Turkey: Hagia Sophia is not maintained - Piece of the dome fell next to pilgrims
The poor or even non-existent maintenance of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul is coming to the surface again.
- Written by E.Tsiliopoulos
The poor or even non-existent maintenance of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul is coming to the surface again.
An exhibition titled 'UNBOXING CALLAS: An Archival Exploration of the Pyromallis Collection & the Greek National Opera (GNO) Archive' was inaugurated on Sunday, in the presence of President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou, it was reported on Monday.
The British Prime Minister committed an unprecedented diplomatic blunder last night, canceling his meeting scheduled for today at noon at 10 Downing Street with Kyriakos Mitsotakis, a few hours before it was due to take place.
The body of a crew member of the freighter 'Raptor' that sank off the island of Lesvos in the East Aegean early on Sunday was found by a nearby boat on Sunday afternoon, bringing the number of missing crew down to 12 after a survivor was rescued in the morning.
An annual commemoration of Greek resistance in World War II was held across from the historic bridge of Gorgopotamos, in central Greece, on Sunday.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis continues his three-day official working visit to London. On Monday, he will have the opportunity to meet leading investors, and present the investment opportunities in Greece, at the conference organised by the Athens Stock Exchange and Morgan Stanley.
The Political Secretariat of SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance condemned the mass resignations from the party on Thursday.
The City of Athens Christmas Tree lighting ceremony was held at Syntagma Square on Thursday evening by outgoing Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyiannis.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis had a meeting with the Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia Ma'rouf Amin, who is visiting Greece for the first time, on Friday morning at the Maximos Mansion.
A great act was done by Mrs. Athena Papachristou from Messolonghi who donated an ambulance to the Messolonghi hospital with money from her savings.
Investors from the other side of the Atlantic are trying to diσcern the landscape of the Greek banking system the next day, according to the contacts that JP Morgan had on American soil. In a discussion organized by the American bank for banks in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), it noted the great investment interest in exposure to the region.
Greece will maintain an absolutely active role in the efforts for peace and prosperity in the Middle East, Foreign Affairs Minister George Gerapetritis said on Wednesday in Madrid, after attending the first meeting of the EuroMed 9 group (MED9) foreign ministers.
Port infrastructure in Greece is undergoing a radical restructuring, with investments which ought to have been made earlier, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday in the ceremony for the conclusion of works to upgrade and expand the port of Agios Konstantinos.
The three crises that began in 2009 and continue to this day brought to the Greeks a tripling of household impoverishment, catastrophic costs and unmet medical needs: the economic crisis, the health crisis of the pandemic and the energy crisis.