Police have arrested the abbot of the historic Monastery of the Dormition of the Virgin, also known as the Mega Spilaio monastery, in Kalavryta in the northern Peloponnese, on suspicion of trying to sell Byzantine icons and rare religious texts.
Greece is expected to begin the week with mostly clear skies, before conditions gradually become unsettled, with the possibility of showers as the days progress.
A BBC report published over the weekend has shone a spotlight on the growing controversy over Egypt’s plans to turn Mount Sinai, home to the Greek Orthodox Monastery of Saint Catherine’s, into a luxury tourist resort.
Greece is moving gingerly on two energy fronts in the Mediterranean, with the potential for either significant gains or disappointments.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis made the theme of his keynote speech at the Thessaloniki International Fair abundantly clear: Raise the disposable income of as many people as possible in order to counter the effects of inflation.
Taxi drivers in Athens have announced a 48-hour strike this week, starting at 6 a.m. on Tuesday, September 9, and ending at 6 a.m. on Thursday, September 11.
The concession of the Egnatia Odos highway in northern Greece to the GEK Terna–Egis consortium is expected to be wrapped up by the end of the year.
The Statistical Service of Cyprus (CyStat) announced last Friday that total employment in the second quarter of 2025 reached 508,291 persons.
The night was warm and lovely as the Abu Samra family gathered outside their home in the northern Gaza Strip in September 2023, the smell of mint from the garden filling the air.
Greece worked hard to defeat Israel in its first knockout game in Latvia on Sunday.