The Greek diaspora in the US and the story of “OXI”
As we’ve seen time and time again in the past, the Greek diaspora has always played a key role in standing with Greece in its time of need. World War II was no exception.
PM says Greece in position ‘to view the future with confidence’
Greece is able to “look to the future with optimism and self-confidence,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Tuesday, in comments to mark the anniversary of Ochi Day – the country’s rejection of an Italian ultimatum to surrender on October 28, 1940.
Parades marking World War II campaign to close streets in Athens, Thessaloniki
Central Athens, Piraeus and Thessaloniki will close to traffic on Tuesday morning ahead of the student and military parades that will be held to celebrate Ochi Day.
Athens Olympics official and former IOC vice president Lambis Nikolaou dies at 89
Lambis Nikolaou, a former International Olympic Committee vice president who helped to organize the 2004 Athens Summer Games, has died. He was 89.
Fifty-seven migrants rescued off Crete
Greece’s Coast Guard said it had rescued 57 people found on board a dinghy at dawn on Tuesday, in the sea southwest of the city of Ierapetra, in southeast Crete.
Are Trump’s latest sanctions bringing the US and Europe into alignment on Russia?
Last week President Trump hit Russia’s biggest oil producers – Rosneft and Lukoil – with sanctions, a move many see as a major shift from the Trump administration that puts it on the same page as Europe when it comes to pressuring Moscow.
Court annuls tax fine due to red tape delay
Greece’s top administrative court annulled a large fine imposed on a business owner for issuing false invoices because tax authorities took too long to assign it.
Pope Leo XIV to visit Turkey for ecumenical council anniversary in his first foreign trip
Pope Leo XIV will visit Turkey to mark an important anniversary with Orthodox Christians during his first foreign trip as pope next month, but not Hagia Sophia, according to his official itinerary.
Kampos: The secret life of Chios’s citrus estates
As its historic estates fade and revive, Kampos offers a vivid portrait of Chios’s struggle between preservation, decay, and renewal.
Photos: Students march in Athens on ‘Ochi Day’ anniversary
Students from schools around Athens marched in the center of the capital on Tuesday to mark Ochi Day, a national holiday commemorating Greece’s rejection of an Italian ultimatum to surrender, on October 28, 1940.