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Thousands take to the streets of Moscow to mark five years since the murder of Boris Nemtsov.
Read More »The sound of the Hagia Sophia, more than 500 years ago
Two scholars at Stanford University have joined forces to recreate what a Christian choir might have sounded like inside Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia before it became a mosque in the 1400s. Bissera Pentcheva, Professor of Art History, and Jonathan Abel is Consulting Professor at the Center for Computer Research in Music …
Read More »EMST – National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens finally opens its doors
After several years of delay the National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST) finally opened its doors in Athens on Friday, February 28, 2020. The institution welcomed the first visitors to its renovated home in the former Fix brewery on Syggrou Avenue. For one whole month, admission will be reportedly free. …
Read More »5. Delphi Economic Forum postponed due to COVID-19
Organizers of the Delphi Economic Forum have postpone the event scheduled to begin on March 5, 2020, due to the coronavirus. According to a statement, organizers said, they postponed the Economic Forum, following yesterday’s [Friday] announcement by the World Health Organization, which upgraded the coronavirus risk assessment (Covid 19). The …
Read More »Greece on Migration Crisis: “Organized, massive, illegal attempt of borders violation”
“Greece received yesterday an organized, massive, illegal attempt of its borders violation, it withstood protecting our borders and the ones of Europe,” government spokesman Stelios Petsas said on Saturday following an emergency meeting under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister on the new migration crisis. “The government is determined to …
Read More »Tension high at Evros border as thousands try to cross into Greece (vids)
Tension at the Evros land border between Greece and Turkey is high on Saturday morning, as thousands of refugees and migrants are trying to push their way to Greece. Young and old, families with children are either in the buffer zone between the two countries or on the Turkish side. …
Read More »Erdogan says he “will keep doors open,” expects 30K migrants at Greek border
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey will continue to allow migrants it hosts to freely pass to Europe.He claimed he expects their numbers at the borders to reach 30,000 on Saturday. “What did we do yesterday… We opened the doors,” Erdogan said in Istanbul on Saturday, adding “We will …
Read More »Sani Club on Greece’s Kassandra peninsula has got ouzos of charm
Mark Simpson checked into the Sani Club on Greece’s Kassandra peninsula about 45 minutes east of Thessaloniki. The resort has 24 restaurants and adventure activities galore.
Read More »US-Taliban deal could see US pullout in 14 months
The US vows to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan if the Taliban uphold a deal to be signed soon.
Read More »Home Office boss quits over ‘campaign against him’
Priti Patel’s top civil servant intends to claim against the government for constructive dismissal.
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