Greece Completes 40-km Fence at Border with Turkey
Greece completed earlier in the week a 40-km (25 mile) fence on its border with Turkey and a new surveillance system was in place to stop possible asylum seekers from trying to reach Europe following...
View ArticleEcumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Visits Autocephalous Orthodox Church of...
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew arrived for the fist time on Saturday at the autocephalous Church of Ukraine and participated in festivities celebrating the 30th anniversary of the country’s...
View ArticleThe Story of Demeter and Persephone
Like many stories of Greek mythology the Persephone’s descent into the realm of Hades, and her emergence from it, has resonances in contemporary arts, most especially the notion of death and rebirth....
View ArticleCovid-19 ICU Admissions, Deaths on the Rise in Greece
Greece announced 1,948 new cases of Covid-19 for the 24-hour period ending 3pm Sunday, as well as 33 deaths, bringing the total of pandemic victims to 13,384. According to the National Public Health...
View ArticleNASA’s Hubble Captures Galaxy 68 Million Light-Years from Earth
NASA announced on Friday that its Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of a “jewel-bright” spiral galaxy, which is 68 million light-years from Earth. NASA and the European Space Agency published...
View ArticleNea Hellas: The Historic Ship That Brought Thousands of Greeks to the US
The historic passenger ship “Nea Hellas” brought tens of thousands of Greeks to America, enabling them to fulfill their dreams of a better life. Between the years 1939-1955, this steamship was the main...
View ArticleThe Miraculous Story of St. Michael’s Shrine in Tarpon Springs
Saint Michael’s Shrine, at 113 Hope St. in Tarpon Springs, Florida, is a place where faithful have reported miracles taking place for decades now. It was built more than 80 years ago to fulfil the...
View ArticleLeaders as Healers: Ancient Greek Ideas on the Health of the Body Politic
Ancient Greek philosophers including Plato likened civic leaders to doctors, creating a healthy society through balance and moderation. Those ideas feed into what we expect from leaders today. By Eva...
View ArticleThe Greek Islands: How were they Named?
To find the etymology behind the names of Greek islands, one should take into account a number of factors such as spelling, grammar, ancient Greek mythology and the geomorphology of each place. In...
View ArticleTokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Set to Begin; Greece Competes with 46 Athletes
The Paralympic Games 2020 will begin on Tuesday in Tokyo with around 4,400 athletes with disabilities, including 46 from Greece, who will compete in 22 sports. As Tokyo prepares to host the event,...
View ArticleNew Blaze Breaks Out at Fire-Stricken Evia Island in Greece
A new fire has broken out late on Sunday at the fire-damaged island of Evia in central Greece. This time, the blaze is in the southern part of the island near the town of Styra and Marmari which has...
View ArticlePrice of Bitcoin Shoots Above $50,000 for the First Time Since May
The price of bitcoin has shot above $50,000, taking it to its highest level since May. The cryptocurrency reached $50,419 on Monday morning, according to CoinMarketCap’s price index, amid a market-wide...
View ArticleTourist Devotes Entire Vacation Cleaning Beaches in Greece
A Swedish tourist spent his entire vacation in Chalkidiki, northern Greece, cleaning garbage from his favorite beaches. Daniel Tornkovist, a regular visitor to Chalkidiki said he was really...
View ArticleNew Fire Breaks Out at Vilia, West of Athens as Evia Blaze Still Burns
A major new fire broke out in in Vilia, west of Athens, where a large blaze had burned for six days last week, ravaging swaths of pristine pine forest, Greece’s fire service said in a new announcement...
View ArticleStunning Blue Moon in Greece
The August full moon, or blue moon, was seen rising over ancient archaeological sites in Greece, such as the Acropolis and the Temple of Poseidon, on Sunday night. The full moon, which many call a...
View ArticlePfizer Vaccine Approved for General Use by FDA
The Food and Drug Administration finally approved the vaccine created by Pfizer-BioNTech on Monday, after months of study. The vaccine was the first to be available on the world market. The vaccine had...
View ArticleGreece One of Top Dream Wedding Destinations in the World
Greece is one of the top destinations for weddings internationally, according to an exclusive Greek Reporter interview and Pinterest data. Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.
View ArticleThe Panjshir Valley, Last Holdout Against the Taliban, Under Siege
The Panjshir Valley, north of Kabul — the only area in Afghanistan that has held out against the Islamic fundamentalist militant group — is still in the hands of its previous governors. But that may...
View ArticleFires Shaped the Landscape of Ancient Greece
Fires shaped much of the landscape in ancient Greece; set mostly by invaders in pre-classical times, sometimes the fires were also set by Greeks themselves. According to an article written by L.G....
View ArticleGold Star Father Xiarchos Deplores Biden’s “Lack of Leadership”
Massachusetts State Representative Steven Xiarchos, a Gold Star father whose son was killed in Afghanistan, had some harsh words to say to United States President Biden after the lightning-fast...
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