Runciman Award winner to be announced next month
Eight titles have been short-listed for this year’s Runciman Award which is expected to be announced next month.
New campaign for Lipsi promotes sunbed-free vacations
The main island of the Lipsi island group, in the northern part of the Dodecanese, is only eight kilometers long and has a population of less than a thousand people.
Turkish drone violates Greek airspace
A Turkish UAV flew over the uninhabited islet of Kandelioussa, west of the Dodecanese island of Nisyros, at 10.14 a.m. on Monday, the Hellenic National Defense General Staff (GEETHA) said.
Aegean gripped by excavation fever
The acropolis of the island of Kythnos is among several sites in the Aegean where excavations are resuming after a two year hiatus imposed by pandemic restrictions.
Monkeypox presents moderate risk to global public health, WHO says
The World Health Organization said on Sunday that monkey pox constitutes a “moderate risk” to overall public health at global level after cases were reported in countries where the disease is not typically found.
EU makes eleventh-hour push for deal on Russia oil sanctions
Top European Union diplomats met on Monday for a last-ditch attempt to agree on Russian oil import sanctions before their leaders meet later in the day, seeking to avoid a display of disunity over the bloc’s response to the war in Ukraine.
Gazprom resumes gas flows to Turkey via Blue Stream
Russia’s Gazprom has resumed shipping natural gas to Turkey after completing planned maintenance on the undersea Blue Stream gas pipeline, the Interfax news agency reported on Monday.
Iran Guards say more Greek tankers could be seized
Iran’s paramilitary Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has warned that more Greek tankers currently in the Persian Gulf could be seized amid a row over the confiscation of Iranian oil by the United States from a tanker held off Greece’s coast, reports said Monday.
Ukrainian photojournalist wins Yannis Behrakis International Photojournalism Award
Evgeniy Maloletka speaks during an award ceremony of the Athens Photo World, the annual International Photojournalism festival, in Athens, Sunday.
Covid-19: Fourth vaccine dose likely in September, minister says
A second booster shot against Covid-19 will “most likely” be made available to the general population after the summer, Health Minister Thanos Plevris told Skai TV on Monday.