Advertisement

Greece

News

Concerns force traffic restrictions on Greece’s second longest bridge

Traffic restrictions have been imposed on Greece’s second-longest bridge near Kozani amid concerns over structural problems during a recent visual inspection by a UK-based professor of bridge construction and the …

News

Ten Greek ports to be put to tender later in year

Greece is to launch tenders for the development of 10 state-owned ports in the country this year. The announcement was made by the Minister of Shipping and Island Policy, Yiannis …

News

Anti-abortion posters ordered to be removed from the Greek metro

Greece’s centre-right New Democracy (ND) government ordered the removal of anti-abortion posters which carried the slogan “Choose Life” under the photograph of an unborn fetus. These advertisements were put up …

News

Greek education ministry scraps school holiday for Three Holy Hierarchs

Schools in Greece have always remained closed during the 30 January feast of the Three Holy Hierarchs (Treis Ierarches), the patron saints of education – St Basil the Great, St …

News

Rubicon attacked residence of Australian Ambassador to Greece

Members of the anarchist group known as Rubicon attacked the residence of Arthur Spyrou, the Australian Ambassador to Greece. They scattered flyers and wrote slogans on the walls of the …

News

PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis briefs party leaders on his recent visit to the United States

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis briefed political party leaders on the results of his visit to the United States. A statement from his office said “the prime minister’s firm intention …

News

Greek renewable energy projects attract foreign investors

Greek company PPC Renewables SA, which is part of the PPC SA (Ath:PPC)  has signed a memorandum of agreement with United Arab Emirates and Finnish consortium Masdar Taaleri Generaltion DOO …

Life

The world is your oyster when you have a Greek passport

Greek passport holders can give themselves a pat on the back because they have in their possession one of the most travel-friendly documents in the world today. According to the …

News

Greece finally gets its first crematorium, situated at Ritsona

The law has allowed for cremations to take place in Greece since 2006 but it is only recently that a crematorium has opened in Ritsona, about 80km north of Athens. …

Life

The people of Anogeia, Crete, pray for suffering to end in ‘distant Australia’

Anogeia is a village that is no stranger to disasters. Twice in its history it was razed to the ground first by the Turks in 1866 and then in 1944 …

Advertisement