Sakis Ioannidis

3 weeks ago | ekathimerini.com | Nikos Vatopoulos |Sakis Ioannidis

ECONOMY Major expansion of Athens airport inspired by architectural history Athens International Airport is set to double its passenger capacity by 2032 through a major expansion and redesign inspired by the city’s layered architectural history. The Anemos consortium – comprising international firms Grimshaw, Haptic, Arup, Leslie Jones, Triagonal, Plan A, and Greece’s K-studio – will lead the project.

1 month ago | ekathimerini.com | Sakis Ioannidis

INTERVIEWS OLIVIER ROY Syria: Main challenge for deal with Kurds is Turkey The agreement signed between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the transitional Syrian government under President Ahmed al-Sharaa is an important step toward improving the situation in the country, Professor Olivier Roy, a scholar of Islam and joint-chair of the Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies and Political and Social Sciences department at the European University Institute in Florence,...

1 month ago | ekathimerini.com | Nikolas Zois |Sakis Ioannidis

CULTURE Violinist Kavakos says booing of JD Vance was ‘shocking’ Renowned violinist and conductor Leonidas Kavakos said the booing of US Vice President JD Vance as he took his seat at a National Symphony Orchestra concert at Washington’s Kennedy Center on Thursday evening was “shocking.” According to US media reports, the boos and jeering, which lasted about 30 seconds, erupted as Vance, accompanied by Second Lady Usha Vance, took his seat in the box tier. A video shared on social media shows...

1 month ago | ekathimerini.com | Sakis Ioannidis

Konstantinos Sfikas found himself in the limelight recently as the guide who took movie stars Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes on a tour of Thessaloniki during their appearance at the northern port city’s annual film festival last November. He took them to the historic quarter of Ano Poli and the Rotonda, as well as to a service at the Church of Agios Dimitrios, Thessaloniki’s patron saint.

Jan 14, 2025 | ekathimerini.com | Sakis Ioannidis

If you are one of those people who will automatically give your seat to an elderly passenger on the bus, the sight of such an action would maybe make Olivier Roy despair a bit less about the crisis of culture the world is going through right now.