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Emperor Hadrian (76 CE – 138 CE) was the Roman emperor from 117 CE to 138 CE, succeeding his adoptive father, Emperor Trajan. Born as Publius Aelius Hadrianus in Italica, Hispania (modern-day Spain), Hadrian is best known for consolidating and securing the vast Roman Empire rather than expanding it. One of his most famous achievements …
Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz leaves the courthouse after a verdict on corruption charges, in Geneva, Switzerland, January 22, 2021. [Denis Balibouse/Reuters] Israeli mining magnate Beny Steinmetz has appealed a Greek court ruling ordering his extradition to Romania on an arrest warrant, his lawyer and sources have said. Steinmetz has appealed against the decision at the …
International Bestselling Author to Discuss New Book ‘Daughter of Ruins’ PRESS RELEASE—WASHINGTON, DC—January 28, 2025 — The Hellenic Society Prometheas and Hellenic American Women’s Council-Capitol Region (HAWC) will present International Bestselling Author Yvette Manessis Corporon for a book talk and signing at The Hellenic Center in Bethesda, Maryland on Friday, February 28. Manessis Corporon …
[File photo] Police in Piraeus have arrested an 81-year-old man who was seen masturbating in his car that was parked outside a primary school. Motorcycle police spotted the man shortly before noon outside the 54th Primary School on Themistokleous Street and arrested him for sexual assault. Source link
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is set to visit Paris on February 10-11, 2025, as the French capital becomes the center of global discussions on Artificial Intelligence during the highly anticipated AI Action Summit. The event will gather heads of state and government, international organisations, businesses, leading academics, researchers, non-governmental organisations, and artists, making it a …
A Turkish court arrested a well-known talent manager over the charge of attempting to overthrow the government in an investigation connected to nationwide protests in 2013, a court document seen by Reuters showed. Ayse Barim was initially detained on Friday and eight actors were summoned to give statements to the court as witnesses in her …
This figure, dating from the early 5th century BCE and originating from Boeotia, Greece, depicts a carpenter at work. The clay figurine is a remarkable example of ancient Greek craftsmanship, offering a glimpse into everyday life and labor during that period. The figurine is carefully modeled, capturing the carpenter in action, likely engaged in the …
Yorgos Tsemberopoulos, the director of “Stelios,” a film that has surpassed 760,000 tickets, was unable to fully savor the joy of its success: “After the premiere at the Pallas Theater [in Athens] and in Cyprus last December, I tried to get up from an armchair and couldn’t. Something happened between my knee and thigh. As …
Two Albanian men were arrested yesterday in connection with a deadly attack on December 15, 2024, in Thrakomakedones, a suburb of Athens. The assault, which resulted in the murder of a 47-year-old man and the serious injury of another, has now led to charges of criminal organisation, manslaughter, forgery, weapons possession, and drug trafficking against …
[Shutterstock] A 17-year-old girl from the western Peloponnese has accused a man of revenge pornography in a statement to the local police. The teen, who lives in the regional unit of Elia, told police that, from May to November 2024, the unidentified man had been threatening to publish revealing photos of her if she did …