First gas load to Alexandroupoli FSRU
Two months after it was moored in the Thracian Sea, the floating natural gas storage and regasification unit (FSRU), named Alexandroupolis, will on Friday receive its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo.
First cracks appear in farmers’ protests
Most of the farmers are determined to continue their mobilizations; however, some now believe that further escalation is not going to yield the results they want.
Twenty Athens schoolkids involved in mass brawl
At least twenty teenagers engaged in a mass brawl on Wednesday outside a school in the capital’s Peristeri neighborhood, police have said.
FM to meet Palestinian counterpart Riyad al-Maliki in Athens
Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis will meet on Thursday with his Palestinian counterpart, Riyad al-Maliki, in Athens.
President visits ‘A day that changed the world’ exhibition
President Katerina Sakellaropoulou looks at ancient helmet in the exhibition “Chaeronea, August 2, 338 BC: A Day that Changed the World,” at the Museum of Cycladic Art in Athens. The Battle of Chaeronea was fought in 338 BC, near the city of Chaeronea in Boeotia, between Macedonia under Philip II and an alliance of city-states…
Catholics on Lesvos mark St Valentine’s Day
The Catholic community in Mytilene on the island of Lesvos commemorated Saint Valentine in the “Frankoklisia” – the Catholic Church of the Dormition of the Virgin in the central market of the city.
National Bank present its new logo, ‘marking new era’
The National Bank of Greece (NBG) presented its new logo in a press conference on Wednesday. Chairman of the Bank’s board Gikas Hardouvelis pointed out that the new image of the Bank marks a new era and at the same time highlights the great change that occurred in the bank in recent years. He added…
Farmers expected to block trucks at two border crossings on Thursday
Farmers protesting about soaring production costs and compensation payments are expected to block trucks in two border posts in northern Greece on Thursday, as they continue their mobilizations. Tractors and protesters will line the road in front of the Niki border crossing with North Macedonia (located outside the town of Florina) and Kipi, which leads…
Tourism takings of €25 bln
There are growing indications that Greek tourism, after a record year in 2023, is headed for further growth of around 10% this year.
Mindfulness at the Museum | Athens | February 16
The Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation’s Museum of Contemporary Art (13 Eratosthenous), in collaboration with art historian, art educator and mindfulness instructor Lydia Petropoulou, presents “Mindfulness at the Museum.”