Smyrna 1922: The other half of the forgotten story
Historical truths are often twisted or forgotten. The Asia Minor Catastrophe of the 1920s is a case in point.
Police find 38 migrants near Turkish border
Police say they have found 38 migrants who had been reported stranded on an islet in the Evros River on the border between Greece and Turkey.
Modiano Market gets its sparkle back
The lights go back on briefly at the Modiano Market, and photographs from the testing of the listed monument’s new lighting system quickly start making the rounds on social media.
Drilling rig diplomacy
When Turkish Energy Fatih Minister Donmez said that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan would announce the drilling zone of the Abdulhamid Han, expectations and concerns were raised about the choice of location and whether it could cause tension in the field between Athens and Ankara.
The election of muftis, the minority, and Turkey
Turkey reacted to the Greek Parliament’s decision to constitute an expanded electoral body, comprising 33 Islamic clerics from the Muslim minority of Thrace, who will form an advisory board that will scrutinize the candidates for the role of muftis.
Andrea Bocelli | Halkidiki
The Sani Festival at the luxury resort of the same name in Halkidiki, northern Greece, comes to an end on August 20 with a concert by the ever-popular Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli.
Testimony to a Cyclades forever gone
There was a time when the Cyclades – famed for their whitewashed villages with blue-domed churches clinging to hillsides descending to bays of crystalline waters – had not been discovered by tourism.
Great Greeks of international biotechnology
Dr Simos Simeonidis grew up in Athens. His father died of a heart attack at the age of 49, and his mother, although it would mean being separated from her only son, encouraged him to study in the United States, where he specialized in molecular biology and became a professor at Harvard Medical School.
Mitsotakis attends Dormition services at Tinos
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis attended religious services for the day of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary on the island of Tinos Monday.
Historical moments
Those in positions of responsibility must always keep in mind two fundamental principles: that they will not be there forever and that their acts will define not just their own fate but that of a country