Did you know that Lesvos is home to 15 historic monasteries, making it one of Greece’s most important centres of Orthodox pilgrimage? For centuries, pilgrims have travelled to the island to venerate its miraculous icons, honour its saints, and explore monasteries that preserve priceless Byzantine treasures, rare manuscripts, and centuries of Christian history. Whether you’re …
The PPC group sealed on Friday its entry into the Polish energy market, one of the most promising and fastest growing clean energy markets in Europe. Source link
Siaperas Triantafyllos (August 1, 1931 – February 25, 1994) dedicated his life to the promotion of chess in Greece as a player, problem composer, journalist, and author. He achieved success in every field he pursued and is remembered as a decent, highly knowledgeable man with an exceptional memory and a polite teaching style. He held …
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis joined 21 other European Union leaders in signing a letter to the bloc’s leadership asking for a coordination of migration policies and criticizing Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s project of regularization of undocumented migrants. Source link
A Greek Australian fashion designer is helping take an Australian fashion label from the Gold Coast to the streets of New York, with celebrity fans, global recognition and collections inspired by her Hellenic heritage. Greek Australian designer behind fashion label With Jéan conquers New York With Jéan, co-founded by Evangeline Titilas and Sami Lorking-Tanner , …
A wildfire in and around Porto Germeno, a coastal town on the Gulf of Corinth about 70 kilometers west of Athens, continued to rage out of control Saturday afternoon, a day after it broke out, as strong and unpredictable winds hampered firefighting efforts. The blaze was among dozens burning across Greece. Source link
Thousands of unused factories, workshops, warehouses, offices and tourist properties across Greece may soon be transformed into residential units under new rules approved by parliament. The amendments, introduced by the Ministry of Social Cohesion and Family, form part of a broader housing policy aimed at expanding the supply of homes without large-scale construction on vacant …
Greece and other Mediterranean countries must prepare for a new reality in wildfires, as climate change fuels more intense and unpredictable blazes across southern Europe, according to scientists. Source link
Leaders from 22 of the European Union’s 27 member states have written a joint letter calling for an urgent video conference of interior ministers after tens of thousands of people crossed from Morocco into the Spanish North African exclave of Ceuta. The letter, initiated by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Danish Prime Minister Mette …
A former Acropolis guard who suffered permanent injuries after being struck by lightning at the ancient monument has been awarded €130,000 by an Athens administrative appeals court. Source link