Greece
Greece
Greek MIT Professor and Antinuclear War Activist Kostas Tsipis Passes Away
Greek-born antinuclear campaigner and longtime MIT professor Kostas Tsipas passed away on Monday, according to an announcement by former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou.
The longtime fixture in the antinuclear movement was a retired principal research scientist and former director...
Cyprus
Cyprus 'Concerned' over Nuclear Power Plant in Turkey
Cyprus will make the necessary representations and protests towards every direction against the construction and operation of the nuclear power plant in Akkuyu, in southern Turkey, Government Spokesman Prodromos Prodromou has told the Cyprus News Agency (CNA).
Prodromou said that...
Energy
IAEA: Greece has made Significant Progress in Nuclear Safety Regulation
An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts said Greece has significantly strengthened its regulatory framework for nuclear and radiation safety since 2012, and suggested an additional legislative measure for its further enhancement.
The Integrated Regulatory Review Service (IRRS)...
Cyprus
Activists Protest on Cyprus Against Turkey’s Planned Nuclear Plant
On Wednesday activists formed a human chain across the 70-meter UN-controlled buffer zone in protest to Turkey's plans to build a nuclear power plant only 56 miles (90 kilometers) from Cyprus's northern shoreline, the AP has reported.
The planned Russian-made...
Greece
Athens Expresses 'Extreme Concern' Over N. Korea Nuclear Test
Greece's Foreign Ministry expressed "extreme concern" over the nuclear test carried out by North Korea.
"We express our extreme concern at the nuclear test carried out on January 6 in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. This test constitutes a...
Greece
Greek Nuclear Scientist Turns Hail into Rain With his Computer
Greek nuclear scientist, Grigoris Lambrou, can interfere with natural phenomena through his computer and turn hail into rain.
Mr. Lambrou left Greece at the age of 17 to study nuclear physics in Italy.
His interest in employing the rapidly developing information...
Greece
New Greek Documentary Concerning Nuclear Research Hackers
An innovative Greek documentary will present the Greek hackers that managed to get into the Institute for Nuclear Research CERN, and pause one of the biggest experiments in the world!
The "white01black" documentary by Spyros Capsiles presents the access to...
Cyprus
Turkey Should Reconsider Nuclear Plans, Greek President Says
Greek President Karolos Papoulias urged neighboring Turkey to reconsider plans to build atomic power stations after a March 11 earthquake and tsunami damaged Japan’s Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant.
“It’s impossible at this time, when we have this disaster at the...
Greece
Greek Submarine ‘Delfin’ Was the First in History to Launch a Torpedo Attack
The Delfin ("Dolphin") was a Greek submarine in service with the Hellenic Navy during the Balkan Wars (1912-13) and the First World War (1914-18).
As well as representing a notable part of Greek maritime history, being the second submarine ever...
Ancient Greece
Was Helen Really to Blame for the Trojan War – or Just a Scapegoat?
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The outcome of Helen's relationship with Paris hardly needs to be repeated: the ten-year Trojan war and the destruction of the city.
Ancient Greece
Socrates’ Wisest and Most Inspiring Quotes
Socrates, famous for his wise and inspiring quotes, died as he lived—hated by most Athenians but much beloved by his students. He was condemned to prison and death by poison in 399 BC for corrupting Athenian youth and rejecting...
Diplomacy
The Military Partnership Between Greece and India
On a recent visit to India, Lt Gen Themistoklis Bourolias, Chief of the Hellenic Air Force General Staff (Greece) paid homage to Indian fallen soldiers at the National War Memorial.
He also met with India's military top brass and discussed...
Greece
Iran Seizes Control of Two Greek Ships in Persian Gulf
Iran took control of two Greek ships in the Persian Gulf on Friday one day after Greece aided the US in seizing a cargo of crude oil from an Iranian oil tanker in the Mediterranean.
The country's Revolutionary Guard announced...
Economy
Greek PM Mitsotakis Discusses Economic Impacts of Ukraine War
During a panel at the Delphi Economic Forum on Saturday, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis discussed the economic impacts of the war in Ukraine on both Greece and Europe as a whole.
Mathias Cormann, Secretary-General of the Organization for Economic...
Greece
The Greek Captain Who Refused to Participate in Bombing of Yugoslavia
Greek Navy Captain Marinos Ritsoudis became famous internationally after he refused to participate in a NATO mission as the organization conducted bombings in Yugoslavia in 1999.
In that year, NATO countries, including the US, conducted an aerial bombing campaign on...