US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before departing the White House in Washington, on Feb. 22, 2025. [Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP] My dearest…I was deeply touched by your caring and compassionate concern over what you interpret as my perhaps overly impassioned stance on the obvious undoing of the American system of checks and balances and …
The Plague of Athens (430-426 BC) was a catastrophic event during the second year of the Peloponnesian War, wreaking havoc on the Athenian population and its leadership. This mysterious epidemic struck Athens, a city-state embroiled in a fierce conflict with Sparta. Historians estimate that the plague claimed between 75,000 and 100,000 lives, representing nearly a …
US President Donald Trump (2-R) arrives to deliver remarks during a governors working session in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 21 February 2025. [Francis Chung/EPA] There was a Greek politician back in the 1980s who had a big map of the Aegean hung up on a wall in …
A local stands next to burnt cars following a wildfire at the village of Mati, near Athens, Greece, on July 24, 2018. [Costas Baltas/Reuters] The association of relatives of the victims of the Eastern Attica (Mati) wildfire issued a statement expressing its solidarity with the families of the Tempe railway disaster victims. “Once again, [we …
Organic farmer Nicolas Netien feeds retired farm hens with scraps of leftover food at a farm, where hens are used to fertilize and mow olive groves in a pilot project, which has boosted crop yields and helped combat disease, in Akaki, Cyprus, February 19. [Yiannis Kourtoglou/Reuters] AKAKI – Organic farmers in Cyprus have recruited hundreds …
A light earthquake measuring 4.4 Magnitude jolted the island of Amorgos shortly after 1.30 p.m. According to Athens National Observatory’s Geodynamics Institute, the quake’s epicenter was located 15 km southwest of Arkesini, in the island’s south, and 225 km southeast of Athens. The wider area around Santorini and Amorgos has been shaken by tens of …
It pains me to say this as a Canadian, a European and a lifelong Americanophile, but the United States that underwrote the West’s peace and prosperity cannot be trusted because it no longer exists. NATO, America’s greatest international achievement, is all but dead. May our once great alliance rest in peace. Exaggerated as it may …
File photo. Authorities arrested a 50-year-old man on Monday for allegedly posting content on social media that incited violence ahead of Friday’s planned protests marking the second anniversary of the Tempe train disaster. The exact content of the posts has not been made public. The posts prompted an intervention by First Instance Prosecutor Aristidis Koreas, …
Greece is preparing for Friday’s rallies marking the second anniversary of the Tempe rail tragedy, which has had a catalytic effect on domestic political developments. The entire country is expected to come to a halt, with over 270 rallies planned in cities across Greece and abroad. The families of the victims are pinning their hopes …
On February 24, 2025, the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a statement commemorating the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The ministry expressed deep sorrow and respect for the countless lives lost and the widespread devastation inflicted by the ongoing conflict. The statement specifically addressed the challenges faced by the Greek diaspora in …