Niki Kitsantonis
Freelance Correspondent at The New York Times
Contributor at BBC World Service
Freelance correspondent @nytimesworld, contributor @bbcworldservice, @NPR, @snapjudgment. Ex managing editor @ekathimerini. Ex-Londoner. [email protected]
Articles
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Niki Kitsantonis
The authorities in Monemvasia, founded in the sixth century, say people with limited mobility need access to the town's peak. But critics say the project would destroy the identity of the site. Carved into a massive rock, the medieval fortress town of Monemvasia rises from the Myrtoan Sea in southern Greece, its Byzantine churches and crumbling palaces a draw for the thousands of visitors who walk its cobbled pathways every year. But there is trouble in this tranquil retreat.
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2 months ago |
nytimes.com | Niki Kitsantonis
The Greek island of Santorini was shaken by thousands of mostly smaller-scale temblors. Now, residents have returned, and they hope visitors will, too. Weeks after being rattled by thousands of mostly small-scale earthquakes, the island of Santorini, the jewel in the crown of Greece's tourism sector, is determined to return to business as usual - even as the quake phenomenon remain a mystery.
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Mar 3, 2025 |
znetwork.org | Niki Kitsantonis
A general strike in Greece on Friday halted trains and ferries, grounded flights and disrupted public services as thousands of workers walked off the job on the second anniversary of Greece’s worst-ever train disaster. The 24-hour walkout, called by Greece’s two main labor unions, was the latest in a series of public protests over a dragging judicial investigation into the crash, in which 57 people were killed.
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Mar 2, 2025 |
portside.org | Niki Kitsantonis
No Trains, No Planes and Huge Protests: Strike Brings Greece to a Halt Published March 2, 2025 A general strike in Greece on Friday halted trains and ferries, grounded flights and disrupted public services as thousands of workers walked off the job on the second anniversary of Greece’s worst-ever train disaster.
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Feb 28, 2025 |
nytimes.com | Niki Kitsantonis
A general strike in Greece on Friday halted trains and ferries, grounded flights and disrupted public services as thousands of workers walked off the job on the second anniversary of Greece's worst-ever railway disaster. The 24-hour walkout, called by Greece's two main labor unions, is the latest in a series of public protests over a dragging judicial investigation into the crash, in which 57 people were killed.
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RT @AP: BREAKING: A suspected bomb has exploded in Athens outside the offices of Hellenic Train, Greece’s main railway company, state media…
Santorini, the jewel in the crown of Greek tourism, tells the world it’s back after easing of earthquakes that stumped scientists. https://t.co/XnFMQyT3q5 via @NYTimes
Turnout at Athens protest rally is huge. Initial police estimate says at least 180,000. Clashes in much of the center with 41 arrests and some trapped citizens taking refuge in Parliament building. #Tempe
Thousands walk off the job and onto the streets on the 2nd anniversary of Greece's worst ever railway disaster, demanding justice and safe trains as a report points to multiple failings. https://t.co/nQ5E26BatC #Tempe
