Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” has surpassed one million tickets sold in Greece, putting the Homeric epic within sight of the country’s 20-year box-office record for a foreign-language film. Source link
A centuries-old mystery beneath Hagia Sophia in (Constantinople) Istanbul has drawn renewed attention after Turkey’s Minister of Culture and Tourism, Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, confirmed the existence of an extensive network of underground tunnels stretching approximately 9 kilometers. Ersoy said sections of the tunnels are currently being cleaned and restored, with access blocked in several areas …
An aging housing stock is being recycled into the Greek market, while continued growth in demand pushes prices higher. Source link
Tourists enjoying a morning swim or relaxing on sunbeds in Crete were given an unexpected close up view of a major multinational military exercise on Friday. The annual Medusa 15 exercise, led by Greece and Egypt, concluded along the coastline near Maleme, outside the port city of Chania, featuring drone attacks, fast boat landings and …
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met Friday with Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa at the Maximos Mansion in Athens, with the two leaders discussing ways to strengthen bilateral economic ties, particularly investment. Source link
For decades, Alzheimer’s disease has been studied largely as a disorder of the brain. Increasingly, however, researchers have been looking somewhere less obvious for part of the story: the mouth. At the centre of that research is Porphyromonas gingivalis, a bacterium strongly associated with chronic periodontitis, the inflammatory disease that damages the tissues and bone …
Italy’s defense minister has called for a stronger naval presence in the Red Sea to protect merchant shipping amid concerns over the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a vital waterway threatened by the widening Middle East conflict. Source link
Antonis Remos’ decision to stay away from Giorgos Mazonakis’ funeral has sparked fresh controversy in Greece, with reports shedding light on why the singer did not attend the emotional farewell in Nikaia. Mazonakis’ funeral drew crowds of mourners, friends and prominent figures from the Greek entertainment industry. Remos, however, was notably absent. His absence quickly …
A domestic worker employed by the family of Greek tennis player Stefanos Tsitsipas has been charged with two misdemeanors after the family’s dogs attacked three people in Vari, a suburb south of Athens. Source link
Isolated for a thousand years, Deep Mani’s Greeks are a genetic time capsule At the southern tip of the Peloponnese, past the point where the roads narrow and stone tower houses cling to the hillsides, lives a community that has spent more than a millennium apart from the rest of Greece. New research published in …