Greece Pushes for Return of Parthenon Fragments from Vienna Museum

Greek Culture Minister Lina Mendoni with Austrian Vice Chancellor and Minister for Housing, Arts, Culture, Media and Sport, Andreas Babler. Photo source: Culture Ministry Greece reaffirmed its commitment to cultural heritage and international...

Greece-Turkey: Mitsotakis Sets Conditions for International Court Referral

Mitsotakis stressed Greece will never discuss issues of demilitarization, “gray zones,” or sovereignty. Credit: AMNA Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis stated that Greece would be open to referring the issue of its Exclusive Economic Zone...

Greece: Champion in visitor satisfaction but lagging in sustainability - What affects its reputation

Greece recorded an impressive level of visitor satisfaction in the second quarter of 2025, with an overall score of 9.1 – higher than the European average (8.8) – while all Regions scored above 9.0. Despite the strong image of hospitality and...

Making Dayton Home: Immigrant-owned businesses and cultural events fuel economy...

Despite making up just 14.3% of the U.S. population in 2023, immigrants accounted for 23.6% of entrepreneurs and 25% of all new businesses. In 2023 alone, immigrant-owned businesses generated $116.2 billion in business income, according to an...

New Training Programme on Children’s Rights Launches in October

A pioneering new training programme, “Children’s Rights: Theory and Pedagogical Practice,” is set to begin on 1 October 2025, offering educators and professionals a unique opportunity to deepen their understanding and application of children’s...

Readers sound off on helping immigrants help, crime coverage and casino opposition

A service pathway for immigrants would pay off Kings Park, L.I.: My father was born in Greece and named Eraclis, which translates to Hercules. As a teenager, he joined the Greek Navy to get away from a toxic home environment. After leaving the...

September 18, 1834: Athens Becomes the Capital of Greece

The Temple of the Olympian Zeus and the Acropolis in Athens in 1830. Credit: Wikipedia/Public domain. When Athens was officially declared the capital of the newly established Greek State on September 18, 1834, it was a small village of 7,000...

This Greek island retreat taught me how to holiday in style as a single parent

Close my eyes? Read a novel? Feel rested? No way. As a single parent, holidaying with my two children Lola and Liberty, now nine and seven, has always felt like a marathon. I’d come home needing a holiday. I’d be lugging Bugaboo prams and bottles...

See what the Commerce special education class is up to…

Though Waffle House came in second in our reader poll of where to get the best waffles in Athens, those results shouldn't overshadow the celebration around the Atlanta-based diner chain's 70th anniversary. To mark the big occasion, Waffle House...

EFG’s ‘Renaissance banker’ prepares for cultural transition

In EFG International’s Park House office in London’s Mayfair, chief executive Giorgio Pradelli reflects on the resilience of private banking amid growing disruption. He likens the industry to the luxury sector. “Our clients are the same ones who...

The German Massacre at Viannos, Crete Still Haunts Greece

German troops round up innocent civilians. Credit: Franz Peter Weixler/German Federal Archives The Viannos massacre, known as the “Viannos Holocaust,” was a mass extermination campaign launched by Nazi forces against the civilian residents of...

18 Flotilla Vessels Depart Tunisia, Greece to Break Gaza Siege

(MENAFN) Eighteen ships from a Gaza-bound aid flotilla departed on Wednesday, according to organizers, marking the beginning of a high-stakes mission to challenge Israel’s blockade on the Palestinian territory. The convoy, which includes 12...

Greek National Opera Triumphs in China with La Traviata

Greek National Opera captivates Shenzhen audiences with two sold-out La Traviata performances. Credit: Courtesy of Greek National Opera The Greek National Opera (GNO) opened its 2025/26 international season with resounding success in China. The...

Lyceum Lunch: Peter Cultice - Education, Abolition, and Baseball: More History from Southeast Ohio

The Lyceum Luncheon Brown Bag Speaker Series presents a program on Education, Abolition, and Baseball: More History from Southeast Ohio by Peter Cultice on Thursday, September 18 th at noon at the Southeast Ohio History Center. Cultice, President...

Metal Cross Theft at Dormition Church in Legnica Sparks Arrest and Investigation

Church of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, from which a cross was stolen, Legnica, Poland, September 13, 2025. UGCC As reported by Gazeta Wyborcza On September 13, in the city of Legnica, a metal...

Ministry of Tourism: Anniversary event "Memory and Light" at the Roman Agora of Athens

The Ministry of Tourism, in collaboration with the Hellenic Tourism Organization (EOT), organized an anniversary event entitled "Memory and Light" at the historic site of the Roman Agora of Athens on Tuesday, September 16, on the occasion of the...

Greece study abroad program feeling the pinch

Young tourists stand in front of the 5th century BC Parthenon temple on the Acropolis hill this summer. ‘Greece is becoming an elite playground, its soul increasingly only available to the highest bidder,’ the author says. [AP] We just celebrated...

Athens School Board addresses tax complaint

Town of Halsey resident Clayton Gore spoke at Monday’s Athens Board of Education meeting about his property tax bill increasing substantially after voters passed a four-year non-recurring operational referendum in the spring of 2023. Board member...

Opinion: America’s vanishing culture of argument

(Anna Watts | The New York Times) Charlie Kirk is shown speaking in Phoenix, Ariz., on Dec. 21, 2024. A guy I knew in college once told me, as I struggled to make a point in a dorm lounge argument, that I had “the verbal acuity of shampoo.” The...

The Culture of Mass Delusions

Thirty years ago, if you had told another person that men could marry one another and that young boys and girls were being encouraged to have their genitalia surgically removed, they would have thought you quite insane. If you were told that...