A 4.4 magnitude earthquake struck near the island of Crete on Friday according to the Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory of Athens. The epicenter of the quake has been identified at 40 kilometers north of the island and at a depth of 12.9 kilometers.
Signs are growing that the Chinese market will open up for visitors to travel to Greece faster than many previously expected. One such sign is the start of a second weekly direct flight from China, between Athens and Shanghai.
US Ambassador to Greece George Tsunis has condemned the desecration, with Nazi symbols, of the monument dedicated to the old Jewish Cemetery of Thessaloniki on the premises of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
The City of Athens Symphonic Orchestra, acclaimed tenor Mario Frangoulis and Greek-French singer George Perris will see in the New Year in central Athens on Saturday.
A digital mock-up released on Thursday depicts a plan to restore the historic Bayezid Mosque in Didymoteicho, northern Greece, which was gutted by fire in 2017.
A strong earthquake occurred late on Thursday night in the areas of Laconia and Messinia in the Peloponnese, southern Greece.
Eleusis European Capital of Culture 2023 has been awarded the Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes and a €1.5 million cash purse by the European Commission.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis thanked Turkish Ambassador to Greece, Burak Ozugergin for the efforts he made during his tenure to improve Greek-Turkish relations in a meeting between the two men on Friday morning.
The damage from Thursday’s earthquake in Central Evia measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale was being assessed on Thursday by engineers from the Ministry of Infrastructure, the municipalities affected, the Regional Authority of Central Greece, as well as the Technical Chamber of Greece.
The latest threat of war by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in case Greece proceeds with its legal right to extend its territorial waters to 12 nautical miles around Crete, is being highlighted by Athens as yet another demonstration of Turkey’s openly aggressive stance.