At birthplace of Olympics, performers at flame-lighting ceremony feel a pull of the ancient past
No one knows what music in ancient Greece sounded like or how dancers once moved.
Turkey’s central bank posts $25 bln loss for 2023
Turkey’s central bank posted a 2023 loss of 818.2 billion lira ($25.25 billion), showed its balance sheet published in the Official Gazette on Sunday, on the back of steep loss stemming from the “KKM” foreign exchange-protected deposit scheme.
Greece monitoring developments amid spike in Mideast tension
Greece is closely monitoring developments in the Middle East with great concern following Iran’s retaliatory attack on Israel late on Saturday, amid escalating fears of a major escalation in the Middle East conflict.
Annual parade in NY commemorates Independence Day
Hundreds of Greek Americans and guests braved the rain as they gathered along Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue in New York to partake in the annual Greek Independence Day Parade, which commemorates the anniversary of the Greek War of Independence against Ottoman rule.
Rift among police over ‘golden boys’
Divisions have emerged within the Hellenic Police (ELAS) after the relocation in recent weeks to Attica and Thessaloniki of hundreds of officers, who are being paid an additional allowance of 4,200 euros per month, in an attempt to boost visible policing in the country’s two largest urban centers.
Olympic flame to be lit in Ancient Olympia Tuesday
The Olympic flame lighting ceremony in Ancient Olympia for the Paris 2024 Games will take place on Tuesday.
Fire ban starts early
The combination of unseasonably warm temperatures, low rainfall and strong winds has prompted authorities to declare wildfire season open as of Monday, April 15, the earliest Greece has ever started implementing fire prevention measures.
Nicosia to insist on linkup study
The Republic of Cyprus is entitled to request from ADMIE an updated report on the interconnection’s cost-benefit analysis.