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Celestyal Cruises signs three-year agreement with DCT Abu Dhabi
Greek company Celestyal Cruises signed a three-year agreement with the Department of Culture and Tourism of Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi).
Lessons and egos
The Greek state has drawn many useful lessons from the handling of the 1987 Aegean and the 1997 Imia crises. A key lesson is the need for absolute and coordinated cooperation between all state agencies involved when it comes to sensitive matters.
ATHEX: Stocks grow as volatility recedes
The about-face in Washington regarding tariffs on European products, and the advent of Easter have helped reduce volatility in the stock markets.
Ross Daly | Athens | May 4
Renowned composer and modal music pioneer Ross Daly embarks on his first solo tour in 25 years.
Europe’s unexpected opportunity
If we presume to figure out what Donald Trump is trying to do, one of his ambitions appears to be to divide the world into spheres of influence. He wants America – the whole continent, not just the United States – to be dominant and isolated from the rest of the world.
Police raid Golden Dawn offices in Thessaloniki
Police conducted a search at the offices of the now-defunct neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party in Thessaloniki on Monday morning, state-run Athens Macedonian News Agency reported.
Tax auditors focusing on village fairs
Beyond the traditional dancing and feasting, village fairs are hotbeds of undeclared economic activity.
Real estate is one thing, the world is quite another
Is there some grandiose plan behind US President Donald Trump’s policy or is it all a product of improvisation and a little madness?
Security footage captures suspect planting bomb at Hellenic Train offices
Surveillance footage has captured the moment an unidentified individual planted a bomb outside the Hellenic Train offices last Friday.
Georgiadis to Breitbart News: ‘The West will not survive without a strong US’
Greek Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis told Breitbart News that the West needs the United States to survive and that a deal on trade will be achieved between the European Union and the US.
Truck driver arrested after collision with suburban train
The driver of the truck that collided with a suburban railway train on the Halkida-Athens route has been arrested on charges of disrupting public transportation.
Greece: Lausanne Treaty refers ‘to religious, not ethnic’ minority in Thrace
Greece on Monday reiterated that the Treaty of Lausanne, the 1923 agreement that established the borders of Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey after the end of World War I, “explicitly refers to a religious and not an ethnic minority in Thrace.”
Country on political ‘roller coaster’
The government is enduring what sources within the administration describe as a political “roller coaster ride,” as the past two months have been marked by dramatic ups and downs, with polls showing fluctuating support.
Greek coast guard finds two bodies, 39 other migrants, on tiny island
The Greek coast guard said it had found the bodies of two women and 39 other migrants on the tiny island of Farmakonisi in the Aegean Sea on Monday, and that an investigation was underway to determine what had occurred.
Central Asian states send envoys to Cyprus, accept UN resolutions on occupied north
Central Asian countries Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan have pledged support for Cyprus’ sovereignty effectively burying Ankara’s efforts to use those states as a vehicle for recognition of the occupied northern part of the country, Cypriot and Turkish media have reported.
Authorities rescue German tourist in Cretan gorge
A German tourist was rescued on Monday after being injured while hiking in the Aposelemis Gorge in Heraklion, Crete.
Turkish fish farm aspirations
Turkish companies are exploring the possibility of acquiring fish farming units in Greece.
Shortlist announced for 2025 Runciman Award
The judging panel for the Anglo-Hellenic League Runciman Award has officially announced the shortlist for the 2025 competition, featuring six books that explore Greek themes. Established in 1986, the Runciman Award is presented annually to English-language books that engage with any aspect of Greece.
Easter in the mystical castle of Monemvasia
In the castle town of Monemvasia, with its dramatic medieval backdrop and sea views, Easter is a deeply spiritual and atmospheric experience.