News archive of December 2018

Ballets de Monte-Carlo artistic director Jean-Christophe Maillot strips Sergei Prokofiev's "Cinderella" down to its bare bones in a reading of the classic tale by Charles Perrault that treats the characters like real people rather than fairy-tale figures.

The constitutional issues' committee of the parliament in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on Thursday approved further changes to the country's constitution as stipulated in the name deal reached with Greece in June.

Athens International Airport (AIA) presented a mobile app designed especially for Chinese travelers on Wednesday, aiming to make things easier for them when flying into and out of Athens as well as during their stay in the city.

Eurobank announced on Thursday that it has concluded three bond loan issues totaling 201.9 million euros, which will go toward financing three operating entities of Total Eren in Greece, representing a portfolio of 162.4 megawatts of wind and photovoltaic parks.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) astrophysicist Erotokritos Katsavounidis has been awarded the Golden Cross of the Order of the Phoenix for his contribution to the first direct detection of gravitational waves in 2015.

A 22-year-old foreign national was arrested Thursday in Kozani, northern Greece, after being caught with 33.5 kilograms of cannabis hidden in his car.

Police found the drugs after signaling the vehicle to stop for an inspection.

The 22-year-old was charged with possession with intent to supply and was to appear before a prosecutor.

A new interactive map detailing the victims of the Yugoslav wars incorporates the efforts of various documentation centres, locating where human lives were lost all across the former country.

The US Embassy in Athens and its Consular Section, the US Consulate General in Thessaloniki, and all US government offices in Greece will be closed on Monday, December 24.

US citizens experiencing an emergency outside of business hours should call 210.720.2490.

The National Council for Foreign Affairs (ESEP) will hold a meeting Friday at 11 a.m. to discuss latest developments in Greek-Turkish relations and the Cyprus problem.

The meeting will be chaired by Alternate Foreign Minister Giorgos Katrougalos.

The meeting will take place amid a spike in tension in Greek-Turkish ties.

The letter, dated December 14, "stressed that the unique opportunity to reach a solution for Kosovo should be seized."

According to Tanjug, it reads as follows:

"Dear Mr. President,