A prominent Greek diver and researcher announced on Wednesday he had discovered the lost British submarine H.M.S. Triumph, whose true fate had been shrouded in mystery ever since the vessel and its entire crew disappeared in 1942.
European Union interior ministers on Thursday made a fresh attempt to overcome one of the bloc’s most intractable political problems as they weighed new measures for sharing out responsibility for migrants entering Europe without authorization.
Celebrating Athens Pride, the Hellenic American Union is screening “Cured,” an award-winning documentary by Bennett Singer and Patrick Sammon.
In encouraging signs over the last two days, Greece and Turkey have sought to deliver a message of understanding on the subject of migratory flows on the Evros border between the two countries. Indicatively, on Wednesday morning, on the initiative of Turkish authorities, most of the 300 or so refugees/migrants who had been trapped for…
Having hinted on Tuesday at the possibility of a third election, New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis emphasized that if his center-right party fails to win an outright majority in the June 25 election, then a third ballot is almost a foregone conclusion. Essentially, the dilemma posed to voters by Mitsotakis is either ND secures an…
Turkey’s economy is at the top of the agenda as President Erdogan announced his new cabinet. Despite the message of reform and normalization that Erdogan hopes to convey with this new cabinet, markets remain skeptical as the Turkish lira continued its slide against the dollar.
Archaeologists excavating a hilltop sanctuary on the Aegean Sea island of Kythnos have discovered “countless” pottery offerings left by ancient worshippers over the centuries, Greece’s Culture Ministry said Wednesday.
A real estate deal in Jerusalem’s Old City, at the epicenter of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, has sent the historic Armenian community there into a panic as residents search for answers about the feared loss of their homes to a mysterious investor. The 99-year lease of some 25% of the Old City’s Armenian Quarter has touched…
Cyprus’ Minister for Agriculture Petros Xenophontos told the European Union’s Agriculture and Fisheries Council on Tuesday that halloumi cheese should be exported to Australia duty-free.
Greece’s tax policy has become a field of fierce confrontation between the political parties. Politicians are clamoring for reductions or increases in taxes on parental gifts, dividends and VAT on products.