Hailed as one of the country’s most significant modern composers and the artists who galvanized the “back to the roots” movement back in the 1970s, Yannis Markopoulos is celebrating 60 years on the stage with a big concert at the Herod Atticus Theater.
A prosecutor on Crete has ordered a 17-year-old accused of attempting to strangle his sister to be remanded in custody. In the alleged incident, which occurred early on Monday morning, the teenager tried to choke his 18-year-old sister, who managed to escape from her attacker and call her mother for help.
The government welcomes the adoption of the Media Freedom Act by the European Commission, government spokesperson Giannis Oikonomou said on Monday.
Israel and Cyprus said Monday that they have made “significant” headway in resolving a long-running dispute over an offshore natural gas deposit and say they are committed to quickly reaching a deal as Europe looks for new energy sources.
The 4.0-billion-euro joint investment fund agreed last May between Greece and the United Arabs Emirates (UAE) is expected to stimulate significant investment interest from the UAE, its economy minister has told the Athens-Macedonian News Agency.
The American Hellenic Institute will host a virtual event on September 28 as part of its wider Virtual Speakers Forum entitled “The Enduring Lessons from the Burning of Smyrna and the Turkish Genocide of Anatolian Hellenism: 100 Years of Turkish Denial and Distortion.”
A bank in the Athens suburb of Moschato was robbed at gunpoint on Monday afternoon.
Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou attended the funeral service of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey on Monday which was followed by an event hosted by the British Foreign Secretary James Cleverley.
An 85-year-old man from Ioannina that had gone missing on Friday was found dead on Monday by members of the Hellenic Service and the police. According to national broadcaster ERT, his body was found near the area where he went missing.