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Environment
Ropoto: Inside Greece’s Sinking Ghost Town
Ropoto was once a thriving village near Trikala in Greece's Thessaly and home to three hundred families, but a landslide in 2012 turned the village into a ghost town.
Today, forgotten by people and authorities, Ropoto’s terrain is still sinking,...
Art
Work of Greek-American Photographer Joanna Kalafatis Showing in NYC
Greek-American writer and photographer Joanna Kalafatis' work will be on display at the Mosaic Artspace in New York City from November 19 until December 31, 2021.
Kalafatis is based in Los Angeles, California, but has lived all over the world,...
Cyprus
Turkey Prepares to Open Up Occupied Cyprus’ Varosha
Turkey through its puppet regime in occupied Cyprus is seemingly preparing to open up parts of Varosha in Famagusta
Greece
The Mysterious Ghost Town of Gavros
There is great mystery surrounding the sleeping village of Gavros located in Kastoria in the Macedonia Region of Greece.
The entire village has been abandoned for some time, the last evidence of activity was left behind on some stamped concrete that seems to...
Culture
Filmmaker Documents Greek Ghost Town of Levissi [video]
The town of Levissi (known as Kayakoy) was once a bustling Greek Orthodox community. Greeks of the 5,000-year-old village were ethnically cleansed and then forcibly expelled in 1922, causing 10,000 people to leave behind the land of their heritage....