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2023
Roland Garros: "Battle of the Titans" Tsitsipas-Alcaraz

From the moment the 24-year-old champion found his footing and with difficulty overcame the obstacles that the Austrian (ranked 118 in the world) put in the first set (he started ...

Roland Garros: "Battle of the Titans" Tsitsipas-Alcaraz
Greek authorities rescue 91 migrants from river islet on border with Turkey
Thessaloniki
05
06
2023
Greek authorities rescue 91 migrants from river islet on border with Turkey

Police said that the group included 32 men, 25 women and 34 children. The Red Cross was present at the operation. Several migrants told police they were from Syria. The migrants had been on an islet on Evros River at least since Friday, when nongovernmental organizations emailed Greek authorities alerting them to t...

Observance of the Holy Spirit
Athens
05
06
2023
Observance of the Holy Spirit

It is a public holiday that commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and it is always celebrated on a Sunday. It is considered the establishment of the Church, the coming of the Holy Spirit, the revelation of the Trinity, and a day to celebrate membership in God's family. On the eve of Pent...

Newly discovered stone tools drag dawn of Greek archaeology back by a quarter-million years
Athens
04
06
2023
Newly discovered stone tools drag dawn of Greek archaeology back by a quarter-million years

The find announced Thursday would drag the dawn of Greek archaeology back by as much as a quarter of a million years, although older hominin sites have been discovered elsewhere in Europe. The oldest, in Spain, dates to more than a million years ago. The Greek site was one of five investigated in the Megalopolis ar...

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Athens Jazz Festival at Technopolis, May 22-29th
Athens
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05
2023
Athens Jazz Festival at Technopolis, May 22-29th

The city's longest-running music event, the standard appointment of jazz fans in Athens, is organized for the 22nd year, with free entrance, allowing Athenians and visitors to...

Kutiman performance this evening
Athens
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05
2023
Kutiman performance this evening

The performance is for a show that is part of the municipality’s Athens City Festival (cityfestival.thisisathens.org). Along with his latest hit “My Everything,” Kutiman will present new work and older favorites such as “Inne...

High school pupils create environmentally friendly bench
Athens
07
05
2023
High school pupils create environmentally friendly bench

This unusual object was created by students from the Filothei High School, in suburban Athens, specifically by a group which calls itself RAISE (Reusable – Advanced – Innovative – Safe – Economical) during the lockdown. An...

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Renowned Actress Nonika Galinea passes
Athens
04
06
2023
Renowned Actress Nonika Galinea passes

A last of a generation that represented an urban, central theater, with a specific repertoire and troupe pairings in an Athens modeled after the works staged on the English and Fr...

5 Greek police officers in custody pending trial for assisting illegal migrant crossings
Athens
05
06
2023
5 Greek police officers in custody pending trial for assisting illegal migrant crossings

The 5 officers had been testifying before an examining magistrate since Saturday morning at the border town of Orestiada, in northeastern Greece. Agents from the internal affairs division of the Greek police had been monitoring the five officers,...

Tsarouchis' painting "May" breaks painter's sale record at auction
Athens
04
06
2023
Tsarouchis' painting "May" breaks painter's sale record at auction

The painting 'May' was sold for 475,542 Euros by Vergos Auctions at Zappeion Hall. It was the highest price ever achieved internationally for a Tsarouchis painting, and took place at an auction on Greek art and sculpture of the 19th and 20th...

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US Congressmen open the way to sale of F-35s to Greece
02
06
2023
US Congressmen open the way to sale of F-35s to Greece

According to procedure, the US State Department approached the relevant foreign relations committees to sound them out before formally presenting a proposal to Congress for the sa...

UN peacekeeping on 75th anniversary: Successes, failures and many challenges
New York
03
06
2023
UN peacekeeping on 75th anniversary: Successes, failures and many challenges

Today, it faces new challenges in the dozen hotspots where UN peacekeeping has operations, including more violent environments, fake news campaigns and a divided world that is preventing its ultimate goal: successfully restoring stable governments. ...

Center-right lawmakers quit EU talks on nature law
Brussels
01
06
2023
Center-right lawmakers quit EU talks on nature law

The European Commission is attempting to salvage the planned law, which would set binding targets to restore damaged natural environments – hoping to reverse the rapid decline in species and health of ecosystems across the continent. Politi...

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36th Anniversary of Athens 98.4 FM, honors late Mayor Miltiadis Evert
Athens
04
06
2023
36th Anniversary of Athens 98.4 FM, honors late Mayor Miltiadis Evert

The station was created at the initiative of the late politician and former Athens mayor Miltiadis Evert. At the event, the Technopolis amphitheatre was renamed the 'Auditoriu...

Festival at Greece’s ancient theaters dedicated to Maria Callas and century since her birth
Athens
03
06
2023
Festival at Greece’s ancient theaters dedicated to Maria Callas and century since her birth

For theatergoers in Athens, watching the tragic story of the young geisha Cio-Cio-San unfold in Puccini’s emotionally charged classic has become a familiar favorite at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, the stone theater the Romans built at the foo...

Equestrian Festival 2023
Athens
02
06
2023
Equestrian Festival 2023

A total of 150 riders with 210 horses from 10 European countries will take part in this year’s edition, which includes four international competitions – the Longines EEF World Cup EEF Series Athens, a children’s race, a young horse...

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