World
Culture
Egypt: Greek Music Museum in Alexandria
On the initiative of the Greek Community in Alexandria and of the vice president Nikos Kopelos, a Museum of Greek Music is expected to be created in Alexandria of Egypt.
The Museum will have the name Christos Neamonitis, in honor of...
Culture
Egypt: Greek Presence at Luxor Film Festival
The second edition of the Egyptian and European Film Festival in Luxor finished after presenting the public with 62 movies from a total of 19 countries. The festival lasted from January 19 to January 25.
The award-winning films among others...
Crime
Angolan Navy Denies Greek Oil Tanker Hijacking
The Angolan navy denied the hijacking of the Greek oil tanker, Kerala, on January 18, reporting that the owner company had faked the pirate attack.
Greece-based Dynacom, owners of the Liberian-flagged tanker MT Kerala said they had contacted its crew who reported...
Crime
Bishop Yazigi: The Abducted Nuns in Syria are Fine
The nuns who were abducted last month from St. Thecla Orthodox Convent in the ancient Syrian city of Maaloula are fine, as stated on Saturday 25 by the Greek Orthodox Patriarch John Yazigi. According to The Daily Star there...
Crime
No Trace of Missing Greek Tanker
The Greek crude oil tanker Kerala, which made international headlines earlier this week in the wake of reports that it may have been taken by pirates, is still missing. The ship had loaded a cargo of diesel at the...
Archaeology
Greek Mosaics Discovered Inside Old Israeli Church
Impressive archaeological finds, including a magnificent mosaic featuring Greek inscriptions, were uncovered in a church some 1,500 years old during Israel Antiquities Authority salvage excavations, prior to the construction of a new neighborhood at Moshav Aluma in southern Israel.
The...
Crime
Greek-American Dead in Kabul Restaurant Attack
A Greek-American university professor was among the 21 people killed in a suicide bomb and gun attack on a restaurant in Kabul on the night of Friday, January 17, officials say.
Alexandros Peterson, aged 29, had just accepted a position...
Europe
300 Russian Tourists to Greece Stranded in Airports
About 300 Russian tourists cannot fly to Greece due to visa delays that left them stranded in airports, Vladimir Kaganer, head of Russia’s Tez Tour operator, told Interfax on Monday.
The problem occurred late last week, when a Greek visa...
Greek News
Greek-Owned Freighter Auctioned Off to Pay Debts
Authorities in Hong Kong have auctioned off the Russian-flagged "Sakhalin" freighter, four weeks after impounding it on its way from eastern China to southern Russia with a cargo of sheet steel on board. The proceeds will go to pay...