The Feast of Holy Pentecost is celebrated each year on the fiftieth day after the Great and Holy Feast of Pascha (Easter) and ten days after the Feast of the Ascension of Christ. The Feast is always celebrated on a Sunday.
This popular Athens film event turns six this summer, kicking off on June 21 with the projection of the 80’s blockbuster “Purple rain” (1984), a movie by Albert Magnoli.
National Bank of Greece (NBG) president Louka Katseli said that fear is the reason the citizens do not bring their money back to the banks adding that it will take time until they trust their money to the banks again.
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will meet this week with the political party leaders to discuss the constitutional revision and the electoral law.
Visiting the Greek island of Lesvos, which has become migrants’ entry point to Europe, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday called on the countries in the region to respond with a humane and human rights-based approach, instead of border closures, barriers and bigotry, the UN News Centre said in an announcement.
Hellenism lost one of its precious children, as Aris Karatzas lost the battle with cancer on Thursday, to be received by the hallowed Attic earth, as he considered it, on Friday afternoon.
"It is a great moment for my career, the most important so far I think. I will play for a club which has won 'back to back' Euroleague titles and three times the trophy in its history. I can't wait to become a member of Olympiakos, of course I know many things about Vasilis Spanoulis and I am looking forward to play along him, he is a Euroleague legend and managed even to play at the NBA in the past."
Deputy Health Minister Paul Polakis opened new fronts yesterday, as he now railed against judges.
The sixth "Matala Festival 2016" will open on June 17-19 at Matala, Crete, and will offer unique moments to the visitors.
The government is gearing its efforts towards achieving fair economic growth that will create long-lasting and decent jobs, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Thursday evening, as he introduced the government’s plan “Greece 2021: Fair growth, productive reconstruction”, at an event at the Acropolis Museum.
The shipwrecked MV Panagiotis “gracing” the world famous Navagio Beach on the Greek isle of Zakynthos is at risk, a team of experts visiting the site said last week.
Days after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras pledged to double spending on the promotion of Greece abroad, adding that the country brand is its “intangible asset”, a study by Canada’s Carleton University reveals that Greece’s brand name is no longer opening doors to business.
The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) office in the Netherlands has decided to exploit the wide-ranging impact of travel blogs and social media in order to target more visitors and attract them to Greece.
Alternate Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura on Thursday presented the tourism investment opportunities in Greece to an audience of government and business leaders from the emerging economic powers, at the 20th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in Russia.