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Greece stands firmly by Lebanon

Visiting Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias has said that Greece is committed to supporting the Lebanese army with “concrete resources and training,” according to a statement by the Lebanese Presidency. During his meeting with Lebanese President...

Law Society Wants Changes to Australia’s Terrorism Laws

Law Society Wants Changes to Australia’s Terrorism Laws

A statue of Themis, the Greek God of Justice stands outside the Supreme Court in Brisbane, Australia. Dave Hunt/AAP Image The Australian Law Society has recommended wide-ranging changes to the National Security Legislation Amendment (Espionage and...

Tales from the Coffeeshop: Remarkable politicians have not lost us more of the island

Tales from the Coffeeshop: Remarkable politicians have not lost us more of the island

TODAY marks the 51st anniversary of the Turkish invasion. Within a month, the invasion army had taken control of 40 per cent of the Cyprus Republic’s territory and kicked out of their homes some 200,000 Greek Cypriots. In those 51 years, despite...

How Leonard Cohen fans are putting pressure on the Greek island of Hydra

How Leonard Cohen fans are putting pressure on the Greek island of Hydra

Mary Fitzgerald Sun Jul 20 2025 - 06:00 One April day in 1960 a pale, gangly man in his mid-20s stepped off the boat on the Greek island of Hydra unaware that the tiny island – and the people he met there – would shape his life in extraordinary...

Greek gov't introduces legislation to jail illegal aliens who refuse to return home

Greece is upset with being overrun by illegal alien migrants, and its conservative government is responding. The Greek government, headed by the New Democracy Party, recently took administrative action to put a moratorium on migrants from Muslim...

Chief of General Staff meets Greek Military Attaché to discuss prospects for cooperation

Chief of General Staff meets Greek Military Attaché to discuss prospects for cooperation

The Chief of the General Staff of the Libyan Army, Lt. Gen. Mohamed Al-Haddad, has discussed prospects for joint military cooperation with the Greek Defense Military Attaché at his office in Tripoli. The Chief of Staff said in a brief statement on...

Athens State welcomes Cedrick Nkulu as new Chief Information Officer

Athens State welcomes Cedrick Nkulu as new Chief Information Officer

Published 9:48 am Saturday, July 19, 2025 Cedrick Nkulu New leadership is coming to Athens State University’s top Information Technology role, after the university this month announced Cedrick Nkulu as its new Chief Information Officer (CIO)....

Greek Defense Minister Advances Bilateral Relations In Lebanon Visit

Greek Defense Minister Advances Bilateral Relations In Lebanon Visit

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 19. Greek Minister of National Defense Nikos Dendias concluded his visit to Lebanon, holding a series of political meetings with the country's leadership, Trend reports citing the country's...

Greek olive oil producers pivot from US amid Trump tariff threats

Greek olive oil producers pivot from US amid Trump tariff threats

VARVASAINA: Greek olive oil producer Konstantinos Papadopoulos acted swiftly when U.S. President Donald Trump hinted at imposing tariffs on European goods earlier this year. His family-run business quickly secured a new buyer in Brazil, a market...

Greek olive oil makers eye new markets after US tariffs

Greek olive oil makers eye new markets after US tariffs

Martha Hinofoti, 35, and Sakis Varotsos, 46, bottle olive oil at an olive oil factory, in Varvasaina village, western Peloponnese, Greece, Jul 18, 2025. REUTERS/Stelios Misinas Greek olive oil producer Konstantinos Papadopoulos wasted little time...

New CU president feels "blessed" in new role

New CU president feels "blessed" in new role

ATHENS - For new Concord University President Dr. Bethany Meighen (pronounced "men"), her first 11 days at her job have been "fantastic." "Everyone has been so helpful. I feel blessed to be here," she said × Javascript is required for you to be...

Türkiye's president to visit TRNC on 51st anniversary of Cyprus Peace Operation

Türkiye's president to visit TRNC on 51st anniversary of Cyprus Peace Operation

Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit on Sunday the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) to attend events marking the 51st anniversary of the Cyprus Peace Operation, known as Peace and Freedom Day. During the visit, Erdogan...

Athens Confronts Worsening Water Shortage

Athens Confronts Worsening Water Shortage

(MENAFN) Athens is confronting a worsening water shortage, according to reports emerging Wednesday. A newspaper highlighted alarming data from a recent study by the BEYOND Operational Unit of the National Observatory of Athens, revealing that the...

The Ancient Greek Class That Was Overlooked But Did So Much for So Little

The Ancient Greek Class That Was Overlooked But Did So Much for So Little

Athens, the epicenter of the ancient Greek world, had an overlooked class in its society. Socrates Address, Louis Joseph Lebrun, 1867. Credit: Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons A unique class of residents in ancient Greek city-states has been...

Tim Denson hopes to bring “bias towards action” as next ACC mayor

Tim Denson hopes to bring “bias towards action” as next ACC mayor

Longtime local politician and community organizer Tim Denson announced in June that he is joining the race for Athens’ next mayor. Denson is currently a member of the Clarke County School District Board of Education, representing District 5. He is...

Dexter Fisher wants to speed up TSPLOST projects as ACC’s next mayor

Dexter Fisher wants to speed up TSPLOST projects as ACC’s next mayor

Though the election of Athens-Clarke County’s next mayor is just under a year away, two candidates have already entered the race. Dexter Fisher has represented District 5 on the Athens-Clarke County Commission since 2023, after retiring from a...

Greece’s most admired companies

Greece’s most admired companies

Fortune Greece presented the awards for the “Most Admired Companies in Greece” on Thursday at a celebration of entrepreneurship in Athens. Held for the 11th consecutive year, the awards are the culmination of a process that began with the Fortune...

Greece backs Lebanon’s efforts to restructure its armed forces

Greece backs Lebanon’s efforts to restructure its armed forces

FOREIGN AFFAIRS Defense Minister Nikos Dendias, who held talks with his Lebanese counterpart Michel Menassa and President Joseph Aoun on Friday, also met with Patriarch John X of Antioch at Balamand. Greece expressed support for Lebanon’s efforts...

University path for A.S.T.E. graduates: Joint Ministerial Decree paves the way for higher studies in tourism

University path for A.S.T.E. graduates: Joint Ministerial Decree paves the way for higher studies in tourism

Graduates of Higher Tourism Schools Can Now Join University Tourism Departments Without Entrance Exams – What the New Ministerial Decision Provides A major breakthrough in tourism education in Greece is marked by the Joint Ministerial Decision...

Giannis Retsos: 2026 May Be the First Year of Declining Tourism Revenue in Greece

Giannis Retsos: 2026 May Be the First Year of Declining Tourism Revenue in Greece

Giannis Retsos, president of the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE) and former president of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE), expressed concern that 2026 might be the first year Greece sees a decline in tourism revenues...

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