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Greece is a “haven” and a “healing place,” Hollywood actor and Philellene Tom Hanks told reporters at the Golden Globes Awards in California after being presenting with the Cecil B. DeMille Award by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for his “outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment.” “I’ve been around …
Read More »12-year-old knocks out sexual assaulter with three kickboxing moves
A 12-year-old girl knocked out a sexual assaulter with three kickboxing moves and managed to escape the worse. The girl is a martial arts athlete and did not hesitate a minute to defend herself. Ioanna was returning home in Perama suburb of Piraeus with a public bus. A passenger followed …
Read More »Turkey’s energy agenda puts the entire region at risk
The East Mediterranean has become a highly contested region due to the discovery of major hydrocarbon reserves which has triggered a scramble for energy wealth. According to the United States Geological Survey, the Levant basin contains 3.6 trillion cubic meters and the Nile delta basin 6.3 trillion cubic meters of …
Read More »Greek Foreign Ministry tables bill to protect rights of Brits after Brexit
Greek Alternate Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis tabled a bill in parliament with the aim to protect the residence status and rights of current and future British citizens residing in Greece, regardless of whether a Brexit agreement is reached with the EU or not. The bill tabled on January 3, revises …
Read More »Mitsotakis – Trump talk Turkey: Success for Greece’s positions or fiasco?
Athens described the meeting between Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and US President Donald Trump as “excellent”, while the PM said that he was very pleased. Top on the agenda of the Greek side was the Turkish aggression in the East Mediterranean Sea and Ankara’s agreement with Libya. However, despite the …
Read More »IMF office in Athens will close, Greek PM Mitsotakis announces
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Tuesday evening that the office of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Athens will close. He did not specify when the IMF office will close, though. Mitsotakis’ announcement followed a meeting with the IMF its managing director, Kristalina Georgieva, in Washington, on Tuesday. Government …
Read More »Greeks celebrate Blessing the Waters and Epiphany 2020
Greek Orthodox Christians plunged into icy cold waters on Monday and sought the Holy Cross in the sea, in lakes and rivers as Greeks marked the religious feast of Epiphany on January 6. On this day, Theophany or Fota (Lights) Greeks commemorate the baptism of Jesus Christ in the Jordan …
Read More »Ferries docked for 3. consecutive day due to wind of up 11 Beaufort
Barometric low “Hephaistion” is gradually moving to the East of Greece, with rainfalls and sporadic thunderstorms in the eastern and southern Aegean Sea, heavy snowfalls on the mountains of Crete and gale force winds. Ferries remain docked. Video: Kolympithres, Tinos, Cyclades For the third consecutive days, ferries remain docked at …
Read More »Tom Hanks becomes honorary Greek Citizen!
Reports from local media in Greece state that the Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos signed a decree today making the Hollywood actor Tom Hanks an honorary Greek Citizen. This kind of honour is normally granted to people who the Greek Government feel have “provided exceptional services to the country” or whose …
Read More »Passengers rescued at the last minute.
At the very last moment according to witnesses the occupants of a car were rescued. Due to extremely strong winds the ferry boat “Fiore di Levante” became unattached from the dock as passengers were loading their cars onto the ferry. The incident happened around 19.00p.m Monday 23rd December, as the …
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