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Greece Grants Protection Status to Ukrainian Refugees
Greece will provide one-year protection status along with rights to work and medical care to Ukrainian refugees entering Greece, the Migration & Asylum Ministry announced on Wednesday.
This will be issued to Ukrainian nationals within 90 days of their entering...
Ancient Greece
Acropolis Museum Loans Kore Statue, Other Artifacts to Toronto
Starting on March 12, 2022, visitors to the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto, can experience Kore 670 — a gift to a goddess, one of the best-preserved and most stunningly beautiful Korai statues from the Acropolis of Athens.
To...
Diplomacy
Russian Embassy in Greece “Receives Threats Against Staff”
Russia's embassy in Athens, Greece denounced late on Saturday the threats members of its mission have received following the death of at least 10 ethnic Greeks in Mariupol.
In an unusual announcement through Twitter, the Embassy says: "Regarding the threats...
Greek News
Greek Couple Proves Love Lives on Beyond 80
A Greek couple proved that love can strike beyond 80 by getting married at Athens City Hall
Culture
Stavros Niarchos Center Marks Five Years as Greece’s New Cultural Landmark
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) has become a cultural landmark in Greece since it was turned over to the Greek state in 2017.
The SNFCC, a project unique in Greece, is a public space for expression, culture, and...
Greek News
Cannabis Use in Greece “Among Highest in Europe”
Cannabis use in Greece's capital Athens is among the highest in Europe, according to a Greek professor who spoke to national broadcaster ERT on Tuesday.
Nikos Thomaidis, professor of analytical chemistry at the University of Athens said that Athens ranks...
Greek News
Hilton Opens Two New Hotels in Athens
Hilton confirmed plans this week to open two hotels in Athens, as part of a management agreement with their affiliate the SCD Group LTD.
The historic Pentelikon Athens, part of the Curio Collection by Hilton, a 117-room hotel in the...
Greece
Athens Snowstorm Worst in Fourteen Years
The snowstorm "Elpis," which brought about such a heavy snowfall that Athens was brought to a halt, was the worst such storm in the Greek capital in 14 years, according to data from the Hellenic National Meteorological Service.
Elpis caused...
Greek News
Athens Snowstorm Makes Life in the Suburbs a Misery
The snowstorm that hit Athens on Monday has brought misery to the millions of inhabitants of the Greek capital as the streets in most neighborhoods remain impassable more than 48 hours after the event.
The volume of snow was such...
Greek News
Attiki Odos CEO Resigns After Athens Blizzard Fiasco
The CEO of Attiki Odos, the Athens ring road where thousands of people were trapped in their cars on Monday night following a blizzard, resigned on Tuesday.
Vassileios Chalkias offered his resignation after the fiasco and Attikes Diadromes SA, the...