Ukraine
Diaspora
Ukraine’s Mariupol Celebrates Inauguration of New Greek Square
Mariupol, or Marioupolis as it is known in Greek, is an important city of nearly 500,000 people in south eastern Ukraine, situated on the north coast of the Sea of Azov at the mouth of the Kalmius river, in...
Europe
Russian Church A Step Closer To Split From The Rest of Orthodox Christianity
The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church announced that it will end its participation in every structure that is chaired by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and it will no longer mention the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, as...
Europe
Russian Orthodox Church Slams Ecumenical Patriarchate over Ukraine
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I (right) with Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill
The Russian Orthodox Church slammed the Greek Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate for sending representatives to Ukraine and vowed to retaliate, Hurriyet Daily News says.
The two churches are in a row...
Europe
Ecumenical Patriarchate To Recognize Ukrainian Church’s Autocephaly Despite Moscow’s Disagreement
The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, that is considered as First among Equals in the Orthodox Christianity, announced that it will start the procedure for the official recognition of the Church of Ukraine as Autocephalous.
The Ukrainian Church belongs to the...
Culture
Greek Park Inaugurated in Odessa with Officials and Syrtaki Dance (video)
Philanthropist Pantelis Boumbouras (left) with Odessa Mayor Gennadiy Trukhanov
A Greek park to promote Hellenic culture was inaugurated in Odessa, Ukraine on Sunday, with a generous donation of the Boumbouras family of Lemnos island and several Greek officials attending.
The Greek...
Europe
Report: Russian Spies Target Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (video)
The News Agency Associated Press claims that found evidence from a hit list of 4,700 email addresses were supplied last year by Secureworks, a subsidiary of Dell Technologies. This proves that Russian hackers spent years trying to steal the...
Crime
Ukraine Says Greece Investigating Hundreds of its Citizens for People Smuggling
Ukraine is claiming hundreds of its nationals are being investigated by the Greek authorities for their alleged role in people smuggling.
The country's foreign ministry has said police in Italy and Greece have detained or investigated 250 Ukrainian sailors. State Secretary...
Crime
Ukraine Denies Its Citizens Got Life Sentences in Greek Courts
Ukraine's foreign ministry has denied reports that several of its nationals were handed down life sentences in Greek courts after being convicted of people smuggling.
A foreign ministry official, Serhiy Pohoreltsev, told reporters in Kiev on Thursday that although 120 Ukrainian...
Diaspora
Greece Among EU Countries Registering Complaint About Ukrainian Education Bill
The foreign affairs ministers of Greece, Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania, have written to the Foreign Minister of the Ukraine, expressing their concerns over the country's new education bill, which excludes the use of minority language lessons.
"We are certainly concerned,...
Europe
The Greeks of Donetsk Oblast: Surviving the Ukraine Crisis
Unbeknownst to many, Greeks make up the third largest nationality in the Donetsk Oblast (Donetsk Province) in the Ukraine. In particular, the region is home to the city of Mariupol where a large influx of Pontic Greeks came to...