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Athens
19
03
2024
U.S. Embassy networking event brings together disability rights advocates and organizations

It also aimed at fostering dialogue and partnerships between U.S. and local stakeholders in the field of disability rights. The event, which was fully accessible and included s...

U.S. Embassy networking event brings together disability rights advocates and organizations
Shipwrecks found off Aegean island
Shipwrecks found off Aegean island

Since 2019, the National Research Foundation’s research team, in collaboration with the Culture Ministry, has conducted four research missions on the island, using archaeological and historical evidence, sources, and references ranging from Homer’s Iliad to recent years. The shipwrecks date from 3000 BC, the Classi...

After destructive floods, EU sues Greece for failing to revise risk plans
After destructive floods, EU sues Greece for failing to revise risk plans

The action comes 5 months after the worst rains in Greece flooded its fertile Thessaly plain, devastating crops and livestock and raising questions about the Mediterranean country's ability to deal with an increasingly erratic climate. Under EU rules, countries need to update once in six years their flood managemen...

Carnival in Athens: 3-day events in the historic center with shops open
Carnival in Athens: 3-day events in the historic center with shops open

Thousands of citizens will have fun with dancing, singing, acrobatics, the traditional merry-go-round at the Carnival events organized by the Athens Chamber of Commerce, the Municipality of Athens and OPANDA. The venue will be the historic center of the city - Syntagma, Plaka, Monastiraki - as the aim of the chambe...

Athens Local News

Clean Monday long weekend a 'dress rehearsal' for Greek tourism destinations
17
03
2024
Clean Monday long weekend a 'dress rehearsal' for Greek tourism destinations

Domestic tourists are giving a vote of confidence to several destinations on the mainland, according to FedHATTA President Lysandros Tsilidis, as well as the destinations known fo...

Enhanced road safety measures for pre-lent carnival & Clean Monday celebrations
Athens
15
03
2024
Enhanced road safety measures for pre-lent carnival & Clean Monday celebrations

These are for during the period from March 15 to 18th, aiming at the safe movement of citizens and the prevention of traffic accidents. These measures include policing of roads and at the entrances and exits of major urban centers where there is ...

City of Athens announces schedule of Apokries festivities 2024
Athens
04
03
2024
City of Athens announces schedule of Apokries festivities 2024

The pre-Lent festivities will begin at 11:30 am on Tsiknopempti (March 7) with music and events around Varvakios Market, Monastiraki Square, and the surrounding streets. At 12:00 the Vakhai musical society will start performing at Syntagma Square an...

Greece News

"A pin does not fall" at the country's Carnival & March 25th getaways
Athens
17
03
2024
"A pin does not fall" at the country's Carnival & March 25th getaways

Where the Greeks will have a Clean Monday Starting with the carnival destinations, which traditionally star with high occupancy, Patras, Xanthi, Skyros, Rethymnon, Naoussa, Kas...

Moody's maintains Ba1 rating for Greece, one step below investment grade
Athens
18
03
2024
Moody's maintains Ba1 rating for Greece, one step below investment grade

According to the rating agency, the challenges for the Greek economy include a big current accounts deficit, while the size of the tourism and shipping sectors make the economy vulnerable to external shocks and any improvements to economic resilienc...

Excursions for the 3 days of Clean Monday are in progress
Athens
16
03
2024
Excursions for the 3 days of Clean Monday are in progress

In particular, delays are observed on Athens Avenue, from the height of Chaidari, as well as on the road section of the Athens-Corinth highway from Elefsina to Megara. On the contrary, the picture is much better on the Athens-Lamia highway where ...

International News

Sakkari outlasts Gauff in 3 sets of rain-delayed semi at Indian Wells. She plays Swiatek for title
Indian Wells
16
03
2024
Sakkari outlasts Gauff in 3 sets of rain-delayed semi at Indian Wells. She plays Swiatek for title

Sakkari will play top-ranked Iga Swiatek in Sunday’s final. Swiatek routed Marta Kostyuk 6-2, 6-1 to improve to 19-2 this year, with her match wins leading the WTA Tour. Swiate...

EU unprepared for climate crisis, EEA risk report warns
15
03
2024
EU unprepared for climate crisis, EEA risk report warns

On Tuesday, the European Commission published its plan for managing risks exacerbated by climate change, such as floods and wildfires.  The strategy aims to strengthen the bloc’s ability to adapt to the climate crisis and build resilience against...

Philippine seafarers who survived Houthi Red Sea attack arrive home - GR frigate Hydra engages UAVs in Gulf of Aden
14
03
2024
Philippine seafarers who survived Houthi Red Sea attack arrive home - GR frigate Hydra engages UAVs in Gulf of Aden

They were crew members of the Barbados-flagged, Greek-operated merchant ship True Confidence which the Houthis attacked last week, killing 3 sailors, including two Filipinos. The Philippine migrant workers’ ministry said in a statement the ...

Panorama News

Monuments to the Onassis era of Olympic Airways
Athens
16
03
2024
Monuments to the Onassis era of Olympic Airways

The decision by its new owner, Cypriot businessman Andreas Christodoulides, who bought it along with another Onassis Olympic Airways-era plane, which is now in Lavrio, where it is...

The "Film Beyond" program aims to develop and strengthen the audiovisual sector in Greece
Thessaloniki
13
03
2024
The "Film Beyond" program aims to develop and strengthen the audiovisual sector in Greece

Taking on the ambitious task of identifying these needs and bridging them with educational and employment opportunities is the non-governmental organization YET (Young Entrepreneurs of Thessaloniki). Their initiative, the "Film Beyond" ...

Giant ancient Greek statue returns to Sicily’s Valley of the Temples
Valley of the Temples
10
03
2024
Giant ancient Greek statue returns to Sicily’s Valley of the Temples

The 8-meter-high representation of the mythological giant Telamon once supported the temple of Zeus, one of the famed Doric constructions on the site that art historians consider the principal ancient Greek historical record outside Greece itself. ...

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