In 1947, against the best navigational advice, Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl and five crew members set sail from Peru on a balsa wood raft to test his theory that ancient South American cultures could have reached Polynesia.
Five months after Donald Trump took office, the United States still has no ambassador in Athens. This is a problematic situation, both for bilateral relations and for regional security.
Once again this year, around 80,000 tourism jobs remain unfilled – two thirds in the hotel sector and one third in food service.
The issue of homelessness is not about improving Athens’ tourist image. The situation in some very central parts of the Greek capital is evidence of the state’s inability to take care of people who are in obvious need of support and care.
Leaders from the European Union’s 27 member countries called on Thursday for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and said discussions would continue on a report on Israel’s compliance with the terms of an agreement with the bloc.
Value-added tax and income tax largely fueled the overperformance of tax revenues in January-May.
The benchmark of the Greek stock market grew for a fifth session in a row on Thursday.
A Greek and a Cypriot university have signed an agreement to establish a joint English-language undergraduate medical program aimed exclusively at international students.
The teaser trailer for Bugonia, the latest film by Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos, was released this week, offering a first look at the dark comedy starring Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbes, Stavros Halkias and Alicia Silverstone.