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Greece
PM Mitsotakis Pledges “We Must do Better” Regarding Power Outages
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and President Katerina Sakellaropoulou spoke together on Friday about the lessons learned this week after the power outages.
Greek News
Record Low Temperatures Remain in Greece as Power in Athens Restored
Record low temperatures were recorded in Greece on Wednesday during the second phase of the cold front Medea. The snow storm left Athens covered in snow.
Greek News
Snow Storm Departs Athens, Leaving Suburbs in Darkness
The snow storm "Medea," which left Athens covered in snow Tuesday, passed through the city on Wednesday and is making its way toward Crete.
The winter storm has left over 40,000 homes in Attica, especially in Athens' suburbs, without electricity...
Greek News
Winter Storm Provides Rare Glimpse of Snowy Athens
The Winter storm "Medea" left Athens, including the city's ancient sites, blanketed in snow on Tuesday.
Featuring a thick layer of white, fluffy snow, the Greek capital's famed monuments and neighborhoods have taken on a new beauty which only adds...
Greek News
Parts of Greece Left Without Power, Three Dead as Heavy Snow Storm Hits
While heavy snowfall across the country has resulted in beautiful, wintry scenes, it has also caused major problems in Greece, especially in Attica, the home to Greece's capital city of Athens.
Many of Attica's residents, as well as those living...
Greek News
Cold Front “Medea” Approaches Athens, Leaves Northern Greece Snowy
After touching down in northern Greece on Saturday, the cold front Medea has continued to bring down temperatures across the country on Sunday.
The cold front, which has blanketed much of northern Greece in snow, originated as cold masses of...
Greek News
Cold Front Medea Brings Snow to Northern Greece
After a period of unseasonably warm weather across the country, the cold front "Medea" brought frigid temperatures and snowfall to northern Greece on Saturday.
Currently, snowfall and ice-cold temperatures have been recorded across Northern Greece, particularly in Florina, Kozani, Kastoria,...
Greece
Vaccination Platform Now Open to 75-79 Year Old Greek Citizens
The platform for coronavirus vaccinations for all those Greek citizens who are between the ages of 75-79 opened on Friday as the nation grapples with the storm "Medea," which will bring snow, rain and high winds to the country.
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Euripides’ Medea to be Streamed by National Theatre
Medea, one of Euripides' most famed tragedies, will be live-streamed by Greece's National Theatre on Sunday, January 10.
First premiered nearly 2,000 years ago at the City Dionysia festival in Athens, Medea will be brought into our time by director...
Archaeology
Ancient Greek Theatre Festival Opens with Euripides' 'Medea' in Dodoni Theatre
The 1st Festival of Ancient Greek Theatre in Epirus opened at the ancient Dodoni theatre on Saturday night with a performance of the Euripides tragedy 'Medea'. The evening started with a message from Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, read by...