Soldiers carry coffins containing the remains of seven Greek soldiers who died during the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus, during a ceremony at the Church of the Holy Wisdom in Nicosia, Cyprus, on Thursday.
Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias’ three-day visit to Ghana and Gabon, two countries that will be non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council during the period 2022-23, is taking place in the context of Greece’s stated objective to strength the African dimension of its foreign policy.
The European Union will propose a nine-month time limit on Covid-19 vaccine validity for travel into the bloc and will also suggest prioritising vaccinated travellers, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing a document.
Greece’s Digital Governance Ministry announced it will launch new applications in the coming weeks that will digitize, among others, consensual divorce, christening certificates, property transfers and telepsychiatry services.
The retail sector on Wednesday announced extendeded opening hours in Athens for the holiday sesason, including two Sundays.
Ten fragments of the sculptural decoration of the Parthenon will be transferred to the Acropolis Museum from the warehouse of the National Archaeological Museum, where they have been kept until now, after the approval of the Central Archaeological Council (KAS).
Visiting Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios was the honoree at an event held at the Athens Concert Hall on Wednesday that included addresses by Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
A comprehensive plan for the economic, demographic, educational, technological and rural development of the northeastern region of Thrace has been drafted by a cross-party parliamentary committee.
Mayor of Athens Kostas Bakoyannis (l) and American Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt (r) applaud speakers during the launch Wednesday of the “USA-Greece: 200 Years of Innovation” Escape Room at the Serafeio Athletic & Community Complex in Athens.
Expert Alan Makovsky, who was recently in Greece, joins The Greek Current to talk about the progress he is seeing in Greece-US security tie and the importance of an expanded US presence in the northern Greek port of Alexandroupolis.