Navy ships to open for public tours in Piraeus and Thessaloniki
Naval vessels will dock at the ports of Piraeus and Thessaloniki from Friday to Tuesday as part of the celebrations marking the national holiday of October 28.
Public farewell for Dionysis Savvopoulos to be held Saturday in Athens
A public farewell for songwriter Dionysis Savvopoulos will be held on Saturday, October 25, at the Metropolis of Athens, followed by his funeral at the First Cemetery of Athens.
SYRIZA leader’s call for alliance with Tsipras sparks tension at party meeting
SYRIZA leader Sokratis Famellos’ proposal for an electoral collaboration with former party chief Alexis Tsipras’ anticipated political initiative sparked tension during the leftist party’s Political Secretariat meeting on Thursday.
Mitsotakis calls for EU borrowing mechanism to fund defense projects
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called for the creation of a European borrowing mechanism dedicated to defense projects in an interview with Politico on the sidelines of the EU summit in Brussels.
Music of Theodorakis and Hadjidakis to travel the world
The Hellenic Music Ensemble has announced a major world tour in 2026 honoring legendary Greek composers Mikis Theodorakis and Manos Hadjidakis, marking 100 years since their births.
Retiree detained for picking rosemary at Thessaloniki hospital
A 62-year-old retiree found himself at the center of an unexpected legal ordeal after picking a small sprig of rosemary from a flowerbed outside a Thessaloniki hospital.
Health authorities, police in spat over teenager’s death
As the parents of a 16-year-old girl who collapsed during a night out with friends in downtown Athens await a coroner’s report on what she died of, the Health Ministry and the police bickered on Thursday over how her death was reported.
Calling out Turkey’s spurious claims in the Aegean
Elizabeth Samson, an international lawyer and Writing Fellow at the Middle East Forum whose work has appeared in major outlets like the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, joins Thanos Davelis as we dig into why it’s important to call out Turkey’s spurious claims over the Aegean.
Greek divers haul up ghost nets destroying marine life
Divers off the coast of Sapientza Island in southern Greece have launched a determined effort to remove “ghost nets” – abandoned fishing gear that silently strangles marine ecosystems.
An artist who united the voices of the Greeks
“Savvopoulos is a role I slowly crafted over the years: the guy with the round glasses and suspenders, later with a small beard, who appears on stage, makes up these songs, who comments and tells stories,” Dionysis Savvopoulos wrote in his autobiography.