We are still living carefree days: many of us will be on the beaches on weekends, temperatures are still close to 28-30 degrees, and summer memories are relatively close. Despite a temporary chill last week (bringing freezing temperatures to the country’s mountainous regions for the first time in a year), we all want to push the onset of winter as far back as possible. Countries to the north of ours are already delving into what lies ahead: today the temperature in Berlin will not exceed 13 degrees, in Helsinki 9, in Stockholm 12, in Paris 16. In short, in half of Europe it is already “winter” or at least this We have winter in most of Greece.

“At the end of this year, Europe will probably see the harshest winter since the end of World War II, from 1944 to 1945,” Llewellyn King, an energy expert at Time magazine, commented in early September. The Economist has already called it a “winter of discontent” – prominent analysts agree that in a few months Europeans will be forced to choose between warmth and a little warming …

The writer and three leading journalists from The New York Times and Kathimerini will talk about this winter tomorrow, Friday, September 30, at the Lighthouse of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center and in the context of the Kathimerini Forum. With the war in Ukraine now lasting seven months, the energy crisis threatening its social cohesion and fundamental democratic values, the questions mount every day. In particular, Roger Cohen, who is currently New York Times Paris bureau chief, Stephen Erlanger, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning and New York Times chief diplomatic correspondent in Europe, writer Apostolos Doxiadis, and director of “Mr. Alexis Papahelas”. analyzes in detail the dramatic challenges facing Europe in a discussion led by journalist Mr. Iliana Magra. Forewords will be delivered by Achilleas Tsaltas (President of the Foundation for Democracy and Culture) and Athanasios Ellis (Director of the English edition “K”). Entry to the event will be free, but due to limited seating, reservations must be made at eventora.gr/kathimerini.

“Europe. The most severe winter since the Second World War?”, Friday, September 30, 17.00-18.30, Faros – Cultural Center of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.