As the transition period of Brexit ends on December 31, 2020, millions of Europeans, including thousands of Greek citizens who live in Britain, should get ready for the new reality of January…
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Six years ago, George Clooney married his wife, Amal – and he hasn’t looked back since. In an interview with the Observer last week to promote his Netflix film The Midnight Sky, the actor…
‘The Athenian’ has been named the best restaurant in the UK at the Deliveroo Restaurant Awards held on Monday evening. The awards which were presented virtually, also saw Patty & Bun pick…
Defending champion Stefanos Tsitsipas will battle it out with Rafael Nadal for a place in the semi-finals of the Nitto ATP Finals, after beating Andrey Rublev 6-1 4-6 7-6 (6). Earlier this…
Defending champion Stefanos Tsitsipas‘ journey at the Nitto ATP Finals didn’t hit the right start, after he was defeated by Dominic Thiem in the first match of Group London 2020. Thiem outlasted…
Thirty members of the European Parliament are calling for the return of the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece, in a letter to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The MEPs representing 12 EU countries,…
Rafael Nadal, Dominic Thiem and Andrey Rublev have been drawn in the same round-robin group as defending champion Stefanos Tsitsipas for the ATP Finals in London. The 50th anniversary of the first…
Once upon a time, in one of the most beautiful neighbourhoods of Athens, Monastiraki, there is a house very different from all the others… every day it becomes a magical world full…
Greek-Iranian Jojo Sureh who was once homeless as a child, is helping vulnerable people across south London, by preparing and delivering free home-cooked meals. In May, Sureh set up catering service ‘Cook…
Greece’s Minister of Culture and Sports Lina Mendoni, has characterised the move of the eighteen members of the United States Congress as “highly symbolic.” It is recalled the members of the House…
Eighteen members of the United States Congress, both Democrats and Republicans, sent a letter to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson urging “earnest” talks for the return of the Parthenon sculptures to Greece.…
Travellers arriving in England from seven Greek islands will have to quarantine from 4 a.m. London time on Wednesday, UK transport secretary Grant Shapps has announced. Holidaymakers travelling from Lesvos, Tinos, Serifos,…
The British Museum opened its doors on Thursday after a 163-day closure sparked by the Covid-19 pandemic. On the same day, the first visitors to the museum were protestors calling for the return…
According to data recently released by the Athens-Attica & Argosaronic Hotel Association, hotel occupancy rates in the first seven months of the year plunged by 49.2% due to the coronavirus pandemic. Despite fewer…
Greece is stepping up efforts for the permanent return of the Parthenon Sculptures to Athens prior to next year’s 200th Anniversary of the Greek War of Independence of 1821, Greek Culture and Sports…
A nineteenth-century religious icon showing the Baptism of Christ, along with eleven other icons stolen in 2005 from a monastery in northwestern Greece, were returned from the United Kingdom last moth, the…
On July 29, 1982 Melina Mercouri, Minister of Culture and Sciences of Greece, addressed the World Conference on Cultural Policies, organised by UNESCO in Mexico, telling the world the Parthenon Marbles must be returned home…
The Greek Culture Ministry on Wednesday announced that it would seek the repatriation of a 2,700-year-old bronze horse statue from New York which it says was illegally exported from Greece, after a…
Austrian Airlines has announced the launch of flights to a number of islands in Greece as of July. According to the company’s announcement, the airline will offer the following holiday charters: Chania,…
In an interview with Kathimerini, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair spoke about Turkish aggression and why Europe must stand with Greece against it. Kathimerini asked Blair about “a Turkey that is…