Cultural organizations march in student parade
Members of the Lyceum of Greek Women, seen here in in traditional dress, and other historical/cultural organizations marched in Monday’s school parade in front of Parliament in downtown Athens.
Members of the Lyceum of Greek Women, seen here in in traditional dress, and other historical/cultural organizations marched in Monday’s school parade in front of Parliament in downtown Athens.
The European Commission on Monday approved a 150-million-euro initiative funded through the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) for the construction of a carbon storage facility in Prinos in Kavala, northern Greece.
Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou laid a wreath at a war memorial in Thessaloniki and attended the big military parade in the northern port city commemorating Greece’s entry into World War II on October 28, 1940 after it defied an Italian ultimatum and the Axis occupation.
Even if a Greek is just having a quick coffee, they’ll usually leave a few coins next to the cup. Especially if it’s a regular spot where they know the server by name, they’d feel uncomfortable leaving without tipping. Until recently, most customer tips – usually in cash – would be pooled together and shared…
The owner of a hotel in Florina, northern Greece, was being questioned by a prosecutor on Monday after 14 guests at his facility were hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning from a faulty heating system.
Ayla Jean Yackley, an Istanbul-based journalist covering Turkey with stories in The Financial Times, Politico, and other major outlets, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss the latest deadly attack in Ankara and Turkey’s retaliation against Kurdish targets in Iraq and Syria, and look into the reported efforts to end the conflict between the Turkish army and…
Metro and tram services in Athens and Piraeus have been modified on Monday to facilitate the parades in the two cities to mark the October 28 national holiday of “Ochi Day.”
The families of the 57 victims of last year’s railway disaster in Tempe, central Greece, are no closer to getting any closure 19 months after a freight train collided head-on with a passenger train carrying mainly university students heading back home from a long weekend.
Greece on Monday celebrates the national holiday of “Ochi Day,” marking the country’s entry into World War II after it refused to capitulate to an ultimatum from Italy’s Benito Mussolini and accept the Axis occupation, on October 28, 1940.
A hotel in Florina, northern Greece, where 14 guests had to be hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning on Sunday had been cited for licensing violations less than 10 days earlier, the Culture Ministry confirmed on Monday.