In what is probably the first celebrity victims of Covid-19 (coronavirus) actor Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson have tested positive for the dreaded Covid-19 (coronavirus) while at the …

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the spirit of turmoil over the Greek-Turkish border saga told German Chancellor Angela Merkel that the 2016 migration deal between Turkey and the European …

The Olympic torch handover ceremony leading up to the Tokyo Olympics is scheduled to take place on 19 March. The relay procedure will begin with the torch lighting in Olympia, …

Thanks to the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak, sporting events in Europe have been disrupted, the Chinese Formula One Grand Prix ,set for April, has been cancelled. More ominously, Japan’s J League …

Two Greek passengers who were aboard the cruise ship ‘Diamond Princess’ that was quarantined following Covid-19 (coronavirus as renamed by WHO) fears have been returned to Greece. “Following concerted action …

It is now official. The virus that has gone by the name of Novel Coronavirus has a new name. The World Health Organisation has declared that the official new name …

Hot on the heels of Tom Hanks, another philhellene, photographer Robert McCabe has been granted honorary Greek citizenship. The Greek Consul-General in Boston in the United States, Stratos Efthymiou, granted …

Sailing has never been a pastime that many people in Cyprus paid any attention to but one man has single-handedly put the island on the map with his achievements – …

If you are travelling overseas there are several things you can do to minimise the risk of infection not only of Novel Coronavirus (nCoV) but other infections as well. The …

  Objects found at an excavation site near the Spanish town of Elda point to the existence of an Eastern Orthodox monastery dating back to the time of Emperor Justinian …