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{{Short description|Greek-language daily newspaper}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = ''I Kathimerini''
| logo = [[File: Logo-kathimerini = Kathimerini-grlogo.svg|250px]]
| image = [[File:Kathimerini front page.jpg|200px|border]]
| caption = The newspaper's 10 August 2005 front page
| type = Daily [[newspaper]]
| format = [[Broadsheet]]
| foundation = 1919
| founder = [[Georgios Vlachos]]
| political = [[Liberal conservatismConservatism]]<br>[[Neoliberalism]]<br>[[AtlanticismEconomic liberalism]]<br />[[Pro-Europeanism]]
| owner = Nees Kathimerines Ekdoseis Single Member S.A.<ref name="kathimerini.gr">{{cite web | url=https://www.kathimerini.gr/company-profile/ | title="Νεεσ Καθημερινεσ Εκδοσεισ Μονοπροσωπη Ανωνυμη Εταιρεια" &#124; Η Καθημερινη }}</ref> (100% Themistoklis Alafouzos)
| owners = Kathimerini Publishing S.A (100%)(Alafouzos Family)
| headquarters = Falireos kai Makariou 2, 185-47, [[Neo Faliro]], [[Piraeus]], [[Athens]]
| publishing_country = [[Greece]]
| maneditor = [[Alexis Papahelas]]
| publisher = Themistoklis Alafouzos
| ISSN =
| website = {{URL|https://www.kathimerini.gr}}
| circulation =
}}
'''{{lang|el-latn|Kathimerini}}''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Η Καθημερινή, {{IPA-el|i.kaθimeriˈni|}}; {{lit|The Daily}}) is a daily, political and financial morning newspaper published in [[Piraeus]], [[Athens]]. Its first edition was printed on 15 September 1919.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last1=Doudaki |first1=Vaia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KyapDwAAQBAJ&q=Kathimerini+1919&pg=PA2021 |title=Discourses of Legitimation in the News: The Case of the Economic Crisis in Greece |last2=Boubouka |first2=Angeliki |date=2019-08-14 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-429-59015-3 |pages=2021–2022 |language=en}}</ref> {{lang|el-latn|Kathimerini}} is considered a [[newspaper of record]]<ref name="Economist2011">{{cite news |date=30 June 2011 |title=What have we become? |url=https://www.economist.com/europe/2011/06/30/what-have-we-become |url-status=live |work=[[The Economist]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221221121601/https://www.economist.com/europe/2011/06/30/what-have-we-become |archive-date=21 December 2022 |access-date=31 July 2023 |url-access=registration |quote=Kathimerini, Greece's newspaper of record}}</ref> and the leading right-wing newspaper in Greece,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Papadimas |first1=Lefteris |last2=Papachristou |first2=Harry |date=19 June 2012 |title=Greek rivals near coalition, seek bailout revision |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/greece-election-idINDEE85H0L820120619 |url-status=live |work=[[Reuters]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230731135836/https://www.reuters.com/article/greece-election-idINDEE85H0L820120619 |archive-date=31 July 2023 |access-date=31 July 2023 |quote=leading conservative daily Kathimerini}}</ref> with the highest circulation<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.kathimerini.gr/society/1090603/i-kathimerini-einai-i-proti-se-kykloforia-efimerida-gia-triti-synechi-chronia/ | title="Η Καθημερινή" είναι η πρώτη σε κυκλοφορία εφημερίδα για τρίτη συνεχή χρονιά }}</ref> and a strong digital presence.
 
It is published in Greek and has an English edition, both print and [https://www.ekathimerini.com/ digital]. ''Kathimerini English Edition'' is published in Greece and Cyprus along with the ''New York Times International''. {{lang|el-latn|Kathimerini}} also produces a wide range of leading magazines, including ''Vogue Greece'' with ''Conde Nast International'' and publications for The Walt Disney Company Greece.
'''''I Kathimerini''''' ({{lang-el|Η Καθημερινή}}, {{IPA-el|i kaθimeriˈni|pron}}, meaning "The Daily") is a daily, political and financial morning newspaper published in [[Athens]]. Its first edition was printed on September 15, 1919.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last1=Doudaki|first1=Vaia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KyapDwAAQBAJ&q=Kathimerini+1919&pg=PA2021|title=Discourses of Legitimation in the News: The Case of the Economic Crisis in Greece|last2=Boubouka|first2=Angeliki|date=2019-08-14|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-429-59015-3|pages=2021–2022|language=en}}</ref> It is published in the [[Greek language]], as well as in an abridged [[English language|English-language]] edition. Kathimerini traditionally supports the [[New Democracy (Greece)|New Democracy]] party.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kostopoulos|first=Christos|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J50LEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA21|title=Journalism and Austerity: Digitization and Crisis During the Greek Memoranda|date=2020-09-10|publisher=Emerald Group Publishing|isbn=978-1-83909-416-3|pages=21|language=en|quote=the conservative Kathimerini, which traditionally supports the Nea Dimokratia party.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Clogg|first=Richard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kXm-cEJkvy4C&q=Kathimerini+ND&pg=PA90|title=Parties and Elections in Greece: The Search for Legitimacy|date=1987|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=978-0-8223-0794-5|language=en|quote=Kathimerini , for instance , while broadly committed to support for ND}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hovardas|first=Tasos|date=2014-07-01|title="Playing With Fire" in a Pre-Election Period: Newspaper Coverage of 2007 Wildfires in Greece|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2014.901462|journal=Society & Natural Resources|volume=27|issue=7|pages=689–705|doi=10.1080/08941920.2014.901462|s2cid=153845842|issn=0894-1920|quote=Kathimerini, which supported the governmental party of New Democracy, and Eleftherotypia, which supported the party of PASOK.}}</ref>
 
Considered a high-quality<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/233430/kathimerini-joins-the-trust-project/|title=Kathimerini joins the Trust Project|date=October 11, 2018|website=www.ekathimerini.com}}</ref> broadsheet, {{lang|el-latn|Kathimerini}} began as hard-line conservative, today however identifies with a broad range of the political spectrum, from traditional liberalism to the main conservative right,<ref name=":1" /><ref name="circul" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Kathimerini Publishing SA - Company Profile and News - Bloomberg Markets|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/KATHI:GA|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925142015/https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/KATHI:GA|archive-date=2020-09-25|access-date=2020-09-25|website=www.bloomberg.com}}</ref> while covering the positions and hosting analyses from all the main political parties and opinions from columnists with different points of view.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kounalaki |first=Xenia |title=Time for Greece's center-left to cast off old party habits {{!}} eKathimerini.com |url=https://www.ekathimerini.com/opinion/221790/time-for-greece-s-center-left-to-cast-off-old-party-habits/ |access-date=2022-10-24 |website=www.ekathimerini.com |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Newsroom |title=Androulakis: Greece follows EU example of dispatching defensive material to Ukraine {{!}} eKathimerini.com |url=https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1178614/androulakis-greece-follows-eu-example-of-dispatching-defensive-materiel-to-ukraine/ |access-date=2022-10-24 |website=www.ekathimerini.com |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Newsroom |title=NATO Summit a 'diplomatic Waterloo' for Greece, says Tsipras {{!}} eKathimerini.com |url=https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1188059/nato-summit-a-diplomatic-waterloo-for-greece-says-tsipras/ |access-date=2022-10-24 |website=www.ekathimerini.com |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Newsroom |title=Nikos Kotzias in Kathimerini: Foreign policy and exploratory talks {{!}} eKathimerini.com |url=https://www.ekathimerini.com/opinion/261877/nikos-kotzias-in-kathimerini-foreign-policy-and-exploratory-talks/ |access-date=2022-10-24 |website=www.ekathimerini.com |language=English}}</ref><ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Newsroom |title=KKE walks out of Novartis case investigating committee {{!}} eKathimerini.com |url=https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/249865/kke-walks-out-of-novartis-case-investigating-committee/ |access-date=2022-10-24 |website=www.ekathimerini.com |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Newsroom |title=Varoufakis calls for Greek bankruptcy inquiry {{!}} eKathimerini.com |url=https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/260316/varoufakis-calls-for-greek-bankruptcy-inquiry/ |access-date=2022-10-24 |website=www.ekathimerini.com |language=English}}</ref>{{excessive citations inline|date=January 2023}}
The English edition is sold separately in the [[United States]] and as a supplement to the international edition of ''[[The New York Times]]'' (formerly the ''[[International Herald Tribune]]'') in [[Greece]] and [[Cyprus]], and is also available online.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ekathimerini.com|url-status=live|website=ekathimerini.com
|publisher=Kathimerini|title=Kathimerini English edition website|access-date=2021-12-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206194252/https://www.ekathimerini.com/|archive-date=2021-12-06}}</ref>
 
==History==▼
In November 2008 a ''Kathimerini'' [[Cyprus|Cypriot]] weekend edition began to circulate.<ref name="Cypriot Edition">{{cite news|url=http://portal.kathimerini.gr/4dcgi/_w_articles_kathbreak_1_02/11/2008_254414/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130217153232/http://portal.kathimerini.gr/4dcgi/_w_articles_kathbreak_1_02/11/2008_254414/|url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-02-17|script-title=el:Κυκλοφορεί από σήμερα "Η ΚΑΘΗΜΕΡΙΝΗ" της Κύπρου |date=2008-11-02 |publisher=kathimerini.gr |language=el |access-date=2009-05-09 }}</ref>
''{{lang|el-latn|Kathimerini''}} is a newspaper title with over 100 years of history.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.kathimerini.gr/100yk/?d=2010 | title=100 Χρόνια Κ - Δεκαετία 2010 }}</ref> It was founded by Georgios Vlachos, a prominent antivenizelist, in 1919 and was later inherited by his daughter [[Helen Vlachos]] (Eléni Vláchou) and her husband, retired submarine commander Constantine Loundras.<ref name=":0" /> Considered a high-quality{{Citation neededlang|date=April 2021el-latn|Kathimerini}} broadsheet, ''Kathimerini'' iswas traditionally perceived as one of the main{{Citation needed|date=December 2018}} [[conservative]] voices of Greek media.<ref name=":1">''World Press Review''. [http://www.worldpress.org/Mideast/1103.cfm "Reconstructing Iraq"]. June 2003 (vol. 50, No. 6).</ref> The newspaper was highly critical of [[Eleftherios Venizelos]] in the early 20th century, and also opposed [[Georgios Papandreou]] in the postwar years.▼
 
It maintains a traditional layout, with its original [[griffin]] logo, and incorporates printed supplements in its [https://www.kathimerini.gr/k/sunday-edition/ Sunday edition]. Eleni Vlachou sold the company shortly before her death to [[George Koskotas]]. [[Aristeidis Alafouzos]],<ref name=":0" /> bought {{lang|el-latn|Kathimerini}} newspaper in 1988, pulling it out of a spiral of decline to turn it into one of the country's leading dailies, both in terms of circulation and its influence on economic developments, with an international reputation. Throughout his life, Aristeidis Alafouzos entered the challenging businesses of construction, shipping and publishing and emerged champion in all three.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ekathimerini.com/society/218482/a-lifetime-of-hard-work-and-great-achievements/ |title=A lifetime of hard work and great achievements|date=May 17, 2017|work=Kathimerini}}</ref>
''Kathimerini'' is also affiliated with the weekly newspaper ''Athens Plus'' published by I Kathimerini S.A. and the ''International Herald Tribune''.<ref name="Athens Plus award">{{cite news|url=http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_1_17/11/2008_102202|title=Athens Plus wins award|date=2008-11-17 |publisher=ekathimerini.com|access-date=2009-05-09}}</ref>
 
In October 1995, {{lang|el-latn|Kathimerini}} was assessed as Greece's "nearest equivalant {{sic}} to a [[newspaper of record]]".<ref>{{cite news |last=Clogg |first=Richard |date=16 October 1995 |title=Obituary: Helen Vlachos |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-helen-vlachos-1578044.html |url-status=live |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417051113/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-helen-vlachos-1578044.html |archive-date=17 April 2023 |access-date=31 July 2023}}</ref> It was later considered a newspaper of record.<ref name="Economist2011"/>
▲==History==
▲''Kathimerini'' was founded by Georgios Vlachos, a prominent antivenizelist, in 1919 and was later inherited by his daughter [[Helen Vlachos]] (Eléni Vláchou) and her husband, retired submarine commander Constantine Loundras.<ref name=":0" /> Considered a high-quality{{Citation needed|date=April 2021}} broadsheet, ''Kathimerini'' is traditionally perceived as one of the main{{Citation needed|date=December 2018}} [[conservative]] voices of Greek media.<ref>''World Press Review''. [http://www.worldpress.org/Mideast/1103.cfm "Reconstructing Iraq"]. June 2003 (vol. 50, No. 6).</ref> The newspaper was highly critical of [[Eleftherios Venizelos]] in the early 20th century, and also opposed [[Georgios Papandreou]] in the postwar years.
 
Alafouzos died in 2017 and was succeeded by his son Themistoklis Alafouzos.<ref name="kathimerini.gr">{{cite web | url=https://www.kathimerini.gr/company-profile/ | title="Νεεσ Καθημερινεσ Εκδοσεισ Μονοπροσωπη Ανωνυμη Εταιρεια" &#124; Η Καθημερινη }}</ref>
It maintains a traditional layout, with its original [[griffin]] logo, and incorporates illustrated glossy inserts in its Sunday edition. Vlachou sold the company shortly before her death to [[George Koskotas]] and it passed in October 1995 to [[Aristeidis Alafouzos]],<ref name=":0" /> a real estate developer and shipping magnate who died in 2017; he was succeeded by his son Themistoklis Alafouzos.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}
 
==Circulation==
''{{lang|el-latn|Kathimerini''}}{{'}}s daily edition circulation figures are not availableunavailable since the newspaper has prohibited press agencies from releasing such data.<ref name="circul">{{cite web | url=http://www.newsbomb.gr/media-agb/story/397970/ptosi-stis-kyklofories-ton-efimeridon-gia-to-2013 | title=Πτώση στις κυκλοφορίες των εφημερίδων για το 2013 | publisher=Newsbomb.gr | date=28 January 2014 | access-date=2 August 2015}}</ref> Its Sunday edition had a circulation of 95,007 in January 2014.<ref name="circul" />
 
== Editing staff ==
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==Company==
''{{lang|el-latn|Kathimerini''}} is published by KathimeriniNees PublishingKathimerines SAEkdoseis Single Member S.A.<ref name="kathimerini.gr">{{Citecite web |title=Kathimerini Publishing SA - Company Profile and News - Bloomberg Markets|url=https://www.bloombergkathimerini.com/profilegr/company/KATHI:GA|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925142015/https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/KATHI:GA |archive-date title=2020-09-25|access-date=2020-09-25|website=www.bloomberg.com"Νεεσ Καθημερινεσ Εκδοσεισ Μονοπροσωπη Ανωνυμη Εταιρεια" &#124; Η Καθημερινη }}</ref> This companyand was previously listed on the [[Athens Stock Exchange]] but it was delisted onin December 2015.<ref name=":3">{{cite web|
date=21 December 2015 |
website=[[ekathimerini.com]]|
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==External links==
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*{{Official website|https://www.kathimerini.gr}} {{in lang|el}}
*[https://www.ekathimerini.com Kathimerini English Edition Website]
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