News archive of June 2017

UN chief attends 'final phase' of Cyprus talks

The presence of U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at high-level talks to reunify the divided island of Cyprus offered a glimmer of hope that an impasse preventing a peace deal could be overcome, officials said on June 30.

However, when asked if rival sides had reached any common ground, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Çavuşoğlu said "not yet."

Eurozone Inflation Falls Again

Inflation across the 19-country eurozone held up better than anticipated in the face of waning energy prices, a sign that the region's economic recovery is reverberating across the single currency bloc, official figures showed Friday, according to the USA Today. 

China “firmly” opposes US arms sale to Taiwan

China on Friday condemned a $1.3 billion US arms sale to Taiwan and called on the United States to stop any weapons deal with the island, which Beijing considers a rebel province.

Aeschylus | Epidaurus | June 30 & July 1

The Greek Festival turns the spotlight on ancient drama at Epidaurus with Aeschylus' "Seven Against Thebes" in a production by the National Theater of Northern Greece directed by Lithuania's Cezaris Grauzinis, following two successful performances at the ancient venue last year.

Kamasi Washington | Athens | July 4

American saxophonist and composer Kamasi Washington - dubbed the "high priest of sax" by GQ magazine in 2016 - comes to Athens's Technopolis venus for one show on Tuesday, July 4, with a brand of jazz that despite its complexity and sophistication manages to enchant lay audiences as well as jazz aficionados.

Turkey, US in intense talks over YPG split

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke on the phone with U.S. President Donald Trump on June 30, while Brett McGurk, the U.S. special envoy for the coalition to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), was holding discussions in Ankara following his visit to northern Syria. 

Castellucci | Athens | July 1 & 2

Italian director Romeo Castellucci draws inspiration from French diplomat Alexis de Tocqueville's (1805-59) seminal treatise for his production of "Democracy in America," which takes the audience back to the New World to explore what the director calls "the decline of tragedy." The Greek Festival performance takes place at the Onassis Cultural Center, starting at 9 p.m. on both nights.

Scientists overlooked a major problem with going to Mars — and they fear it could be a suicide mission

 

Scientists have long known high levels of radiation exists on Mars. But could it be so high that humans won’t be able to handle when we get there?

Going to Mars may be more dangerous than we thought. The major problem is high-energy space radiation. Scientists know that cosmic rays can damage DNA. They had just overlooked how bad it could get.

Turkish PM Yıldırım pushes for visa-free EU travel

Visa-free travel for Turkish citizens to Europe would make a big contribution to improving bilateral relations between Ankara and Budapest, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said during a meeting with his Hungarian counterpart Victor Orban in Ankara

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