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The retrial over the death of 22-year-old Bakari Henderson, an American tourist who was beaten to death by Serbs on the island of Zakynthos in July 2017, started on Wednesday with the testimony of his father, Phil.
The Central Archaeological Committee (KAS) has approved on Wednesday a proposal and preliminary study to light the ancient temple of Aphaea on the island of Aegina. According to a statement released by the Culture Ministry, the aim of this endeavor will be to highlight the temple and its immediate surroundings without impacting the site.
Turkey’s Foreign Ministry handed a protest note to Greek Embassy counselor in Ankara on Wednesday after an incident in the Aegean Sea involving a Greek Coast Guard vessel and a Turkish fishing boat.
One of the world’s pre-eminent violinists, Midori is coming to Greece for a single show at the Athens Concert Hall on Sunday, performing with the Festival Strings Lucerne ensemble, under the baton of Daniel Dodds.
The daily briefing by Greek health authorities announced 16,962 new cases on Wednesday, down from 19,623 on Tuesday. The report by the National Organization for Public Health (EODY) also stated that there were 53 virus-related deaths over the last 24 hours and that there are currently 459 intubated patients being treated in Intensive Care Units…
Greece received 14.7 million tourists last year, according to the border survey of the Bank of Greece, up from 7.4 million in 2020, with the Germans, the British and the French offering major support to Greek tourism last year.
The smouldering hulk of the Euroferry Olympia, the Italian-flagged ferry that caught fire at sea on Friday, arrived at the mainland port of Astakos, in western Greece, on Wednesday.
Divers in northern Greece on Wednesday recovered the body of a 40-year-old man who had been missing since Sunday night after the boat he was travelling in capsized.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday said that changing international borders through force cannot be tolerated, adding that there needed to be a common response to Russian ‘provocations’