Australia’s largest airline, Qantas, is planning to make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for passengers once the airline resumes flying to international destinations next year. Speaking with Channel 9’s A Current Affair on Monday night,…
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There’s a glimmer of hope that Australians may be able to travel overseas next year. According to Tourism Minister Simon Birmingham, the prospect of 2021 international holidays is “not impossible”. It will…
One of the oldest extant hand-written gospels, will be returned to the monastery it was stolen from. The gospel which was written in Greek between the end of the 10th century and…
With Google Pay, users with eligible Android devices are able to make secure, fast and convenient purchases in stores and online. Now this mobile payment solution is available in Austria, Bulgaria, Estonia,…
We will not fly to Europe or the US until the end of 2021
OXI Day on October 28, 1940, commemorates the anniversary when former military general and Prime Minister of Greece, Ioannis Metaxas said “OXI” (NO) to an ultimatum made by Italian Prime Minister Benito…
Athens is on the list of the top ten friendliest cities in Europe, published by Condé Nast Traveller (CNT) travel magazine. “While Europe’s best cities are often judged on their ancient history,…
Last weekend, the foundation stone for the first Orthodox monastery in Austria – which will be the first in Central Europe, was laid. The formal ceremony at the Orthodox Monastery of Agia…
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis started the cabinet meeting on Wednesday referring to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s “successful” and “important” visit to Greece. He also sent a message of unity,…
The European Commission on Wednesday revealed a new migration plan that stresses mandatory burden sharing and sending illegal migrants back to their home countries. Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission president, called…
A report in German newspaper Die Welt by Holger Zschäpitz, titled “Erdogan has strong allies especially in Europe,” wrote that the current Turkish “economic problems may be due to itself, but they…
No surprise. Greece is among the 10 most searched countries for post-lockdown holidays worldwide. The absolutely stunning country in southeastern Europe country, was ranked seventh on the list compiled by ESTA, an automated…
Sofia Kouvelaki, the Founder and CEO of The HOME Project, a nonprofit that provides child protection services to unaccompanied refugee children in Greece, has been selected for the Obama Foundation Leaders: Europe…
Greek authorities announced that a broken down yacht with 73 immigrants and two alleged migrant smugglers, were rescued off the coast of the island of Zakynthos on Saturday, after the vessel sent…
A group of 121 asylum seekers including 28 unaccompanied minors with medical needs who were living in migrant camps on the Greeks islands, arrived in Germany on Wednesday in order to be…
The Battle of Thermopylae, 480 BC, was a battle in the second Persian invasion of Greece. The battle was fought for over three days, at the same time as the naval Battle…
Everyone is worried – the U.S. and the Europeans with the German “friends” – they say they are worried about the tension between the Greeks and the Turks, but none of them…
Muslims in Athens fear their own official place of worship that is due to open could be delayed in retaliation for the conversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque, Turkey’s Daily Sabah…
New incentives for foreigners with means to live in Greece – leaving out many in the Diaspora who can’t afford the terms of programs such as Golden Visas and moving their tax…
Alternate Migration & Asylum Minister Giorgos Koumoutsakos, paid a visit to the asylum seekers’ accommodation facilities in Lesvos on Tuesday with the Minister-President of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia Armin Laschet.…