Nearly 148,000 people in Greece have voted on the proposed designs for the next generation of euro banknotes, which could feature opera legend Maria Callas and include a proposal by a Greek designer. Source link
Time Out has named Neos Kosmos in Athens the third coolest neighbourhood in the world for 2026, the highest Greek entry on a list of 40 urban districts published on Wednesday, 16 September. The ranking was compiled from nominations by Time Out’s local writers and judged by the magazine’s editors on food and drink, nightlife, …
A fragment of Homer’s “Odyssey,” believed to come from a pocket-size edition produced in Egypt about 1,700 years ago, has been identified in a Dutch university library, Live Science magazine reported on Wednesday. Source link
Three people have died from malaria in the Frankfurt airport area in an extremely rare outbreak involving people who had not travelled to regions where the disease is normally found. German authorities are investigating the cases, which have been linked to what is known as “airport malaria”, a rare form of transmission in which an …
More than €11,000 donated in memory of Greek singer Giorgos Mazonakis will be used to create a mobile community kitchen to provide food and support to people in need, Humanity Greece said on Thursday. Source link
ATHENS — Greece and four European Union partners are in advanced talks with an African country to establish an offshore return hub for people with no legal right to remain in the EU, Migration and Asylum Minister Thanos Plevris said Wednesday. An agreement is targeted by the end of 2026, with operations planned for the …
Turkey’s Defense Ministry lashed out at Greece on Thursday over its military presence on Kastellorizo following Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ recent visit to the southeastern Aegean island and nearby military outposts. Source link
Greek Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis has condemned the spread of a false social media post that wrongly identified a doctor as Ioanna Gaka, one of the doctors facing charges in connection with the death of singer Giorgos Mazonakis. The misleading post used an older photograph showing doctor Polytimi Leonardou alongside Georgiadis and claimed it was …
Pedestrians will get a rare chance to take over one of Thessaloniki’s most scenic waterfront roads Sunday, when a section of Nikis Avenue goes car-free for five hours. Source link
An international research team led by City of Hope, one of the largest specialised cancer research and treatment organisations in the US, has developed a new blood test that could detect pancreatic cancer at an early stage, when the disease is more treatable and potentially curable. Pancreatic cancer remains highly deadly largely because doctors usually …