Capital to see in New Year with music, fireworks
The City of Athens Symphonic Orchestra, acclaimed tenor Mario Frangoulis and Greek-French singer George Perris will see in the New Year in central Athens on Saturday.
The City of Athens Symphonic Orchestra, acclaimed tenor Mario Frangoulis and Greek-French singer George Perris will see in the New Year in central Athens on Saturday.
US Ambassador to Greece George Tsunis has condemned the desecration, with Nazi symbols, of the monument dedicated to the old Jewish Cemetery of Thessaloniki on the premises of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
A digital mock-up released on Thursday depicts a plan to restore the historic Bayezid Mosque in Didymoteicho, northern Greece, which was gutted by fire in 2017.
A strong earthquake occurred late on Thursday night in the areas of Laconia and Messinia in the Peloponnese, southern Greece.
Eleusis European Capital of Culture 2023 has been awarded the Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes and a €1.5 million cash purse by the European Commission.
The damage from Thursday’s earthquake in Central Evia measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale was being assessed on Thursday by engineers from the Ministry of Infrastructure, the municipalities affected, the Regional Authority of Central Greece, as well as the Technical Chamber of Greece.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis thanked Turkish Ambassador to Greece, Burak Ozugergin for the efforts he made during his tenure to improve Greek-Turkish relations in a meeting between the two men on Friday morning.
Exploration and trekking company Next Destination is hosting its third Philopappou Hill trek on New Year’s Eve, a free event taking the public to the summit of the central Athens hill.
The latest threat of war by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in case Greece proceeds with its legal right to extend its territorial waters to 12 nautical miles around Crete, is being highlighted by Athens as yet another demonstration of Turkey’s openly aggressive stance.
Cyprus sought to strengthen its ties with India Thursday, signing agreements aimed to tighten military cooperation, expand the use of solar energy technology and stem illegal migration.