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Reds beat Monaco to reach the Euroleague Final Four

Greece elected to UNESCO World Heritage Committee

Hellenism’s powerful friend in Washington

President Sakellaropoulou in Austria for Alpbach European Forum

‘Don’t leave Afghan people alone,’ refugee in Greece pleads

Bronze medal for Eleftherios Petrounias in men’s rings.

Olympic Water Polo Day 10: Greece Crushes U.S. Men

Sakkari and Tsitsipas advance to mixed doubles quarterfinals

The shameful history of the ‘shipyards of the people’

Closer Monitoring of Unvaccinated Tourism Workers on Five Islands

46% Greeks say they will not go on vacation this year, study finds

Aeschylia Festival in Elefsina kicks off with ancient tragedies, concerts, artistic performances

Church of Greece enters state’s vaccination campaign to persuade faithful to be vaccinated

Greece Forms Committee to Boost Diving Tourism Offering

Greece, Albania, North Macedonia in joint action for Prespa

Mitsotakis and Sisi discuss closer Greek-Egyptian cooperation

The Acropolis Museum Celebrates 12 Years Today

Luring Greek tourists could help save the tourism sector

TIMELINESS

Reds beat Monaco to reach the Euroleague Final Four

The early stages were low scoring, but both offences exploded in the second quarter, with a partial score of 30-35 over those ten minutes...

Two men jailed for killing of Greek LGBT+ activist

Activists hold a banner reading "Don't close your eyes" outside the court in Athens. CopyrightLOUISA GOULIAMAKI / AFP Two men have been...

Greece condemns Russian looting of Melitopol Museum

Greece unequivocally condemned and deplored the Russian army’s looting of ancient Scythian artifacts from the Melitopol Museum, noting...

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cyprus

Cyprus, Greece, Israel FMs to meet Blinken

The Foreign Ministers of Cyprus, Greece, Israel and the USA are expected to hold a summit in May on regional security and cooperation....

Cyprus-Greece ferry link set to start in June

The first ferry link between Cyprus and Greece – specifically, from Limassol to Piraeus – is to be up and running on June 19, it was...

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travel

Mindful return to the Greek islands

Ancient statues and columns from a millennia-old house stand just above the landing dock in the archaeological park at Delos, Greece, on...

Acropolis top of the world in short-term rentals

The short-term rental offerings around the Acropolis are deemed the best in the world in proximity to a world-renowned landmark,...

Greece Holiday Confusion As Tourism Officials Say Entry Rules ‘Won't Change’ This Weekend

Confusion reigns over travel rules for Greece holidays this spring and summer, the country’s current border restrictions won’t be eased...

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Γιατί ο Πούτιν φοβάται τον Κυριάκο;

– Πάντα δεύτερος ο Ρώσος έναντι του Έλληνα ηγέτη

Που πας ρε Καραμήτρο

Εάν ο πρωθυπουργός το ανεχτεί, είναι άξιος της μοίρας του Ο εκπρόσωπος του κυβερνώντος κόμματος της Τουρκίας ο Ομέρ Τσελίκ, (πρακτικά ο...

Greece’s First Dog Peanut bites State Minister; Perpetrator flees the scene

Lesson Number 2 in any journalists’ old school is that “Dog bites Man” is news not worth reporting. However, when the biting dog is...

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Jan 17, 2022

Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev is planning to spend an additional 235 million euros on his privately owned Skorpios island in western Greece to include an art gallery in the luxury tourist development he is building, Kathimerini understands. The extra cost will bring the overall investment to 400 million euros. The gallery will house part of his extensive art collection that includes works by Pablo Picasso and Mark Rothko.

Jan 16, 2022

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, one of Athens’ most iconic, and visited, monuments, turns 90 this year.
Building the monument required extensive landscaping, as the Parliament building behind it was previously level with the upper part of Syntagma Square.

Jan 11, 2022

Musicians perform outside the Greek Parliament in Athens on Monday during a protest against new Covid-19 measures that ban music at all restaurants, bars and entertainment venues.

NOV 18, 2021

Milwaukee Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo tries to get past Los Angeles Lakers' Anthony Davis during the second half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021, in Milwaukee. The Bucks won 109-102. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

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OCT 14, 2021

Passengers wade through high water after evacuating a bus stuck in a flooded underpass in southern Athens. - Copyright AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis

OCT 13, 2021

Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou (C) is photgraphed with Afghan women lawyers and judges who fled from Afghanistan, with the mediation of the Greek government, after the prevalence of the Taliban, in Athens on Tuesday. The thirty women and their families will be hosted in Greece untill they will travel to their final destination.

SEPT 10, 2021

The Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox National Shrine, right, is illuminated for the first time, late Friday, Sept. 10, 2021, at the World Trade Center in New York, marking a milestone in the reconstruction of the only house of worship to be destroyed on 9/11. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

SEP 9, 2021

Paulo Nobre and his co driver Gabriel Morales competes at a special stage of Acropolis WRC Rally in Athens, on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. The World Rally Championship returned to Greece after an eight-year absence Thursday with a crowd-pleasing special stage around Athens’ main Syntagma Square. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

SEP 9, 2021

Pallbearers carry coffin of Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis outside the Metropolitan church, prior to his funeral service, in Chania, Crete island, Greece, September 9 2021

SEP 8, 2021

Our national soccer team welcomed the Swedish national team to OAKA.
Before the start of the match, the two teams honored the memory of Mikis Theodorakis.

SEP 8, 2021

Hundreds of citizens gathered at Piraeus port on Wednesday evening to bid farewell to Mikis Theodorakis, whose remains departed on a ferry for Crete, ahead of his burial on Thursday.

SEP 7, 2021

Writer Vassilis Vassilikos (l), author of the novel ‘Z,’ about the 1963 murder of prominent leftist politician Grigoris Lambrakis, and Greek-French director Costa-Gavras, who adapted the novel into the 1969 movie of the same name, pay their last respects to composer and politician Mikis Theodorakis, who wrote the movie soundtrack, in the chapel of Athens’ Metropolitan Cathedral on Tuesday.

SEP 7, 2021

Alpha Jets of the Patrouille de France team and two French Air Force Rafale jets from the Rafale Solo Display Team fly over the Parthenon Temple atop the Acropolis hill on Monday, displaying the colors of the Greek flag, blue and white. The planes took part over the weekend in the Athens Flying Week air show at Tanagra Air Base north of Athens, alongside similar teams from Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Italy, Saudi Arabia and the United States.

SEP 2, 2021

Relatives and friends escort the coffin of Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis outside of his home in Athens, Greece, September 2, 2021. Michalis Karagiannis/Eurokinissi via REUTERS

AUG 31, 2021

Newly appointed members of the government are sworn in by religious oath at the Presidential Palace in Athens, Greece August 31, 2021. REUTERS/Costas Baltas

AUG 27, 2021

US Senator Robert Menendez was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Honor, Greece’s highest civilian honor, by President Katerina Sakellaropoulou in a ceremony held at the Presidential Mansion in Athens on Friday. Speaking at the event, Sakellaropoulou said the medal was conferred as an expression of gratitude on behalf of the Greek state and nation for Menendez’s contribution to the strengthening of Greece-US ties and the promotion of peace and cooperation in the wider region.

AUG 26, 2021

Drum Circle – Celebrating Nowness
Djembe drum circle and meditation. Led by Philippos Stamatopoulos. August 29. Nature and Spirit, Moniatis village. 4pm-6pm

AUG 23, 2021

An aircraft drops water over a a wildfire in Vilia area some 60 kilometers (37 miles) northwest of Athens, Greece.

AUG 19, 2021

View of a border fence between Greece and Turkey, in Alexandroupolis, Greece. REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis/File Photo

AUG 18, 2021

An aircraft and helicopters operate during a wildfire in Vilia area some 60 kilometers (37 miles) northwest of Athens, Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021. A major wildfire northwest of the Greek capital devoured large tracts of pine forest for a third day and threatened a large village as hundreds of firefighters, assisted by water-dropping planes and helicopters, battled the flames Wednesday. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

AUG 17, 2021

A heatwave across southern Europe, fed by hot air from Africa, has led to wildfires across the region. Hundreds of fires have raged from Algeria to Jerusalem in the past month.

AUG 16, 2021

Afghan migrants demonstrate against the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, on the island of Lesbos, Greece, August 16, 2021. REUTERS/Elias Marcou

AUG 15, 2021

For more than 1500 years, the island of Paros commemorates the Assumption (or Dormition) of the Virgin Mary. Τhe sacred temple of Panagia Ekatodapiliani, The Church of Our Lady of One Hundred Gates, celebrates the Dormition of the Virgin with traditional religious ceremonies attracting locals and tourists alike.

AUG 15, 2021

Upon entering the port of the whitewashed Chora of Naxos you'll encounter the islet of Palatia at its entrance. On Palatia islet the impressive marble gate, temple of Apollo, “Portara” stands still since the 6th century BC. According to mythology, the god Dionysus met Ariadni there, who had been abandoned by Thesseus.

AUG 14, 2021

Cycladic Island of the Day: Timeless Ios.
There’s more to Ios than parties. Here are three tips we always give our friends headed for the island.

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The Cyprus issue has become the symbol of a complex international conflict.

The case for the return of the Parthenon Sculptures to Hellas is another major issue.

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Γιατί ο Πούτιν φοβάται τον Κυριάκο;

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Greece’s First Dog Peanut bites State Minister; Perpetrator flees the scene

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