The Great Greek Benefactor Stavros Niarchos
Stavros Niarchos, the great Greek benefactor, passed away on this day 25 years ago, leaving a foundation that continues his philanthropy Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.
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Stefanos Tsitsipas Wins Mallorca Championships
Greek tennis star Stefanos Tsitsipas took home the trophy at the Mallorca Championships on Saturday after defeating Roberto Bautista Agut. Saturday’s win provided the 23-year-old Greek player with a grass-court title just before Wimbledon starts on Monday. Tsitsipas defeated Spanish player Bautista Agut 6-4 3-6 7-6 (7-2) in Mallorca, providing him with his ninth career…
Burial Gifts Discovery at Infant’s Grave a First at Ancient Greek City
Archeologists at the ancient Greek city of Kelenderis on the Turkish coast have for the first time discovered burial gifts, including glass bracelets, at a child’s grave along with a furnace for tile production. The skeleton of the boy had four solid glass bracelets on his arm, and the find included other gifts, clothes, and…
Turkey Claims to Have Nabbed Greek Spy
Turkish state media claims that a Greek spy has been apprehended in the country, but Greece denies the claims. Turkey alleged that Greek citizen Mohammmed Amar Ampara was spying on the country on behalf of the Greek National Intelligence Organization, and was eventually caught by the Turkish National Intelligence Organization. According to Turkish state media,…
Fire on Mount Athos, Monasteries Safe
A fire has broken out on the holy site of Mt Athos in Greece on Saturday, but the monasteries the region is famous for are not at risk. The fire has been raging in a forested area of Mt Athos, referred to in Greek as the “Holy Mountain”, since late Friday night. The site is…
Giant Sunspot Doubles Size in 24 Hours and Points Right at Earth
A huge sunspot that has doubled in size in just 24 hours now faces Earth, threatening to send a solar flare our way. The sunspot known as AR3038 has been growing in size recently, and footage from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory shows how the sunspot has evolved over the past few days, twisting and distorting.…
The Suda, The Byzantine Encyclopedia Written in the Year 1100
The Suda, the massive tome written by a Byzantine scholar around the year 1100, was one of the world’s first encyclopedias and lexicons. Created as both a syllabary of the Greek language and an overview of events in the known world up until that time, it is a benchmark in scholarship of the medieval period.…
The School of Aristotle: One of the First ‘Universities’ in the World
A place of universal historic and cultural interest, the ruins of the School of Aristotle are located just two miles from the contemporary town of Naoussa, in the Greek region of Macedonia. Located in the region of Esvoria, along the foothills of Mount Vermio, the School of Aristotle is nestled in a serene setting blanketed…
Greek Composer, Musician Pericles Kanaris Gives New York City Concert
Greek composer and performer Pericles Kanaris returned to the New York music scene with his first concert since the pandemic, playing songs based on the poetry of Constantine P. Kavafy, T.S Eliot, and others. Titled “Up for Air,” the June 8th concert at Symphony Space in Manhattan presented songs by the composer by a variety…
Leadership Counts: The Powerful Speech by Libra’s George Logothetis to Greek Entrepreneurs
Chairman and CEO of Libra Group George Logothetis gave a powerful speech addressing young Greek entrepreneurs during the ceremony of the Envolve Award in Athens earlier in June. Logothetis, who conceived the idea of the organization, spoke in front of a packed audience of Greece’s future business leaders and said that the Award strengthened Greek…