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Palm Sunday Traditions

"Every year for as long as I can remember, Palm Sunday was of great importance to my family. With bay…

28 April 2024

ON THIS DAY: Young Konstantinos Koukidis sacrificed himself to prevent Nazis from dishonouring Greek flag

It's Sunday, April 27, 1941. A military procession, consisting of two motorcycles, a Kubelwagen and a truck, ascends from Thissio…

27 April 2024

Commemorating ANZAC Day, 25 April

Anzac Day, 25 April, is one of Australia’s most important national occasions. It marks the anniversary of the first major…

25 April 2024

Feast Day of Saint George, the great Martyr is celebrated on Easter Monday

Saint George the Great Martyr and Triumphant is celebrated on May 6, 2024 this year. The day is usually celebrated on…

23 April 2024

On this day in 2018, heroic Greek pilot Giorgos Baltadoros died after intercepting Turkish aircraft

On this day, April 12, 2018, flight lieutenant Giorgos Baltadoros lost his life. The fallen pilot, who was serving at…

12 April 2024

Heartbreak for Greece as Euro 2024 Dream Ends in Defeat to Georgia

Greece's dream of participating in the Euro 2024 finals in Germany was shattered today after it lost a penalty shootout…

27 March 2024

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  Did you know Greek City Times has an app? We keep Hellenes and Philhellenes around the globe updated daily…

23 March 2024

History of Mother’s Day

The tradition of celebrating mothers and motherhood can be traced back to the Ancient Greeks and Romans, who held festivals…

10 March 2024

EUROPA: The Greek mythological origin of Europe's name

The name "Europe" has its origins from the Greek word Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē) with εὐρύς, eurýs, meaning wide or broad and…

5 March 2024

Happy 56th Birthday Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Kyriakos Mitsotakis, (born March 4, 1968, in Athens, Greece), a Greek politician and scion of one of Greece’s most prominent…

4 March 2024

Athens, Rome and Naples rank low in safety perception

According to the report, 87 per cent of respondents consider Copenhagen the safest city in Europe. The European Commission's most…

21 February 2024

Possible transfer of British Minehunting ships to Greece

A possible transfer of British Minehunting ships to Greece is currently being considered following a meeting on Monday between the…

13 February 2024

Mitsotakis: I will not tolerate inflation resulting from greed

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Saturday during a visit to the northern Athens suburb of Galatsi that the government…

14 January 2024

93-year-old Greek-Australian donated a mammogram and an ambulance to the Kefalonia hospital

Donations worth tens of thousands of euros were made by an elderly Greek woman from Australia, gifting a state-of-the-art mammogram…

8 January 2024

Minister thanks 22 ambassadors of countries that helped Greece battle summer wildfires

The ambassadors of 22 countries that helped Greece manage the summer 2023 wildfires were thanked by Climate Crisis & Civil…

22 December 2023

Iliana Papageorgiou poses as Maria Callas - Watch the video

Iliana Papageorgiou was one of the women who "transformed" into Maria Callas. On the evening of Sunday, December 17, the…

18 December 2023

83 years ago, an Evzone graced the front cover of Life Magazine

On December 16, 1940, at the height of the Greco-Italian War, Life placed an Evzone with a backdrop of the…

16 December 2023

Controversial Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger dead at 100

Controversial former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has passed away aged 100 on Wednesday at his home in Connecticut,…

30 November 2023

How to apply for Greece’s digital nomad visa

The Greek Digital Nomad Visa (DNV), issued under Law 4825/2021, allows non-EU citizens to live and work in Greece legally.…

28 November 2023

Cyprus marks 40th black anniversary of declaration of illegal ‘state’ in north

Cyprus today marks the 40th black anniversary of Turkey's unilateral declaration of independence (UDI) in the northern part of the…

15 November 2023

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