Orchestra Baobab | Athens | September 1
From its humble beginnings in the 1970s as the house band of a legendary Senegalese nightclub and hailed as the biggest dance orchestra in Africa, Baobab is coming to the Athens Concert Hall.
Third earthquake rattles Samos
The island of Samos was hit by a third earthquake on Wednesday, measuring 4.5 magnitude on the Richter scale. It was recorded at a depth of 15.2 kilometers.
Energy crisis hits the dairy industry hard
The energy crisis has also hit Greece’s dairy industry.
Corfu grandmother dives into well to save grandchild
A 67-year-old grandmother on the island of Corfu dived into a well to save her 4-year-old granddaughter on Wednesday. Both family members are well, having emerged from this incident uninjured. The well is approximately eight meters deep, with two meters of water at the bottom.
Erdogan: Greece a ‘pawn’ in ‘sowing unrest’ in Aegean
“Those who sow unrest in the Aegean at every opportunity with their harassment and rudeness are only pawns,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday, the latest in a series of comments that have fueled tension with Greece.
Opposition leader asks ADAE to investigate whether other MPs have been under surveillance
Main opposition SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance leader Alexis Tsipras asked the Hellenic Authority for Communications Security and Privacy (ADAE) president to conduct an investigation into “whether there are and, if so how many, political persons, MPs or MEPs that have been under legal surveillance in at least the last two years,” at a meeting he had earlier…
EU foreign ministers agree to suspend visa deal with Russia
European Union foreign ministers agreed on Wednesday to fully suspend a visa facilitation agreement with Russia, making it harder and more costly for Russian citizens to enter the EU, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Josep Borell said.
Postal courier robbed of 20,000 euros at gunpoint
A postal courier was held up in Diakofto, on the Peloponnese, on Wednesday morning by two armed men who robbed him of a bag that contained 20,000 euros.
Greece lodges complaint over NATO message on Turkey’s Victory Day
Greece has lodged a complaint with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg after the NATO Allied Land Command (LANDCOM), which is headquartered in Izmir, tweeted a message commemorating Turkey’s victory over Greece in the Greco-Turkish War in 1922.
Greek party islands chill out
It was around the time that the ferry eased itself into the port of Ios, an island in the Greek Cyclades, that I began to wonder if we had come to the right place.