Rome
Europe
Infographic: Visits of Ecumenical Patriarchs to Rome and Popes to Constantinople
As Pope Francis is paying a visit to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in Phanar here is a timeline of the official meetings of the Primates of the Orthodox and Catholic Churches throughout the centuries, as released by the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
There...
Culture
Ioli Andreadi: A Greek Director in Rome
Greek director Ioli Andreadi participates for the third time in the international theatrical workshop "World Wide Lab" that takes place from September 15 to October 12 at the Teatro Due in Rome under the theme "Destruction and Rebirth."
After two consecutive...
Economy
Tsipras: "Creditors Will Get Their Money, Not The Country"
Greece's creditors will get their money, but not the country, main opposition SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras said from Rome on Friday during an address at Piazza Farnese, in the city's historic center.
"We won a critical battle, but the war...
Art
Exhibition on Greek and Italian Art in Rome
An exhibition on Greek and Italian art opened on July 10 at the eCampus University headquarters in Rome.
The exhibition is titled "Italy - Greece: one face, one race - artistic avant-garde and tradition" and was organized on the occasion of...
Celebrities
Vrettos Vrettakos, the Renowned Greek Fashion Designer
Vrettos Vrettakos is a London-based Greek designer who is very successful and famous in the international fashion industry.
Both Greek and foreign celebrities, actresses and singers have been selecting his luxurious yet simple and flattering designs for their formal appearances...
Archaeology
Greek Deities and Their Roman Counterparts
The mythology of ancient Greece shares many mythological deities with the mythology of ancient Rome, figures that pose common lineages, dominions and attributes, but not always names. With the exception of Apollo, the Greek and Roman god of music,...
Europe
‘Another Europe with Tsipras’ Campaign Gets Underway in Rome
Under the slogan "We are the other Europe. Everything else is Troika", the "Another Europe with Tsipras” campaign for the forthcoming European elections got underway in Rome on Wednesday.
According to Greek news, Alexis Tsipras’ candidacy for President of the European Commission has been endorsed by 220,000...
Europe
Police Decipher Mafia Code Resembling Ancient Greek
The Italian police authorities have managed to crack a three page document describing a Mafia initiation ritual, written in a code that resembles ancient Greek and Egyptian hieroglyphics.
The document was found in Rome during an investigation into the murder of a...
Europe
Kalymnos Is The Island of Climbing
The most popular daily newspaper in Rome and central Italy, Il Messaggero, hosted an article dedicated to the Dodecanese island of Kalymnos, Greece, describing it as "the island of climbing.”
“Just a one-hour flight from Athens is located the destination...
Culture
A Taste of Greece at Rome Cereals Festival
This year’s 3rd Annual Rome Cereals Festival, Cerealia, that is going to take place in Rome, Italy, from June 6 to 9, will certainly have a taste of Greece. The festival is dedicated to the goddess Ceres (the counterpart...


