After years of abandonment, the house in the Plaka district of Athens once belonging to the celebrated Greek poet Kostis Palamas, will be restored and given a new lease on life as a landmark and as a place to exhibit his work and to study modern Greek literature.
In an emotionally charged ceremony at the Presidential Mansion on Friday, Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou (r) awarded, posthumously, the Grand Cross of the Order of the Phoenix to siblings Angela Moira Mandalios and Philip Mandalios, volunteer interpreters who lost their lives during a Greek humanitarian mission in Libya, on September 17, 2023.
Sweeping changes were made on Friday to Greece’s military leadership by the National Security Governmental Council (KYSEA), Greece’s top decision-making body for foreign affairs and defense matters, in a move signifying the government’s intention to proceed with a fundamental revision of the way the armed forces operate.
The US Embassy in Athens and its Consular Section, the US Consulate General in Thessaloniki, and all US government offices in Greece will be closed on Monday, January 17, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr Day, a US national holiday.
The discussion on the rights of same-sex couples is a crucial point in society’s development.
A Thessaloniki businessman has unveiled plans to plant a new forest in a northern suburb of the city. Under the plans, presented by Stavros Andreadis to the mayor of Pavlos Melas, Dimitris Aslanidis, 300,000 trees will be planted on site of 300 hectares in the Efkarpia district.
Inflation closed in December with an increase compared to November, as it stood at 3.5%, from 3% a month before, official figures showed on Friday.
The electricity interconnection between Crete and Attica, the most complicated project of its kind in Greece, will be ready for a trial run by the end of 2024, the Independent Power Transmission Operator (ADMIE) said on Thursday.
European Commission investigators are to inspect Chinese automakers in the coming weeks as part of a probe into whether to impose punitive tariffs to protect European electric vehicle (EV) makers, three people involved in the process said.
Growing crops without soil may sound like a contradiction, but for the research team Eplants (Electronic Plants) at Linkoping University, Sweden, led by Cypriot Associate Professor Eleni Stavrinidou, it is not only possible, but also groundbreaking.