Egypt
Diplomacy
Greece, Egypt Discuss Clean Energy Pipeline to Europe
Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the prime minister of Greece, participated in the critical discussions on climate change at the UN COP27 summit in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt on Tuesday.
Mitsotakis also took part in the high-level presentation, "Coordinating Climate Change Actions in...
Africa
2000 Year Old Fetus Found Inside Egyptian Mummy
A 2000-year-old fetus was discovered in the belly of an Egyptian mummy by Polish reseachers recently, the first time in history that such a find has ever been recorded.
The Warsaw Mummy Project, headed by bio-archeologist Marzena Ożarek-Szilke from the...
Africa
The Greek Pioneers Who Dug the Suez Canal
Greece has been connected to the Suez Canal since it was first envisioned as a pie-in-the-sky project in the mid-nineteenth century.
Economy
Cultivation of Cannabis was Legal in Greece Until 1936
The cultivation of cannabis in Greece for pharmaceutical purposes is now legal, as it was legal until 1936, the year it was prohibited
films
The Greeks of Cairo: The Fascinating Bond Between Greece and Egypt
The small, but vibrant, community of Greeks, with roots deep in history, remains in the Egyptian capital of Cairo to this day.
Greece
Greece Joins Egypt, UAE, France and Cyprus for Military Drills in the Med
Greek military forces joined forces from Egypt and Cyprus on Tuesday for a naval and aerial drill that will last for several days in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Egypt.
The forces participating in the “Medusa 10” exercise...
Greece
Five-Nation Military Exercise in East Mediterranean Sends Message to Ankara
The Naval forces of Greece and Cyprus will join those of Egypt, France, and the United Arab Emirates in conducting a large-scale sea and air exercise off the Mediterranean coast of Alexandria, Egypt starting Monday, November 30.
The joint exercise...
Archaeology
Archaeologists Uncover 100 Mummies in Burial Site of Saqqara in Egypt
During a news conference on Saturday, Egyptian antiquities officials announced stunning new finds at the burial site of Saqqara, south of Cairo, the country's capital. In what many consider one of the most important finds in recent memory, archaeologists...
Diplomacy
Egyptian President Meets With Greek PM and President, Lauds New Ties
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with his Egyptian counterpart, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday in Athens in a further show of the increasingly cordial relations between the two Mediterranean countries.
After the meeting, the Greek leader stated "Trilateral...
Diplomacy
Egypt Warns Greece of the Threat Posed by Erdogan's Islamic Terrorists
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi warned Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis last week that Turkey may dispatch jihadists to Greece to destabilize the country, a report in the Greek daily Ta Nea reveals.
According to the report, Cairo's concern was expressed...