A study of 325 cities in 77 countries places Athens among the top four European “rising stars” in innovation, behind Istanbul, Kyiv and Zagreb and ahead of cities such as Sofia, Prague, Vilnius, Lisbon and Warsaw. Source link
Almost two centuries ago, seven young Greek sailors from Hydra arrived in colonial Sydney as convicted prisoners, transported thousands of kilometres from the Mediterranean after an encounter at sea during the Greek War of Independence ended in arrest, a piracy trial and sentences of death. The British convict ship Norfolk entered Port Jackson on 27 …
The end of the 2026 summer sees Greece dealing with old and new regional challenges. Greek-Turkish relations enter a phase where diachronic disagreements are not left aside but rather displayed in the field. Source link
A 41-year-old French tourist has died after collapsing during a demanding hike near Balos in western Crete, as Greek emergency services warn of the dangers of long walks in extreme summer heat. The woman was hiking with her partner on Sunday, 23 August, after the pair left their vehicle at Falasarna and continued on foot …
Patrick Mouratoglou, the renowned French tennis coach best known for his decade-long partnership with Serena Williams, is heading to New York to join Stefanos Tsitsipas’s team for the US Open. Mouratoglou will work alongside Tsitsipas’s day-to-day coach Thomas Perrin at Flushing Meadows, bringing one of the Greek star’s longest-standing mentors back into his corner at …
The screens, showing live drone footage of the battlefield, flickered with color-coded frames: green for Russian equipment, blue for Ukrainian forces, orange when friend and foe were hard to tell apart. Source link
An 18-year-old woman has died after falling into the water at the Dermata waterfalls near Veria in northern Greece, prompting a major rescue operation involving specialist divers. The incident occurred on Thursday afternoon, 27 August, at the waterfalls near Rizomata in Imathia, within the Municipality of Veria. Authorities were alerted at approximately 4.15pm after a …
Only 69 psychiatric inpatient beds for children and adolescents are operating across Greece, while most units face shortages of medical, nursing and administrative staff, according to a report by the Greek ombudsman. Source link
On 28 August, the Greek Orthodox Church commemorates one of the most striking figures of the early Christian desert: a former robber whose life became a story of radical repentance, humility and transformation. Saint Moses the Ethiopian, also known as Moses the Black of Scete, lived in Egypt in the fourth century and became one …
Most of the southern island of Crete, as well as Rhodes, faces a maximum risk of wildfire Friday, authorities said, while nearly the entire remaining Aegean Sea archipelago and all the Ionian islands are at a very high risk. Source link