Archaeologists have uncovered a remarkable hoard of 50 Persian gold coins dating back approximately 2,500 years at the ancient Greek city of Notion on the Aegean coast of present-day Turkey. The discovery was made during excavations led by the University of Michigan’s Notion Archaeological Project near Ahmetbeyli in İzmir Province. The coins were found inside …
KEPE study reveals a mass exodus of labor from abroad while local market faces shortages. Source link
For many members of the Greek diaspora, the news arrives unexpectedly. A phone call from Greece. A message from a cousin. A lawyer’s name passed on by a relative. A loved one has passed away, leaving behind a family home, an apartment, farmland or a share of inherited property. What seems like a straightforward inheritance …
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday reiterated that Greece’s next national elections will be held at the end of the government’s four-year term, in the spring of 2027. Source link
Istanbul, Turkey — A social media post claiming that a Russian married couple was detained inside Istanbul’s historic Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque for reading the Bible. According to the widely shared report, 32-year-old Igor and his 35-year-old wife were approached by security shortly after opening a Bible inside the mosque. They were escorted out and …
Maro Kontou, one of the most beloved and elegant figures of Greece’s “Golden Age” of cinema, has died at the age of 92. Source link
Athens International Airport (AIA) has received another major international distinction after being named Europe’s most efficient airport in the category of airports serving more than 30 million passengers annually. The award was presented by the Air Transport Research Society (ATRS), one of the aviation industry’s leading international research and benchmarking organisations. ATRS honoured Athens International …
A journalist who captured photographs of masked individuals shortly before the deadly 2010 Marfin attack and a bookstore manager who witnessed the events recount how those images later became central to a renewed investigation that led to three arrest warrants. Source link
A 59-year-old man has been arrested in the Athens neighbourhood of Kypseli on suspicion of offending sexual decency following reports of inappropriate behaviour near a children’s playground. According to police information, the incident occurred at approximately 6:40 p.m. on Tuesday on Fokionos Negri Street, causing alarm among residents and passers-by. Authorities allege the man was …
Puzzled by the persistent bleating of goats that woke me before dawn during my holiday on Tinos, I stepped out onto the balcony. A herd had gathered nearby, waiting their turn to climb over the dry-stone wall and then leap into the pool area of the neighboring hotel complex to drink. Source link