Sakis Ioannidis

1 week ago | ekathimerini.com | Sakis Ioannidis

CULTURE ‘In Situ’ guided tours of culture and history by Kathimerini The ‘In Situ’ tour included the choir rehearsal room [Vangelis Zavos] The journalists of Kathimerini can attest that one of the advantages of working for a legacy newspaper with a weighty name is access. All of us, chasing a good story or recording a news item, have found ourselves in places, spaces and locations that are not intended for everyone.

2 months 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.

2 months 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,...

2 months 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...

Mar 3, 2025 | 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.