Eda Elal has prepared corpses for burial in accordance with Islamic rituals nearly half her life, but says her job as a “ghassal” in Turkey has never been harder than when bodies and illness overwhelmed her during the Covid-19 pandemic.
European Commission Vice-President Margaritis Schinas has praised efforts by Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios to bridge differences and build consensus among disparate groups, while reiterating European calls for the reopening of the Halki Orthodox Christian theological school near Istanbul.
On August 3, 1977, Hellenism was struck by a tragedy of unspeakable magnitude: the president of the Republic of Cyprus, Archbishop Makarios III, passed away of a heart attack.
Athens is seeking to strike a delicate balance with regard to the Russo-Ukrainian crisis as the next few days may prove crucial.
The Greek Foreign Ministry has condemned a decision by the Turkish authorities to allow what appears to be an electronic dance music event at the monastery of Panagia Soumela in Trabzon.
Small studies have found that people who die of severe Covid-19 have brain abnormalities that resemble changes seen in Alzheimer’s disease – accumulation of a protein called tau inside brain cells, and abnormal amounts of the protein beta-amyloid that forms amyloid plaques.
The foreign minister of the Republic of Cyprus says a proposal to lift international embargos on Ercan airport in the north is “the only way to save Varosha” for Greek Cypriots, but it may be too little too late for the seasoned diplomat as Turkish Cypriots say the ghost town is now off the table.
A project on the digital transformation of enterprises, with a budget of 180 million euros, will be inducted into the Greece 2.0 plan, following a decision by Alternate Finance Minister Thodoros Skylakakis.
An 11-year-old boy from the island Lesvos in the eastern Aegean has been flown in a C-130 plane to a hospital in Athens after developing a rare Covid-linked syndrome.
“The Greek Cypriot side will use all available tools for the resumption of the UN-led Cyprus settlement talks,” Government Spokesman Marios Pelekanos said on Sunday.