Greece
Greece
Tsitsipas Beats Auger-Aliassime to Retain Marseille Open Title
Greek tennis wonder, second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Canadian teenager Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-3, 6-4 on Sunday to win the Marseille Open for the second year running, Reuters reports.
The victory made Tsitsipas the first man to win back-to-back trophies at...
Greece
Foreign Ministry Expresses Abhorrence Over Las Vegas and Marseille Terrorist Attacks
The Greek foreign ministry (MFA) expressed its abhorrence on Monday over the attacks in Las Vegas and Marseille on Sunday night, and the Greek people's sympathy for the American and French people, respectively, with dual-language messages on Twitter.
In tweets...
Greece
Marseille Beats Olympiakos 1-0
Olympiakos lost their opening group game in the Champions League on Tuesday night when they were beaten 1-0 at home by French side Marseille. Lucho Gonzalez scored the only goal of the game. The Argentine midfielder exploited a lapse...
Greece
Exhibits Of The Delphi Museum Transferred To Marseille
Sixteen ancient exhibits from the Museum of Delphi will be transferred with approval of the Central Archaeological Council, to Marseille as part of the exhibition "The Treasure of people of Marseille." The exhibition will be held from January 15 to...
Greece
How the Greek War of Independence Inspired Philhellenes Around the World
The Greek War of Independence erupted into the the early nineteenth century as Europe was being shaken to its roots by riots in many nations.
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...
Greece
October 13th Marks Death of Macedonia’s Hero Pavlos Melas
October 13th is the day that marks the death of one of the most important defenders of Macedonia's struggle for freedom, the Hellenic Army Officer Pavlos Melas.
Melas, born in 1870 in the French city of Marseille, was the son...
Ancient Greece
The First Ancient Greek to Reach Britain and the Arctic
Pytheas of Massalia, an ancient Greek geographer, was the first Mediterranean person to reach Great Britain and the Arctic Circle.
Economy
Multinational Firms Heavily Invest in Data Centers in Greece
A number of multinational firms have invested heavily in building huge data centers in Greece over the past two years. After over a decade of being at the bottom of data gathering in southwest Europe, Greece is slowly becoming...
Greece
Late Goal Gives Olympiacos a Winning Start in Champions League
A stoppage time goal by late substitute Ahmed Hassan gave Olympiacos a 1-0 win over Olympique Marseille in their Champions League Group C match on Wednesday.
Hassan, who came on for Giorgos Masouras in the 84th minute, headed home an...
Greece
Greek PM Nixes Plan for Return of Fans to Football Stadiums
Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis rejected plans by the football authorities to allow spectators to return to the stadiums this week.
The Prime Minister said that the decision to allow a limited number of supporters to attend football matches was wrong...
Culture
Greece Restores Historic Home of Pavlos Melas, Heroic Officer of Macedonia
After the renovations which commenced in August of 2019 have finally been completed, the historic home of officer Pavlos Melas has now been fully restored, and a celebration of the restoration is scheduled for Wednesday, October 13th, the 116th...
Cyprus
Greece, France Cement Common Front Against Turkey's Aggression
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and French President Emmanuel Macron said they were in "complete agreement" regarding the direction to take in response to Turkey's repeated incursions and infractions in the Eastern Mediterranean, according to government sources in Athens.
The...
Greece
Ryanair Launches 14 New Routes To and From Greece for 2020
Ryanair, Europe's largest low-cost airline, announced recently that it will add fourteen new routes to and from Greece in 2020.
These new routes will come in addition to its already-massive network of flights which connect most of the country's mainland...
Greece
The Most Expensive Greek Football Transfers in History
Football transfer procedures always involve a great deal of money by anyone's measure, and Greek football players and clubs know that very well.
These amounts of money seem to increase every single year, with Greek and foreign football clubs spending more...