Egypt

Greek Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos and his Egyptian counterpart Nabil Fahmy Thursday agreed to create a bilateral committee aimed at delineating the two countries' maritime zones despite possible objections by "third countries" and pointed to the prospect of a...

Greece's Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister/PASOK Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos is planning to visit the strife-torn Egypt in September on the invitation of Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Nabil Fahmy. Egypt's Foreign Ministry spokesman Badr Abdelatty said the counterparts will “discuss...

Three cruise ships carrying 6,600 tourists arrived at the port of Heraklion, Crete. According to cretalive.gr, among the ships are the giant Noordam of the Holland America Line and the AIDA. In particular, the ships that have arrived at the...

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...

Turbulence and violent conflicts are plaguing Egypt after the gory breaking down of the demonstrations made by Morsi’s supporters. According to information, there are hundreds of dead protestors, though the Minister of Health has announced 95. Egypt’s Presidency has declared...

The Vice President of the Greek government and Foreign Minister, Evangelos Venizelos, sent a message of concern, friendship and sympathy to the people of Egypt right after his meeting with the Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa Theodoros II,...

In an exclusive statement to Real.gr, the Patriarch of Alexandria, Theodore, expressed his anxiety about the difficult times Egypt is experiencing, while at the same time he sends everywhere a message for the future of the Orthodox Church and...

Georges Moustaki, the French singer-songwriter and composer of Greek origin, died on the morning of May 23 at the age of 79, his entourage said. Moustaki, who is best known for his poetic rhythm and simplicity, had written songs...

Joining a growing chorus of optimists who think tourism will rebound in Greece after a disappointing 2012 in which people, apparently scared off by constant protests, strikes and riots against austerity measures, stayed away in droves,  Italian TV station...

The Hearth of Knowledge (Estia Gnosis) in Chalkis has been connecting schools in Evia with schools in Egypt, under the project TeleHearth during the last three years. The project promotes the exchange of knowledge and science between two classes that...