The United States has restored Greece to normal status under its Visa Waiver Program, ending more than a decade of additional scrutiny over the country’s travel document and border security systems. The decision was confirmed on Tuesday when US Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Robert Law delivered an official letter to Greek Citizen Protection Minister …
Government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis called a rally outside the Israeli embassy in Athens on the third anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attack a “hideous initiative.” Source link
The execution of Nidal Hasan, the army psychiatrist who killed 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009, will be broadcast live, a US war department official said on Thursday. Hasan, an American Muslim of Palestinian origin, opened fire on 5 November 2009 at the medical centre of the Texas base. Twelve of the dead were …
Athens Mayor Haris Doukas suspended operations at the Grava school complex for Friday, emphasizing that “we don’t play with the safety of our children.” Source link
More than 200 guests gathered in Melbourne as the initiative launched a new network for young Greek Australians, backed by a $350,000 commitment from the Nikolaos Andrianakos Foundation. The Hellenic Initiative (THI) Australia has launched its New Leaders program in Victoria, bringing together the next generation of Greek Australians to strengthen connections with Greece and …
Greece’s economic path serves as a model of recovery, with growth running at around 2%, roughly double the euro area average, Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras noted during an economic forum in Istanbul on Thursday. Source link
Riyadh has come under a third consecutive day of Houthi attacks, with two aircraft reportedly struck at the Saudi capital’s main airport and debris from an intercepted missile hitting a kindergarten and medical clinic. Children were reportedly forced to shelter in rooms without windows as the attacks continued, while residents received no phone alerts warning …
The results of the exploratory drilling operation in Block 2 of the Ionian Sea, scheduled for April 2027 by the Energean-ExxonMobil-Helleniq Energy consortium, are expected to be released in May-June 2027. Source link
Condé Nast readers split on Greece’s best hotels. Americans pick Santorini. Britons pick a wider map. Katikies Santorini is the top hotel in Greece in the 2026 US Readers’ Choice Awards from Condé Nast Traveler, on a score of 99.09. The UK list starts somewhere else: Canaves Epitome in Oia. On the American list, Grace …
The human microbiome – the trillions of microbes that live in our guts – was a stable ecosystem for tens of thousands of years before rapidly changing in industrialized countries, raising possible health concerns for modern people, scientists reported on Wednesday. Source link