An attack on New Democracy MP and former Minister Makis Voridis took place on Saturday night in a restaurant in Heraklion, Crete, when about 25 people wearing hoods and helmets began throwing eggs at him, cursing him and chanting slogans against him.
An 800,000-year-old water system, containing low-salinity water stored in sediments beneath the seafloor, has been revealed by an international research team in the Corinthian Gulf. At a time when challenges from limited freshwater resources are growing, mapping subsurface waters provides valuable information for the future.
In a climate of emotion and enthusiasm, the Greek Language Certificate Award Ceremony for levels A1 and A2 was held on Tuesday, October 21, 2025, in the CHIOTIS ceremony hall of the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Manhattan.
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia, accounting for 60–70% of all cases. According to the World Health Organization, more than 50 million people worldwide are living with dementia — and the number is expected to more than triple by 2050. In Greece, over 160,000 people already suffer from dementia and another 280,000 have mild cognitive impairment. If the caregivers who support the patients are also counted, then the disease directly affects approximately one million Greeks.
The Minister of Environment and Energy, Mr. Stavros Papastavrou, today signed four Ministerial Decisions concerning hydrocarbon exploration in the marine areas south of the Peloponnese (blocks “A2” and “South of the Peloponnese”) and south of Crete (blocks “South of Crete 1” and “South of Crete 2”).
Thousands of people attended the Brunswick Greek Festival which was organised and run by the committee and volunteers of the Greek Community’s St Eleftherios Albion Street Brunswick parish in Australia.
At the residence of the Japanese Ambassador in Athens, an event that went beyond the boundaries of a typical diplomatic reception took place yesterday, Thursday evening: the Greece-Japan Maritime Innovation Summit.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis referred to the EU's defense armor as well as initiatives for cheaper energy in his statement, arriving at the Summit of European Leaders on Ukraine, in the wake of Donald Trump's sanctions on Russia.
A major international distinction for Greek innovation in meteorology was noted at the Hydromet Excellence Awards, where Raymetrics was named the winner in the category “Best LiDAR Application in Weather and Climate Monitoring.”
Athens’ storied Odeon of Herodes Atticus, the iconicancient open-air theater beneath the Acropolis, has closed its gates for at least three years as a crucial preservation project begins.
The new tax measures provide “breathing room” for households, but additional interventions are needed to address the country’s demographic problem, according to the Financial Stability Report presented yesterday by the Governor of the Bank of Greece, Yannis Stournaras.
Greece’s islands, long the much-coveted crown jewels of Mediterranean tourism, are facing a sobering question: how much success can they sustain?
