File photo. A 4.6-magnitude tremor shook the town of Kalavryta, in the Peloponnese, Sunday. The tremor hit at 9:44 p.m. (1844 GMT) 14 kilometers west/northwest of Kalavryta, at a depth of 19.1 kilometers, the Athens Institute of Geodynamics reported. The tremor was felt across a wide swath in the Peloponnese, including the cites of Patras, …
Greece striker Giannis Konstantelias scored for PAOK against Olympiakos [InTime Sports]. Olympiakos may have lost at PAOK, but is now just one win away from clinching the Super League title, as AEK also lost at Panathinaikos on Sunday. PAOK made it two out of two in the playoffs, forcing Olympiakos’ first league loss since late …
European Union countries will seek to present a united front in the coming days against US President Donald Trump’s tariffs, likely approving a first set of targeted countermeasures on up to $28 billion of US imports from dental floss to diamonds. Such a move would mean the EU joining China and Canada in imposing retaliatory …
Known for its powerful sound and symphonic influences, Enemy of Reality recently released the song ‘Den se thelo pia’ (I Don’t Want You Anymore). Steelianos Amoiridis, Iliana Tsakiraki and Thanos Murrika are seen performing in this still from the music video. “Den se thelo pia” (I Don’t Want You Anymore) offered the perfect canvas for …
On April 6, we commemorate 85 years since Australian forces supported Allied efforts to defend Greece and Crete during the Second World War. Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Darren Chester said on 6 April 1941, German forces attacked both Greece and Yugoslavia and followed a month later with an attack on Crete. “In 1941, Australian and …
Could a coalition between PASOK, SYRIZA and New Left bring a major political shift and topple New Democracy? Not a chance. Even SYRIZA leader Sokratis Famellos – who suggested the idea – should know better, unless his party’s political stagnation has awakened his primal defenses (denial and rejection). Source link
The UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Greece and the year they were listed are: Acropolis, Athens (1987) Meteora (1988) Archaeological Site of Mystras (1989) Mount Athos (1988) Medieval City of Rhodes (1988) Archaeological Site of Philippi (2016) Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessalonika (1988) Old Town of Corfu (2007) Archaeological Site of Delphi (1987) Temple …
[Dimitris Papamitsos/Office of the Greek Prime Minister/via InTime News] “May Allah destroy Zionist Israel,” declared Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, while Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was in “Zionist Israel.” Erdogan had not addressed Israel for quite some time, and his statement seemed to indirectly target Greece as well, given its steady efforts to strengthen …
On April 6, 1896, the Olympic Games, a long-lost tradition of ancient Greece, are reborn in Athens 1,500 years after being banned by Roman Emperor Theodosius I. At the opening of the Athens Games, King Georgios I of Greece and a crowd of 60,000 spectators welcomed athletes from 13 nations to the international competition. The …
In the period 2010-15, those of us living abroad were treated to a particularly discriminatory attitude from residents of other countries. The worst behavior was from Central and Northern Europeans, primarily Germans. Greece’s entry into the First Economic Adjustment Program, known as the “First Memorandum,” in 2010 and the diversion of this course with the …