Responding to the provocative claims made by Turkey’s Ministry of Defense on Christmas Day, Greece’s Minister of National Defense, Nikos Dendias, spoke on Friday from Samos, where he was visiting.
The end of the year is always a tug-of-war between nostalgia and anticipation. We bid farewell to the highs (and lows) of the past 12 months while secretly hoping the new year brings something even better. By January, of course, we’ve mostly forgotten the emotional roller coaster—but one year-end tradition never fades: Google’s annual lists.
Students from the Alimos Music School and the Cultural Association of Eretria, “Konstantinos Kanaris,” brought holiday spirit to the Maximos Mansion, on Wednesday Dec. 24, singing traditional Christmas carols for Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his family.
A message of peace, love, unity and solidarity in today’s challenging times was delivered, in the context of Christmas, by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.