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The Olympic flame lighting ceremony took place in ancient Olympia on Monday ahead of the Beijing Winter Games, which will run from Feb. 4-20. At the ancient Temple of Hera, up to 30 priestesses or ‘Caryatids Kores’ performed a series...

Chinese President Xi Jinping declared on Tuesday that "Greece is a good friend to China" and called on visiting President Prokopis Pavlopoulos to assist in making the "Belt and Road" initiative a success. Pavlopoulos is on a state visit to...

Greek champion and Olympic gold medalist Anna Korakaki added another title to her rich athletic career by winning the bronze medal in the second ISSF World Cup in Beijing on Easter Sunday. The golden Olympian won the bronze medal in the 25-meter...

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is travelling to Beijing on Thursday to attend the "Belt and Road Initiative Forum II" initiative of China from April 25 to 27. The initiative, which aims at regional collaborations and connectivity at the intercontinental level,...

Rarely seen artifacts outside China are on display at the Acropolis Museum in Athens in an exhibition celebrating Chinese culture and history. The exhibits, including personal items, furniture and works of art belonging to the Qianlong Emperor, the sixth emperor...

Betty Baziana, partner of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, was among the passengers of the first direct flight by Air China between Beijjing and Athens on Saturday morning. Mrs Baziana was named Visiting Professor at the Beijing University of Post...

The classic Beijing Opera "Female Generals of the Yang Family" was presented on Sunday at the Athens Concert Hall, as part of the events marking the 2017 Greece-China Year of Cultural Exchanges and Culture Industry Cooperation. "We are proud hosting...

Chinese flagship airline Air China is launching direct flights between Beijing and Athens this September in cooperation with the Athens International Airport (AIA), one more landmark in the bilateral ties expected to help bring people of the two nations...

For the second consecutive year and within the framework of cooperation between the University of the Aegean and the University of Geosciences in Beijing, a special programme is held for undergraduate students of the School of Geology in Lesvos. Students,...

Air China will start direct flights between Beijing and Athens as of September, according to a press release issued on Tuesday after a meeting between State Minister Alekos Flambouraris and Chinese Ambassador to Greece Zou Xiaoli at Maximos Mansion. The...

Ahead of the 96th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) which will take place on July 1, the opposition in Greece, New Democracy (ND), has released a written statement to Xinhua News Agency with a message...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is to meet with top officials during his stay in Beijing for the Silk Road Forum (May 14-15), according to Maximos mansion. The forum is to promote Chinese President Xi Jinping's vision of expanding links...

The return of the Parthenon Marbles from the British Museum so they might be displayed in their original location "would be the best choice," the director of the Palace Museum in Beijing's Forbidden City, Dr. Shan Jixiang, said in...

Chinese President Xi Jinping invited Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to visit Beijing, according to a government source. A member of the Greek delegation said that this is considered to be the most significant contact Tsipras made while in New...

Greek athlete Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou won the bronze medal at the women's pole vault finals during the 15th IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China, on Wednesday, after clearing a 4.55 meter jump in the semis on Monday. Greece's pole vault champion was rewarded with the bronze medal...