It must have been riveting to witness prominent French actress Fanny Ardant, in the crowded Grand Amphitheater (Richelieu) at the Sorbonne University, reading excerpts from the epic poem “The Free Besieged” by Dionysios Solomos and reciting “The Greek Boy” by Victor Hugo – a poem dedicated by the great French writer to the Chios massacre…
The European Union is seeking more natural gas from Azerbaijan, an EU official said Friday, as Europe grapples with high energy bills and tight deliveries from Russia, its main supplier of fuel, which has been at loggerheads with the West over Ukraine.
Rural Development and Food Minister Spilios Livanos announced seven new measures to support farmers, amounting to €170 million, in order to reduce production costs in the primary sector.
Greece’s population declined by 39,933 in 2020, as births continued to trail deaths and incoming migration dropped, the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) said in a recent report.
NATO allies completed the 12-day maritime exercise “Neptune Strike ’22” in the Mediterranean Sea, Friday.
When asked about future car purchases, 85% of Cypriot car buyers say they will either buy a hybrid or electric car, a figure is 70 points higher than the percentage of Cypriots who said they would buy a diesel or petrol vehicle (15%), according to the 2021-2022 Climate Survey.
The management of the Single Social Security Entity (EFKA) is proposing a performance bonus aimed at encouraging a better standard of service for workers and pensioners seeking assistance through the social security fund’s 1555 help line.
The Archaeological Museum of Igoumenitsa is hosting a fascinating exhibition that seeks to highlight work by the renowned folk painter Theophilos (circa 1870-1934) that was inspired by the icons of saints.
A bipartisan group of over 50 US Representatives joined Congressional Hellenic Caucus Co-Chair Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) and Armenian Caucus Co-Chair Frank Pallone (D-NJ) in pressing the US Departments of State and Defense to block the sale of next-generation US F-16 fighter jets and upgrade kits to Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s increasingly hostile regime.
With Greece still reeling from this week’s murder of a 19-year-old man by soccer hooligans, Deputy Supreme Court Prosecutor Zacharias Kokkinakis issued a circular Friday demanding that individuals involved in sports-related violence are tried within 30 days of their arrest.