January 27, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
On the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou honored the victims. At an event for the Day of Remembrance of Greek Jewish Martyrs and Heroes of the Holocaust, Sakellaropoulou said: “The Holocaust concerns us all, not just the Jewish people. It reveals the naked …
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December 31, 2021
Greece, Politics
“The weeks ahead will bring waves, but we have the power to put the storm behind us and lead the country into calm waters, so that this winter of uncertainty will be succeeded by a spring of hope,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in his New Year’s message on Friday. …
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May 29, 2021
Greece, Politics
The only way for an effective rapprochement with Ankara to take place would be for Turkey to cease all provocative and illegal activities and to dial down the aggressive rhetoric, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday, ahead of the visit of Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in Athens.. …
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March 22, 2021
Politics, World
US President Joe Biden on Monday sent President Katerina Sakellaropoulou a letter on occasion of Greece celebrating the bicentennial of the 1821 Greek Revolution. In his letter, Biden underlined the fact that Greece is a key NATO ally and close friend of the United States, a country that provides stability …
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October 28, 2020
FEATURED, Greece
Fighter jets and helicopters flew over Athens, Thessaloniki and other cities on Wednesday morning to mark the national OXI Day holiday as military and students’ parades have been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Traditional events to honor the fight against Nazism and Fascism were held with a very limited …
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August 12, 2020
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Turkey’s reaction to the legal agreement between Greece and Egypt on establishing an Exclusive Economic Zone shows that the neighboring country “cannot come to terms with the European principles of the 21st century and remains stuck in the logic of using force and threats,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in …
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July 23, 2020
Greece
French President Emmanuel Macron expressed his solidarity with Greece and Cyprus in a message on social media written in Greek. “Europe needs to take a thorough look at security issues in the Mediterranean. I will soon convene a conference of the countries of the European Union’s South,” he wrote on …
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April 26, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
Countdown for gradual lifting of the lockdown restrictions in Greece. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will address the nation on Tuesday and will reveal the thorough plan about how and when which economy sectors will open again, a process expected to conclude in two months. Mitsotakis’ address is scheduled for Tuesday …
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March 25, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
Since Monday morning, the first day the total lockdown was imposed in Greece, police vehicles are transmitting an audio message urging people to stay home. Next to Greek, the message has been also recorded in nine other language: English, French, Arabic, Urdu, Dari, Farsi, Hindi, Punjabi and Pashtu. Video: Message …
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June 23, 2019
Greece
Archbishop Elpidophoros of America was officially enthroned as the seventh Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. The magnificent enthronement ceremony took place at the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Manhattan on Saturday, June 22, 2019. Representatives of the governments of the United States, Greece, Cyprus and …
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September 6, 2018
Greece, Politics
Not one, not twice but six times US President Donald Trump referred to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia – as the country’s official name still is – as simply “Macedonia.” In his 7-lines long message Trump was his congratulation message to the Independence Day of FYROM on September 8. …
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August 8, 2018
Lifestyle
Greek police decided to send a message to Greek parents and urge them to stop present police as the boogeyman in order to scare their children into good behavior and compliance with the rules of the adults world. “Dear parents,” the message uploaded on Twitter starts. “Make clear to your …
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July 21, 2018
Social, Society
High temperatures, fully packed buses at peak hours and the divorce some people have taken with personal hygiene and deodorants often create an unbearable situation. An epic driver in Thessaloniki found a way to get rid of the bad summer odors in they fully packed buses. As the driver could …
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September 28, 2017
Uncategorized
Monday evening in Patras. One day after the German elections. Scenarios about the removal of Wolfgang Schaeuble from the finance ministry circulate in full speed. Former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis speaks in front of an audience that came at an event organized by the pan-European political movement he had founded, …
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September 6, 2017
Greece, Politics
More than 2,000 policemen in uniform and hundreds in civilian clothes will be deployed in downtown Athens on Thursday and Friday, when French President Emmanuel Macron will pay his first official visit to Greece. The sound of police helicopters will accompany every step the French president will take – whether …
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April 24, 2017
Editor
Ex banker, ex socialist and political outsider Emmanuel Macron won the first round of presidential elections in France on Sunday. French elections results have been perceived with a sign of relief in the European Union. A fine day for Europe and Greece, where creditors are expected to return to Athens …
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March 25, 2017
Greece, Politics
President Donald Trump has marked the Greek Independence Day together with representatives from Greece Defense Minister Panos Kammenos and members of the Greek community in the US. At the White House reception, President Trump said that in the years to come “we don’t know what will be required to defend …
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March 13, 2017
World
“Black Haired Pig” A powerful and shocking message against racism, sexism and xenophobia from a Greek-Swedish woman who has experienced first hand hate against migrants in Sweden ever since she moved there with her family at the age of six. In a powerful video, Alexandra Pascalidou, 46, a prominent personality …
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November 17, 2016
Politics
With a new video from the Ancient rock of Acropolis, US President Barack Obama sent a new message about Democracy stressing “we are part of the community of nations that solves problems and make the best for humanity.” the video was uploaded in his personal account on Facebook and Twitter. …
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August 9, 2016
Politics
“Europe must stand up to the challenge, to turn its gaze to the future by signing a new social contract that will guarantee the prosperity of its people,” Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras posted on his Facebook account. The message has been uploaded on the occasion of the anniversary of the …
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