On this day in 1935, George II of Greece regained his throne through a popular, though possibly fixed, plebiscite. As Time described it at the time, “As a voter one could drop into the ballot [Read More]
Greek rescuers on Wednesday recovered the bodies of 20 migrants who drowned after their boat capsized off the island of Evia in the Aegean Sea the previous day, Greek national news agency AMNA reported. Twelve [Read More]
Greece launched on Wednesday a “household basket” of lower-priced staple goods to cushion the impact of inflation on its citizens in recent months. Under an agreement with the government, Greece’s major supermarket chains will offer [Read More]
A man was rescued by a cargo ship after a boat carrying 68 migrants sank near Cape Kafireas, Evia Island, on Tuesday morning. The rescue of the man brings the total number of survivors to [Read More]
The Battle of Elaia–Kalamas took place in Epirus on 2–8 November 1940. The battle was fought between the Greeks and the Italians during the initial stage of the Greco-Italian War in World War II. The [Read More]
A rescue operation was underway on Tuesday off the coast of Evia island in the Aegean Sea, after a boat carrying a yet unclear number of migrants sank, Greek national news agency AMNA reported. Nine [Read More]
King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands called for a European solution to the migration challenge at the start of his three-day official visit to Greece on Monday. “It is an issue that concerns all of Europe [Read More]
Greece’s Piraeus Port Authority has announced 28.02 percent increase in revenues in the first nine months of 2022, compared to the same period last year. The Chinese-controlled harbor said its revenues amounted to 145.8 million [Read More]
An international rescue operation exercise off the coast of Rhodes Island in Greece took place on Thursday, as part of a drive to strengthen cross-border cooperation on saving lives at sea. The operation was organized [Read More]
Greeks are embracing energy efficiency in ever larger numbers these days as they feel the pinch of the energy crisis. Households, municipalities and businesses alike have been increasingly conscious of their energy use, while the [Read More]
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