The authentic hospitality, cuisine, history and natural landscapes of Epirus will reach German-speaking television audiences through the award-winning German programme “Kitchen Impossible”, which filmed across the region from 17 to 20 August 2026. The German National Tourism Organisation (EOT) office in Germany organised the initiative in close cooperation with the Municipality of Ioannina, which hosted …
An exhausted young Eurasian eagle-owl that collapsed in the sea on the northwestern island of Corfu has been rescued by tourists and is now being cared for by experts. Source link
Metlen has signed the first major commercial contract for European-produced gallium, a critical metal China still dominates. Gallium is not a rare-earth element, but it sits in the same strategic basket — semiconductors, AI hardware, telecoms, defense electronics, solar cells and parts of the EV supply chain. Greece, long a bauxite and aluminium producer, is …
Former premier Alexis Tsipras has unveiled his Greek Left Alliance (ELAS) party’s economic program in Thessaloniki, calling for a fundamental change in Greece’s economic model and accusing the Mitsotakis’ government of squandering “the greatest development opportunity” since Greece’s entry into the EU. Source link
It was a colossal statue of the sun god Helios that stood in the Greek city of Rhodes and was one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The sculptor Chares of Lindos created the statue, which commemorated the raising of Demetrius I Poliorcetes’ long siege (305 BC) of Rhodes. Made of bronze and reinforced …
Ηow quickly we forget… Six years ago, we stepped onto our balconies to applaud the nurses who were, quite literally, keeping us alive as we faced the tsunami of a stealthy and unpredictable virus. They were people who risked their lives every day, entering wards filled with patients, offering them courage and refusing to abandon …
Greek music star Antonis Remos is preparing what promises to be one of the biggest concerts of his career, with new details emerging about the spectacular event planned for Thessaloniki. The concert will mark 30 years of Antonis Remos’ recording career and is expected to transform the city’s waterfront into a huge open air celebration. …
Four small boats carrying a total 155 undocumented migrants crossed the Mediterranean Sea from north Africa to the southern island of Crete Wednesday, authorities said, while no departures from Turkey to the Aegean Sea islands were reported. Source link
Greece and the United States are stepping up high level defence and security discussions as uncertainty continues to grip the Eastern Mediterranean and the wider region. Greek Defence Minister Nikos Dendias met in Athens with US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Alison Hooker during her visit to Greece. US Ambassador to Greece Kimberly …
Police on Zakynthos said Wednesday they have arrested the suspected leader of a criminal organisation that trafficked firearms and drugs on the western resort island. Source link