Greek dancer Naima Gerasopoulou has been crowned a 2026 world tango champion, winning the Tango de Pista title in Buenos Aires alongside her Argentine partner Lucas Gauto after more than a decade dancing together. Gerasopoulou and Gauto took first place in the final on 1 September at Buenos Aires’ Teatro Gran Rex, finishing with an …
Public space interventions have rarely been a strong point of the Greek state, yet several major projects are now advancing toward completion. Source link
The Dialect Once Marked ‘Wrong’ At School Now Has Its Own World First Award-Winning App Effie Athanassiou was eleven years old, sitting at the dining table in her family’s home in Adelaide, when her father first told her that half the tonos were missing from her sentence. She did not understand, at the time, that …
A new Eurobank study delivers a sharp critique of Greece’s higher education system, arguing that a rapid expansion in university participation has not been matched by gains in skills or educational quality. Source link
Cypriot government officials are considering new restrictions to prevent people receiving the Minimum Guaranteed Income from using welfare payments at casinos, betting shops, or gambling websites. Source link
Wizz Air has added eight airports across Europe and North Africa to its network, extending its reach into Romania, Greece, Croatia, Spain, Turkey and Egypt as one of Europe’s largest low-cost airlines continues to expand beyond its traditional Central and Eastern European stronghold. Founded in 2003, Wizz Air operated its first flight from Katowice, Poland, …
The American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce and the Hellenic Association of Energy Economics on Friday will host the Southeast Europe Energy Forum (SEEF) at The Met Hotel in Thessaloniki. Source link
The benchmark of the Greek stock market climbed on Thursday to highs not seen in 17 years. Source link
On 4 September, the Greek Orthodox Church reads one of the New Testament’s most affecting accounts of fear, grief and faith: the raising of Jairus’ daughter. The Gospel appointed for the 14th Friday after Pentecost is Mark 5:22-24, 35-43 and 6:1. It begins with a father who has run out of options. Jairus, a ruler …
Himalayan glaciers, once blazingly white, are increasingly coated in pollution from car exhaust, coal plants and factories. Source link