COMMUNITY


US Embassy closed on Monday
NEWS

The US Embassy in Athens and its Consular Section, the US Consulate General in Thessaloniki, and all US government offices in Greece will be closed on Monday, October 9, in observance of Columbus Day, a US national holiday.

A tale of two Greek-Australian diaspora poleis
DIASPORA

The Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne’s (GOCM) Board of Management has recently commenced a comprehensive review of its Articles of Association, commonly known as the constitution.





Athens Jewish Community marks National Holocaust Remembrance Day
SOCIETY

The Athens Jewish Community, and the Regional Government of Attica, organized an event on Thursday to mark the National Remembrance Day of the Greek Jewish Martyrs and Heroes of the Holocaust. Speakers at the event included Education Minister Niki Kerameus, President of the Athens Jewish Community Albertos Tarampoulous, and the Ambassador of Israel in Greece Noam Katz.


Ambassador Tsunis condemns vandalism of Jewish monument
NEWS

US Ambassador to Greece George Tsunis has condemned the desecration, with Nazi symbols, of the monument dedicated to the old Jewish Cemetery of Thessaloniki on the premises of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. 

Volunteerism as an antidote
OPINION

The contribution of volunteer firefighters in the battle against the wildfires of the past few days was noted in various ways