A flame lit in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem was flown on a Greek government aircraft to Athens on Easter Saturday, ahead of its distribution nationwide for midnight Easter church services. In a ceremony repeated every year, it was welcomed at the airport with the honors accorded to a visiting head of …
Repairs to floating platforms in Schinias. Twenty‑two years after its construction, Greece’s Olympic Rowing Center at Schinias, northeast of Athens, is undergoing a full restoration, with its 2.2‑kilometer water course already back in use by the national team. The site, built for €88 million inside the environmentally sensitive Schinias wetland, had deteriorated after being largely …
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[Handout/AADE] Greek authorities have impounded 229 luxury cars in a nationwide crackdown for alleged tax, regulatory and customs violations, the independent AADE tax authority said Saturday. An AADE statement said the vehicles included Bentleys, Lamborghinis, Ferraris and Porsches, estimated to be worth more than €10 million in total. The statement said the operation followed information …
Eric Adams appears before a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing with Sanctuary City Mayors on Capitol Hill, in Washington, March 5, 2025. [Rod Lamkey/AP Photo] Former New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Friday that he had become a citizen of Albania, putting him one step closer to his oft-repeated dream of …
[Intime News] Athens public transport will come to a halt well before midnight Resurrection celebrations on Easter Saturday, while services will also be sparse on Monday, which is a public holiday. The last metro trains will leave Syntagma Station at 11 p.m. Saturday and the final service from the airport to Piraeus will be at …
French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Athens on April 24 and 25, France’s Presidency has confirmed. The visit is expected for the renewal of the Greek-French Strategic Partnership Agreement on Defense and Security, which expires this year. Greece is a major buyer of French military systems and weapons, including frigates and fighter jets. It is …
With just hours to go before traditionally noisy midnight firework celebrations on Orthodox Easter Saturday, police announced further arrests across the country in a bid to clamp down on the illegal custom. On the island of Salamis, just off Athens, two suspects aged 70 and 69 were taken into custody after being found in possession …
This soup is rich in flavor and thick in texture, and is served at the Easter table alongside tsoureki, spicy kasseri cheese, pastourma, soutzouki and other cured meats, red-dyed eggs and cups of warm milk. Chef: Huseyin Ayvaz Prep: 40 minutes Cooking: 2 hours Ingredients (serves 6-8) • 1 whole chicken, about 1.5 kg • …
[Phileleftheros] A rescue operation is underway in Cyprus after a two-storey residential building partly collapsed at noon. The building is located in Germasogeia, an eastern suburb of Limassol. Local media outlet Phileleftheros said three people injured in the collapse have been transferred to hospital by ambulance, while efforts to free another are underway. Source link