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Diplomacy
Kammenos Says Greece and Egypt Are ''Axis of Stability''
Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos stated on Tuesday that both Greece and Egypt share a common vision to create an axis of stability in the southeast Mediterranean. Kammenos made his remarks as he spoke about the upcoming visit of Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah...
Cyprus
Greek and Cypriot Foreign Ministers to Meet Egyptian Counterpart in Cairo
The Greek Foreign Minister, Nikos Kotzias, will travel to Cairo on Friday afternoon together with his Cypriot counterpart, Nikos Christodoulides. The two ministers will be attending consultations with the Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry, in the framework of the established trilateral...
Africa
Egyptair Offering Discounted Flights on Greek, Cypriot Routes
Egyptair has announced it is offering a 20 percent discount on flights from Athens to Cairo, Athens to Alexandria and Larnaca to Cairo.
It is also offering an even greater discount of 35 percent on Egyptair flights from Athens and...
events
2nd International Conference on Greek Literature to Be Held in Cairo This Month
The strong and historic ties of the Greek and Egyptian civilizations will be highlighted at the 2nd International Conference on Greek Literature, to be held October in Cairo.
The conference has been organized by the School of Languages and Translation of the...
Greek News
Heliopolis’ Basilica of Virgin Mary Celebrates Centennial Anniversary
Greeks living in Cairo have reason to rejoice on October 30 as a historic Greek church celebrates its centennial anniversary. The Basilica of the Virgin Mary (Panaghia) is located at Heliopolis, where it stands as an iconic landmark thanks...
Greek News
Greek-Egyptian Tourism Forum Promotes Tourism Cooperation Between Two Countries
Following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Alternate Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura and her Egyptian counterpart, Mohamed Yehia Rashed in February, the first Greek-Egyptian Tourism Forum took place in Cairo on May 23. The aim of...
Greece
EgyptAir MS804 Crash: What We Know So Far [Video]
Egypt confirmed that "floating objects" found by Greek pilots off the Greek island of Karpathos, in the Aegean, were debris from wreckage EgyptAir flight MS804, however Greek officials cast doubt on the claim. There were reports that life jackets...
Greece
President Pavlopoulos Meets Egyptian Counterpart
The way Egypt is dealing with delineating the Greek-Cyprus-Egypt Exclusive Economic Zone "is exemplary," President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos said on Thursday, after a meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Cairo, unlike the way other...
Culture
Egypt: Tribute to Greek Actor Giorgos Iordanides
The Greek Cultural Center in Cairo and the Greek Community in Cairo, will honor the 10th anniversary since the death of Greek-Egyptian actor Giorgos Iordanidis (1921-2005). A tribute event has been organized to take place on March 22, in...
Greece
'Afriquest': Documentary on Two Greeks Travelling Around Africa
A documentary on two young Greeks who decided to record their humanitarian work around Africa, entitled “AfriQuest: Crossing Africa from Cape Town to Cairo” will be presented for the first time on Friday, February 13, at Booze Cooperativa in Athens,...