Niki Kitsantonis

Freelance correspondent @nytimesworld. Contributor @bbcworldservice, @NatGeo, @NPR, @snapjudgment. Ex managing editor @ekathimerini. 📩[email protected]

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@daphnetoli I'm so sorry, Daphne. He looks like he was a real character. Sending hugs 💜

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Rare collision between smuggling boat and Greek coast guard vessel leaves at least 15 dead, multiple injuries, amid broader crackdown on migration. https://t.co/i4qKsr96d3

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Greek coast guard revises death toll off Crete to 17, with two survivors expected to shed light on causes of latest tragedy at sea. https://t.co/AdpOHhmxCi

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Another tragedy at sea, the worst in a couple of years. Greek coast guard finds 18 migrants dead in half-sunken boat off Crete, two survivors. https://t.co/wcJvQOvnze

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Another tragedy at sea, the worst in a couple of years. Greek coast guard finds 18 migrants dead in half-sunken boat off Crete, two survivors. https://t.co/wcJvQOvnze

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Unique Minoan discovery at new Crete airport site reignites debate over heritage vs. development in Greece. My take for @NatGeo on a 4,000-year-old monument stoking controversy. https://t.co/8UPFq4UNYr

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My first piece for @MonocleMag on Greece’s plunging birth rate — and the push to slow a depopulation crisis that's left many villages with hardly any children. https://t.co/ftzqTpTv4w

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A startup boom in Europe is tripping up on bureaucracy as a dynamic ecosystem evolves in Greece. https://t.co/5SV814BCVy

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@TheKarmiDance @NatGeo Thank you! Yes, I was surprised by that too...

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Athens taps into an ancient aqueduct to save water and change consumption habits. A project five years in the making is about to go live in Halandri. Super chuffed to cover the story in my first piece for @NatGeo https://t.co/SGfr2CzUZb

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A controversy over a cable car divides the Greek Medieval fortress town of Monemvasia. https://t.co/q5meixoY5N via @NYTimes

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BREAKING: A suspected bomb has exploded in Athens outside the offices of Hellenic Train, Greece’s main railway company, state media says. https://t.co/KZPRuADBR0

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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

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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

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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

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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

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How residents of Santorini are coping with the seemingly never-ending earthquakes that have scientists scratching their heads. https://t.co/zr3x9nPYuN via @NYTimes

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As quakes rattle Greek islands, a few brave tourists enjoy having Santorini to themselves https://t.co/JfbRNRGqYB

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As reports of domestic violence soar, Greece cracks down with a law heavy on punishment but light on prevention. Critics include judges and lawyers who say the new provisions could make things worse. https://t.co/XuTFppVqww #Greece

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Rural resurrection: How a schoolteacher and priest teamed up, luring families to a mountain village with community and hope.

Classrooms are filling up, businesses might reopen.
A lifeline for the vanishing village of Fourna.
#Greece / with @TStavrak
https://t.co/f59kDusULo

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https://t.co/22KhbFjfXJ via @NYTimes

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The Greek capital's innovative response to water scarcity: revive an ancient aqueduct! Unknown to many Athenians, the project has inspired officials in Rome and Serpa. With @ByronSmithphoto https://t.co/choVk1a0sS