Greek tennis star Lydia Panagiotidou has been crowned Tennis Europe Masters U16 champion in Monte Carlo, becoming the first Greek female player to win the prestigious title in the category. View this post on Instagram The 16 year old delivered a dominant performance in the final on Saturday, October 24, …
Angelos Liakos saw that the Violanta cookie factory was on fire in the early hours of Monday, January 26, from the news feed on his phone. “I called my mom and her phone was off… By 6 am, I knew she was no longer alive.” Source link
Santorini attracted 370 people to a lionfish tasting event on Thursday, 22 October 2026, as organisers sought to set a Guinness World Records record while raising awareness of the invasive fish threatening Mediterranean marine ecosystems according to the University of the Aegean. During the lionfish tasting record attempt, every guest tried at least three different …
The annual Cinema Day event is returning to theaters across Greece, offering moviegoers a chance to enjoy films at a reduced price. Source link
Olympic champion Eleftherios (Lefteris) Petrounias took silver in the Rotterdam rings final on Saturday 24 October, scoring 14.333 with a flawless routine at the 54th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. The 35-year-old finished behind China’s Lan Xingyu, who scored 14.766 and claimed his first world title on the apparatus. Armenia’s Artur Avetisyan completed the podium with …
Diverging American and European assessments of Russia and the continent’s security are straining sensitive information-sharing arrangements that have underpinned transatlantic cooperation since World War II. Source link
Kimberly Guilfoyle’s controversial departure from her role as US ambassador to Greece has taken a new turn, with reports alleging that a bitter personal dispute within Donald Trump Jr.’s inner circle influenced her diplomatic appointment to Athens. An investigation by Greek newspaper Kathimerini reportedly examined claims that Guilfoyle’s relationship with her former fiancé, Donald Trump …
New bad loans totaling €1.7 billion were held by banks in the first half of the year. Source link
The Hellenic Club Sydney marked its centenary on the evening of 24 October 2026 with a high-profile celebration that drew political leaders, diplomats and prominent figures from the Greek-Australian community. Among the guests were Australian Prime Minister the Hon. Anthony Albanese, His Excellency Stavros Venizelos, Ambassador of Greece to Australia, and the club’s Patron, Mr …
Police arrested a 46-year-old man Friday in Messinia, southern Greece, after discovering 505 cannabis plants in a remote wooded area near Finikounda. Source link