’ latest court filing
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump "laid the groundwork for his crimes" well before Election Day in 2020. He said "the details don't matter" when told his election fraud claims would fail in court. And his...
BUSINESS
What’s next for oil and gas prices as Middle East tensions heat up?
Oil prices climbed this week as tensions in the Middle East escalated. Iran launched missiles at Israel and the Israelis threatened...
Supreme Court will weigh Mexico’s $10 billion lawsuit against U.S. gun makers
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Friday it will decide whether to block a $10 billion...
Google says it will stop linking to New Zealand news if a law passes forcing it to pay for content
By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Google said Friday it will stop linking to New Zealand news...
What’s next for oil and gas prices as Middle East tensions heat up?
Oil prices climbed this week as tensions in the Middle East escalated. Iran launched missiles at Israel and the Israelis threatened...
Supreme Court will weigh Mexico’s $10 billion lawsuit against U.S. gun makers
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Friday it will decide whether to block a $10 billion...
Google says it will stop linking to New Zealand news if a law passes forcing it to pay for content
By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Google said Friday it will stop linking to New Zealand news...
ATHEX: Weekly drop is contained to 2.1 percent
Newsroom - The completion of the National Bank stake sale on Thursday allowed for a bourse rebound on Friday, dominated by the same stock...
EU countries vote to impose duties on China EVs ahead of an end-of-October deadline
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union countries on Friday voted to impose duties on imports of electric vehicles...
GREEK DIASPORA NEWS
Mitsotakis: Greece-US ties will continue to grow regardless of election outcome
Newsroom - Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has asserted that the strengthening ties between Greece and the United States will remain unaffected by the result of the upcoming presidential election. Mitsotakis, who is in New York for the UN Security Council meeting,...
Greek-Australian arrested in Rome for murders committed 47 years ago
Newsroom - A Greek-Australian man accused of committing two murders in Melbourne 47 years ago was arrested on Saturday at Fiumicino Airport in Rome. The 65-year-old is charged by Australian judicial authorities with two murders committed in 1977.He is accused of...
The Hellenic Initiative Supports Elderly Care in Greece
$25,000 Grant to Expand Nosilia’s Palliative Care for Seniors The Hellenic Initiative (THI) has awarded a $25,000 grant to Nosilia, a nonprofit that has pioneered palliative care for people of limited mobility and financial means in Greece, especially the elderly. The...
Mitsotakis: Greece-US ties will continue to grow regardless of election outcome
Newsroom - Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has asserted that the strengthening ties between Greece and the United States will remain unaffected by the result of the upcoming presidential election. Mitsotakis, who is in New York for the UN Security Council meeting,...
Greek-Australian arrested in Rome for murders committed 47 years ago
Newsroom - A Greek-Australian man accused of committing two murders in Melbourne 47 years ago was arrested on Saturday at Fiumicino Airport in Rome. The 65-year-old is charged by Australian judicial authorities with two murders committed in 1977.He is accused of...
The Hellenic Initiative Supports Elderly Care in Greece
$25,000 Grant to Expand Nosilia’s Palliative Care for Seniors The Hellenic Initiative (THI) has awarded a $25,000 grant to Nosilia, a nonprofit that has pioneered palliative care for people of limited mobility and financial means in Greece, especially the elderly. The...
Religion
Panagia Malevi: The famous monastery in the Peloponnese, where great faith brings miracles to life
In a green area, at the top of Mount Parnonas, in Kynouria of Arcadia, in the Peloponnese, at an altitude of about 1100 meters, stands the famous monastery of Panagia Malevi, which is visited by thousands of believers, not only from Greece, but also from America,...
New data regarding the supernatural origin of the Holy Light in Jerusalem
“Is the Holy Light miraculously lit on the Holy Sepulchre or by a human hand”? This is a burning and timeless question that provokes much debate and doubt. Science, for its part, answers that the origin of the Holy Light is supernatural, while new data have recently...
Jews and Catholics warn against Trump’s latest loyalty test for religious voters
By DAVID CRARY and HOLLY MEYER Associated Press Former President Donald Trump recently reissued his loyalty test to religious Americans, declaring that he can best protect their freedoms while preemptively blaming members of certain faiths should he lose the...
Panagia Malevi: The famous monastery in the Peloponnese, where great faith brings miracles to life
In a green area, at the top of Mount Parnonas, in Kynouria of Arcadia, in the Peloponnese, at an altitude of about 1100 meters, stands the famous monastery of Panagia Malevi, which is visited by thousands of believers, not only from Greece, but also from America,...
New data regarding the supernatural origin of the Holy Light in Jerusalem
“Is the Holy Light miraculously lit on the Holy Sepulchre or by a human hand”? This is a burning and timeless question that provokes much debate and doubt. Science, for its part, answers that the origin of the Holy Light is supernatural, while new data have recently...
Jews and Catholics warn against Trump’s latest loyalty test for religious voters
By DAVID CRARY and HOLLY MEYER Associated Press Former President Donald Trump recently reissued his loyalty test to religious Americans, declaring that he can best protect their freedoms while preemptively blaming members of certain faiths should he lose the...
Travel & Tourism
International fiesta fills New Mexico’s sky with colorful hot air balloons
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — One of the most photographed events in the world is set to kick off Saturday with a mass ascension of color for the 52nd annual Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. The nine-day gathering draws...
Which airlines have suspended flights as Israel-Lebanon conflict escalates
Newsroom - Concerns over a wider conflict in the Middle East have prompted international airlines to suspend flights to the region or...
Major delays at Athens airport due to air traffic controllers’ go-slow
Newsroom - Flight delays of up to two hours have been reported at Athens International Airport, where air traffic controllers are...
Aria Hotels expands internationally with entry into Colombian market
Newsroom - Aria Hotels, the Greek hospitality subsidiary of the Libra Group, with over 70 units, announced on Wednesday it is also...
Lifestyle
Q&A: RZA on the nostalgic origins of his first classical album, ‘A Ballet Through Mud’
By RYAN PEARSON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — RZA's hoarding habit led to his newest adventure in music: a ballet and surprisingly traditional classical album he calls "A Ballet Through Mud." Early in the pandemic, the 55-year-old Wu-Tang Clan founder,...
Reese Witherspoon is teaming with bestseller Harlan Coben on her first suspense novel
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Reese Witherspoon's latest literary news marks a new direction for the Oscar-winning...
Robert Downey Jr. found inspiration from the screen to prepare for his Broadway debut in ‘McNeal’
By JOHN CARUCCI Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Robert Downey Jr. made his Broadway debut this week in the play "McNeal," revealing some...
Oasis adds US, Canada and Mexico stops to reunion tour
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Oasis shocked fans by announcing a reunion tour last month, ending a 15-year hiatus and,...