President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan marked the sixth anniversary of Hagia Sophia’s reopening as a mosque with a post on X, calling it a blessed return to its original identity after 86 years. The 6th-century Byzantine cathedral, built by Emperor Justinian in Constantinople, stood as the greatest church in Christendom for nearly a millennium before the …
As of Friday, the route from Lamia to Egnatia Odos, near Grevena in western Macedonia, will take just one hour and 45 minutes. Source link
Emergency alerts via Greece’s 112 system were sent on Friday afternoon to residents of Fthiotida, central and northern Evia, Skyros, Larissa, Magnesia and the Sporades, warning of locally heavy rainfall, thunderstorms and intense lightning activity expected from the early afternoon hours and lasting for the following 12 hours. The messages urged citizens to exercise particular …
For nearly 3,000 years, Homer’s “The Odyssey” has reigned as literature’s ultimate road trip. Source link
Maria Menounos, the acclaimed Greek-American actress and television presenter who serves as Ambassador of the Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC) for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games, met with HOC President Isidoros Kouvelos to plan upcoming joint initiatives in support of Team Hellas. During the meeting, the two discussed a series of actions to be undertaken …
Attica waste authority, EDSNA, will not renew its contract with TEXAN, the company that has run the region’s recycling hubs since a deal informally extended past its 2023 expiration. Source link
Greek-Australian singer John Tikis (Τζων Τίκης) has died. His daughters Angela and Anita announced the sad news on Facebook, confirming that their beloved father passed away. In an emotional tribute, the sisters wrote: “I did it my way….Our beloved father, this is how he lived his life and this is exactly how he left this …
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has again ruled out early elections, saying his government remains committed to completing its four-year term while accusing opposition parties of making promises they cannot afford to deliver. Source link
KPMG Australia has appointed John Sams as chief executive, replacing partner Stan Stavros, who spent nearly eight weeks as interim CEO overseeing the firm’s initial response to a damaging scandal involving the misuse of confidential client information and its treatment of a whistleblower. Sams took office immediately on 21 July, one day after KPMG disclosed …
The Attica regional government has completed the installation of 388 cameras designed to detect red-light violations at selected intersections across the Athens metropolitan area, a project funded through the Recovery and Resilience Facility under a road-safety program. Source link