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Within the framework of a nuclear weapons awareness effort, the Peace Boat docked in Limassol on August 15. According to the Limassol Municipality announcement, the boat would remain for the whole day while a passengers’ delegation went to discuss nuclear...

On August 14, thousands of Greeks flooded the Koimisis Tis Theotokou Greek Orthodox Church (Panagitsa), on Saint Roch Street in Park Extension, Montreal, in order to celebrate the image of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary during the episcopal...

Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians took to the streets on August 16  after police attacks against supporters of Egypt's first freely elected president Mohamed Morsi, who was overthrown last month, left more than 620 people dead. Greeks living in Egypt...

According to a recent report released by Institute for the Study of Labor in Germany and done by a Greek researcher, Nick Drydakis, people who have sex at least four times a week, tend to earn higher wages than...

CNN published a long article on August 16, entitled “Which Greek island should you go to?” presenting in detail nine Greek islands and giving information on where to stay and where to eat. According to CNN, the number of 1,400...

The Greek island of Santorini, one of the most popular tourist destinations in Greece, was plunged into darkness once again at 9:00 p.m. on August 15, leaving the island with no electricity at the worst moment possible, when the...

The bloodbath in Egypt has no end. Chaos, violence and the ongoing civil war are plunging the country into a deeper crisis. According to new estimates, the number of dead from the conflicts between Morsi’s supporters and the security...

A year ago tourists venturing to Greece for their summer holidays risked becoming caught up in violent demonstrations and strikes against the country’s tough austerity measures, "The National Herald" eported citing Deutsche Presse-Agentur. But this summer, foreigners are flocking to...

Two years after their triumphant appearance in Greece, the Parisian band Nouvelle Vague, is coming back to Athens on September 13 at Technopolis of the Municipality of Athens and promise another unforgettable night. The explosive Liset Alea will be with...

A number of 74 young artists and educators from every corner of the planet, who are involved in arts, music, literature, photography, dance and fashion, and study in German and Greek universities, will visit the city of Veria, located...

At the same time many Greeks are forced to abandon their country because of the crisis, a couple of Scottish journalists took their dog and moved to Greece. Marjory and Jim, along with their dog Wallace, settled in Mani,...

The 2nd Festival, Local Products: Nutritional and Curative Properties,  opens its doors and welcomes the audience in Sitia, Crete, from September 20 to 22. The festival lays the groundwork for the promotion of the town of Sitia, located in the...

The Greek government's so-called mobility scheme that will move or fire 40,000 public workers will lead to the transfer of 6,025 schoolteachers from junior high and high schools to elementary schools. While Administrative Reform Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said a program...

Over the last few years, so many controversial things have been heard of poverty-stricken Greece since the economic crisis broke out. Rise in the unemployment rate, in social inequalities as the rich got somehow richer and the poor poorer....

World Tourism Day takes place annually on 27 September and this year is to be celebrated in Crete’s capital, Heraklion with a series of events from 27-29 September, including free entrance to archaeological sites such as the world famous,...