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Dozens of curse tablets have been discovered in a 2,500 year-old water well in the ancient Greek cemetery of Kerameikos in downtown Athens. The 30 small lead tablets were found engraved with ancient curses and hexes at the bottom of the well. Curse against the newlywed Glykera, focusing on her …
Read More »Celebrating the Greek language and Dionysios Solomos!!
Καλημέρα φίλες και φίλους!!! Zakynthos inspires Greeks all over the world.. you may ask “ why?” Well, today is not only officially International Greek Language Day, but it is also when we commemorate our National Poet, Zakynthian born Dionysios Solomos. As far as getting a national day to commemorate the …
Read More »You don’t want to be on a ferry sailing in the rough Aegean Sea… (video)
Do you hate sailing on a ferry or ship when the sea around is rough or even very rough? Ferry Blue Star Paros was “dancing” on the waves in the central Aegean sea while on route to next next destination, the island of Amorgos. The journey through the rough sea …
Read More »“Greek Language Challenge” to honor the International Day on Feb 9
Democracy, Philosophy, Technology, Harmony, Energy: Greek words that dominate most languages in the world. With these five words a challenge started on internet on the occasion of the Greek Language International Day on February 9. The Greek Language Challenge calls on non-Greek speakers to pronounce these words, create a video …
Read More »German Asylum plan: Greece & Italy to keep carrying the migration burden
Greece and Italy will keep carrying the whole burden of migration should the European Union approve the German asylum reform plan that wants asylum-seekers to be stuck for a long period of time in the countries considered as “EU’s external borders.” On Friday, the German coalition government partners have agree …
Read More »“Greece 1821-2021” Committee presents bicentennial events logo
“Greece 1821-2021” Head of the “Greece 2021” committee on the bicentennial of the declaration of the Greek War of Independence (1821) Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki presented the logo of the committee on Friday. The logo shows a ribbon forming the number ‘2’ flowing through the ‘1’, standing for the -21 suffix of …
Read More »Mammoth donation by Niarchos Foundation to improve health services in Greece
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) will proceed with a mammoth donation to improve health services in Greece. In the framework “Initiative for Health” that creates partnerships between the state and private organizations, the SFN will build two general hospitals, one children hospital and provide equipment to already existing hospitals. The …
Read More »Athens voted 2nd in Best Destinations in Europe 2020 poll
Athens was voted the second-best destination in Europe in the poll conducted by the European Best Destinations Tourism Promotion website. The Greek capital received 104,639 votes, out of a total of 600,000 votes Winner is the French sleepy town of Colmar in the southeast borders with Germany. It received 179,723 …
Read More »FM Dendias “Greece’s sole dispute with Turkey is continental shelf boundary”
Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias made it clear that Greece’s sole dispute with Turkey that can be solved in the International court of the Hague is the boundary of the continental shelf and by extension the delimitation of the Exclusive Economic Zone. In his second message to Ankara, Dendias stressed that …
Read More »Ferries and ships to be docked on Feb 18 due to general strike
Ferries and ships will stay docked at the ports on Tuesday, February 18, 2020, after the Greek Seamen Union PEPEN decided to participate in the general strike declared by public union ADEDY and several private sector unions. PEPEN has called its members to participate in the strike in protest against …
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