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The annual Art Athina Fair will be virtual this year due to the coronavirus pandemic and will open its web portals on October 15 via www.aavirtual.gr. The Art Athina Virtual platform is under the auspices of the President of the...

The United Nations Security Council on Friday called on Turkey to stop unilateral actions in the Eastern Mediterranean and revoke the decision to open the Varosha coastal town in the occupied part of Cyprus. In a statement issued by all...

Stefanos Tsitsipas gave his best, despite his recent injury, but lost to world number one Novak Djokovic 2-3 (3-6 2-6 7-5 6-4 1-6) in the Roland Garros semi-final on Friday. The world number six Greek tennis wonder believes he made...

Greek Deputy Minister for Civil Protection Nikos Hardalias announced the release of an interactive, virtual map of Greece with information about current Covid-19 cases and anti-virus measures in each of the country's 74 regions. Regions are classified from one to...

According to an announcement from the Greek health authorities on Friday, the new cases of Covid-19 in Greece number 391, along with one death occurring in the last 24 hours. Of Friday's cases, 56 are connected to known outbreaks, and...

The trial of Greek political party Golden Dawn, which has now been ruled a criminal organization, reconvened before the Athens Court of Appeals on Friday with a brief statement by the prosecutor, Adamantia Economou. The court is expected to reach...

Some very hopeful news appeared on the coronavirus horizon on Friday with the drugmaker Gilead stating that the drug Remdesivir will be available to any hospitalized patient in the U.S., and they expect to be able to satisfy global...

In an unprecedented statement issued by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate on Friday, it was announced that there would be a teleconference held on October 12 in an effort to "rebuild the Church in America from the...

Researchers have found evidence that the link in the lineage of the great apes and humans took place in the Eastern Mediterranean -- not in Africa -- and that the first pre-human, or hominin, walked in the Northern Greece-Balkans...

A group of drunken tourists partied just a little too hard on the Greek island of Poros on Thursday. According to reports in Greek media, the group of ten, all from the Netherlands, finished up their night of drinking with...