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Greek FM Greeted by Angry Chams in Tirana Meeting [video]

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias, on an official visit to Tirana on Monday and Tuesday, received an angry reception outside the Albanian Foreign Ministry where a group of angry Albanians, known as Chams, tried to block his entry into...

Albania Should 'Respect Accurate Facts of History,' Foreign Ministry Says

Greece's foreign ministry on Sunday issued an announcement that criticized references made by Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and Foreign Minister Dimir Bushati regarding a "Cham issue" that Greece considers firmly closed. "Albania needs to realize that its European course...

River in Epirus has Frozen

The temperature in the mountainous region of Epirus, Greece, fell to -7 degrees Celsius during the night. The river Voidomatis that flows through the traditional villages of Zagori that are famous for its arch bridges froze. Although the snow has not yet made...

Five Greek Geoparks Participate in New Unesco Programme

A new UNESCO program entitled "World Geoparks Unesco" in which five Greek areas participate was approved on Tuesday in Paris. Aegean University professor and director of Sigri (Lesvos) Petrified Forest museum Nikos Zouros, who represented Greece in the Sciences Committee,...

The October 28, 1940 'OXI': Brave Words by Brave Men

Few great moments of Greece's history are so well documented as the defiant "OXI" Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas told the Italian Ambassador in Athens Emanuele Grazzi at three o'clock in the morning of October 28, 1940. Grazzi visited Metaxas' home...

20-Year-Old African Refugee Top Entrant in Greek Higher Education Institution

Among the thousands of students in Greece who were accepted in higher educational institutions across the country on Wednesday was Julien, a 20-year-old immigrant from Africa. Julien, who migrated from Africa to Greece at the age of 16 in November...

Albania Raises Border Issues with Greece

Albania is raising territorial claims along the land and water borders with Greece, after an official complaint delivered by Tirana to the Greek authorities. The Albanian government is asking Greece to revise its plans for hydrocarbon exploration in the Ionian Sea...

Students Travel to Birthplace of Zografeion Lyceum’s Founder

Students from the Greek school Zografeion Lyceum in Istanbul, Turkey, visited the Greek town of Ioannina where Christakis Zografos, their school's founder, used to study at Zosimaia School. Tomorrow, April 16, for the first time in the Greek school’s 121 years...

Greek University Plans to Restore Monuments in Northern Greece

It was confirmed last Thursday, March 12, that Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) will undertake a five-year project in order to protect the Greek cultural heritage monuments of Epirus in northern Greece. A team consisting of 300 teaching staff members and...

Bulgaria Warns Greece on River Levels

Bulgarian civil protection authorities have sent a warning to Greece and Turkey regarding the dangerously rising levels of rivers Maritsa, Tundzha and Ardas, in the country's south east. The urgent note issued earlier today informed the neighboring countries of a...