Greenpeace has submitted 10 proposals to rekindle agricultural production on the Thessaly plain in central Greece, which was devastated by cataclysmic floods in September.
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In the fourth award ceremony of the pan-European Empress Theophano Prize, which took place in Thessaloniki on Thursday evening, attention was not on the stunning Rotunda, the city landmark that served as a temple in Roman times, a Christian church in the Byzantine era and a mosque during the Ottoman occupation; nor was it on the distinguished guests who attended the event.
Plans and proposals are being floated by local authorities to attract young people to live in the 32 villages of the mountainous Agrafa region in Central Greece.
Greek-born adoptees from the United States gather in front of what was once the Athens Maternity Hospital, for the Second Annual Greek Adoptee Reunion hosted by The Eftychia Project.
In an effort to address Greece’s alarming demographic decline, which Prime Minister Kyriakos described on Tuesday as an “existential bet” for the country’s future, the Ministry of Social Cohesion and Family is reportedly planning to create an “Observatory for Demographic Policy” by the beginning of next year.
In the Netherlands, Elma Baten worked for the police as a communications consultant. In Kastellorizo, a small Dodecanese island in the Eastern Mediterranean, she has taken up various jobs.
This year’s Empress Theophano Prize is being awarded to the United Nations, in the name of its secretary-general, Antonio Guterres, for its humanitarian role in fostering multilateral cooperation.
Sutton Lynch rises most days before the sun, arriving at Atlantic Beach in Amagansett, New York, for the early-morning calm. It’s the same beach he’s been going to since he was a child.
Nurse and long-distance cyclist Vasiliki Voutzaki is a member of an eight-person team that embarked on an endurance challenge a few days ago with a noble goal: to cover the distance from the British Museum to the Acropolis Museum, spanning 3,500 kilometers, on bicycles, while carrying the message of the reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures.
Following an initiative launched by Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou, the presidents of the member-states of the Arraiolos Group – Greece, Italy, Croatia, Malta, Portugal, and Slovenia – issued a joint appeal on Thursday, urging urgent action to address the dangers posed by the climate crisis in the Mediterranean.
A view of Pedion tou Areos park in central Athens, in an image made available on Tuesday.
The South African Embassy in Athens and coaches of the famed Springbok national rugby team traveled to Neos Voutzas on the Greek capital’s Mount Parnitha to offer their services to a Greek Orthodox orphanage that is home to 65 children.
They worked witth Pomak embroiderers to create intricate traditional patterns and alongside the nuns of the Orthodox Monastery of Saints Konstantinos and Eleni in the Peloponnese, mastering the art of weaving on the loom.
Kathimerini launched the “Reimagine Tourism in Greece” initiative last week, an attempt to explore the future of tourism in Greece and the need for sustainability in the industry.
I first met Andrew Liveris in 2012 in Florida, at the most significant annual meeting of prominent Greek Americans of the Leadership 100 organization, which had been founded by Archbishop Iakovos.
Founded in 2019 by a team of local and international experts based in Athens and the island of Syros, the Archipelago Network has unveiled two new projects dedicated to protecting and revitalizing the rich heritage of the Cyclades.
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