Plane from London makes emergency landing in Athens
An aircraft carrying 223 passengers made an emergency landing on Friday at Eleftherios Venizelos Airport in Athens shortly after takeoff from London, bound for Chania, Crete.
An aircraft carrying 223 passengers made an emergency landing on Friday at Eleftherios Venizelos Airport in Athens shortly after takeoff from London, bound for Chania, Crete.
Shortly after 1:00 p.m., on Friday, a fire broke out in the Erythres area of Attica.
The diverse Anapale dance festival showcases 75 groups and soloists from 15 countries across all dance genres at the Dora Stratou Theater (33 Arakynthou, Ano Petralona).
Southern European countries face the most unfavorable demographic trends in the continent.
Students who are not Greek Orthodox, or who do not identify with any religion, will be taught ethics at school instead of the religious instruction class if there are sufficient numbers, the Education Ministry announced on Thursday.
Turkey’s Defense Ministry posted a message on social media on Friday to mark the 50th anniversary of the country’s invasion of Cyprus, which included a bellicose warning: “[We] may come unexpectedly one night.”
The extravagant celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus are raising tensions at a time when hopes for a deepening bilateral dialogue with Greece.
Aegean Airlines is preparing to start long-haul flights, as it is adding Las Palmas (on Spain’s Canary Islands) from Athens to its list of new destinations from February 2025.
Dressed in white robes and colourful tunics, devotees of polytheism each year honour gods on Mount Olympus with ceremonies they say can revive the ethos, rituals and lifestyle of the ancient Greeks.
A 45-year-old German tourist was airlifted to a hospital on the island of Crete after being trapped in a rugged mountainous area of the Samaria Gorge in the Chania regional unit.