The disappearance of 29-year-old Greek American Petros Krommydas, whose traces were lost on Wednesday night from Nassau County in Long Island, New York, has alarmed the diaspora community.
For the first time, an official visit of Greece to China was held to promote the academic programs of our country and to attract Chinese students to Greek universities. The visit was made by Professor Christos Michalakelis, President of Study in Greece (SiG), the national body for the internationalization of universities, together with his colleague Diana Zhong, Head of International Partnerships, who participated in the China Study Abroad Forum (CSAF). In addition, they had an official meeting at the Embassy of the Hellenic Republic in Beijing and academic contacts with leading institutions such as Beijing Language and Culture University and Peking University.
Scenes reminiscent of a crime thriller unfolded on Monday night in Glyfada, with the victim being one of the first entrepreneurs in Greece involved in the solar energy sector. The Greek businessman had co-founded a company with an Israeli partner, but for reasons still unknown, their collaboration fell apart. To resolve their differences, the Israeli businessman arranged a meeting at a well-known Cretan cuisine restaurant in Glyfada.
A civil protection emergency has been declared in the area of Voutes in Heraklion, Crete, where fissures have recently appeared in houses, the church, and the playground.
A new study by Harvard University researchers suggests that the ancient inhabitants of Carthage shared more genetic similarities with Greeks than with Phoenicians, challenging long-standing assumptions about the origins of the powerful Mediterranean civilization.
It is the largest bird of prey in Europe, with a wingspan of 2.5 to 3 metres. It nests in the Dadia forest, its only colony in all the Balkans for many decades. It builds its nests in the treetops where it gives birth to one young a year. Long-term efforts to protect the Maurogipa, this iconic species, have been linked to the history of the protected area of the Dadia-Levkimi-Soufli National Forest Park.
In his first public reaction to the approval of the Greek Marine Spatial Plan, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakcan Fidan announced that the Turkish equivalent of the MSP has already been completed and will be submitted to the UN agencies and warned that the Turkey “will not allow any unilateral step or fait accompli in Cyprus, the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean” and that it “will protect to the end its rights and interests in the region.”
The relatives of the 12-year-old girl who was killed in Rentis, as she was run over by a car, are in shock.
The perpetrators of the murder of Giorgos Moschouris, who fell dead from a hail of gunfire outside a diagnostic center in Halandri, on Thursday afternoon, had set up an ambush.
Despite Greece’s booming tourism sector and record visitor numbers in 2024, a troubling trend is casting a shadow over the country’s idyllic island destinations: a wave of hotel foreclosures and sales that threatens the survival of small, family-run tourism businesses.
On April 24, 2025 at 7:00 p.m., the New York City Parade Committee will meet at the Stathakion Cultural Center in Astoria under the chairmanship of Philip Christopher. This is the established meeting after the parade.
The bastion Of American Hellenism, as the great community of St. Demetrius of Astoria is often called, on Friday evening, April 25, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. will celebrate the 98th anniversary of its founding and will honor the president of PSEKA and the Pancyprian Association of America, as well as the president of the Parade Committee of the Federation of Greek Associations of Greater New York, Mr. Philip Christopher.
The Minister of Finance and the heads of the White House Office of Technology confirmed their will to strengthen their cooperation with the aim of deepening bilateral relations between Greece and the US at both a technological and investment level
Following the official announcements by the US government of new port fees for Chinese-built ships, Greek shipowners have expressed their views on the impact of these measures on the shipping industry.