Renowned for its imposing medieval architecture, cobbled streets, huge parks and namesake river, the Cam, Cambridge is home to one of the oldest educational institutions in the world – a giant of 30 independent colleges and 125 Nobel prizes that was founded in 1209 – and some 130,000 residents.
The unions of Hellenic Train, the Italian state-owned operator of Greece’s railways, said Tuesday they would be joining a 24-hour strike and mass protest rally called by umbrella unions to mark the second anniversary of the Tempe railway disaster this Friday.
Greece’s Culture Minister Lina Mendoni attended a ceremony that the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on Monday for the repatriation of an ancient bronze griffin’s head to Greece.
Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis is set to meet US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday to discuss the new administration’s priorities regarding Greece and regional security.
The new generation of real-time inspections at 29 major nightclubs in Athens and Thessaloniki brought results and revealed major pockets of tax evasion.
In a dramatic shift in transatlantic relations under President Donald Trump, the United States split with its European allies by refusing to blame Russia for its invasion of Ukraine in votes on three UN resolutions Monday seeking an end to the three-year war.
Greece is moving forward with a long-planned electricity interconnection with Cyprus, despite Turkey’s objections. The project, involving France and Italy, is set to begin underwater surveys outside national waters, in areas contested by Ankara under the illegal Turkey-Libya maritime pact.
The UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has warned UK travellers of “widespread disruption” to public services in Greece on February 28 due to large-scale protests across the country.
Seismic activity between Santorini and Amorgos continues to gradually subside, both in terms of daily frequency and maximum magnitude, according to the latest report from the Interdisciplinary Risk Management Committee of the University of Athens.
The resumption of activity at the Neorion Shipyards on the island of Syros has sent a message of a total restart, not only of the Cyclades islands and the shipbuilding industry, but of the Greek economy, the country’s national economy and finance minister, Kostis Hatzidakis, stated on Monday during his visit to the ONEX-operated facilities.