Sheep Yannoula seeks transport from Crete apartment to UK sanctuary
Yannoula is a special needs young sheep walking with the help of a wheelchair. She desperately needs transport to her new forever home in a UK sanctuary. Ever since she was found as a tiny little lamb...
View ArticleUnprecedented invasion of Sahara Dust in Crete (picts, video)
Holding handkerchiefs in front of nose and mouth are obviously not enough to protect the residents of Crete from the billions of nasty yellow particles of Sahara dust. One local found a much better, a...
View ArticleFrench, German arrested for filming military facilities in Greece
One French and one German national have been arrested for secretly filming military facilities. They were spotted flying a helicopter over the 117 Combat Wing in the air base of Andravida, western...
View ArticleLocals paint huge Greek flag on Kalymnos mountain, opposite the Turkish coast...
A huge Greek flag painted on the mountains of Kalymnos is greeting everyone arriving at the port and those sailing around the island of sponge divers. The 375 square meter big flag was painted by...
View ArticleHoly Fire (Holy Light) Ceremony 2018 – Live stream from Jerusalem
Thousands of Orthodox Christians pilgrims and locals have gathered in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem Saturday morning awaiting for the Holy Light or Holy Fire. The Holy Fire ceremony in...
View ArticleThe Epitaphios procession is quite different in a cemetery (pictures)
In Greek Orthodox Easter, the procession of Epitaphios marks the peak of the Passion Week on Good Friday. Epitaphios, Lamentation upon the Grave, is in fact an icon, consisting of a large, embroidered...
View ArticleGreek Easter: They burned dummies of Erdogan instead of Judas (pictures)
Every year, just minutes after Jesus Resurrection on Saturday, the local custom in several villages on the island of Crete is to burn the dummy of Judas Iscariot for having betrayed Jesus in exchange...
View ArticlePatras: Red Cross volunteers rescue elderly dog from the sea (picts, videos)
Sea Rescuer volunteers from the Greek Red Cross had to intervene and rescue an elderly dog from a trap: he had found himself on the rocky sea mole at the Marina of Patras, North-West Peloponnese. For...
View Article“Landscapes in the Mist” as Sahara dust and extreme fog strike Crete (pictures)
Sahara dust and extreme mist have covered the north part of the island of Crete, leading to cancellation of several flights on Saturday morning. “We have turned into London!” write local media...
View ArticleLesvos: Far-right mob attacks protesting refugees (videos, pcts)
Night of shame on the island of Lesvos. Chanting “Burn them alive” and hurling flares, firecrackers, stones and bottles at protesting men, women and children refugees, far-rights were trying to break...
View ArticleProtests on Lesvos turn ugly when far-right extremists attack journalists,...
A group of some 80 far-right extremists have attacked journalists and photo reporters covering the visit of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to the island of Lesvos on Thursday night. According to...
View ArticleImpressive thunderstorm in Athens: Time Lapse Video and Pictures
The thunderstorm that hit Athens after 10 o’ clock Saturday night was kind of unprecedented. The one thunder followed the next one in very short intervals and there were times, when one heard the loud...
View ArticlePrince Charles and Duchess of Cornwall: Highlights of Athens visit (picts,...
The visit of Prince of Wales, Charles, and his wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, started with laying a wreath at the Monument of the Unknown Soldier in front of the Greek Palriament in downtown...
View ArticleDramatic rescue of woman swimming 5 nautical miles south of Piraeus (pictures)
A woman was spotted swimming in the middle of ‘nowhere’, in the Saronic Gulf, 5 nautical miles south of the port of Piraeus on Wednesday afternoon. She was fully dressed. She was rescued by the crew of...
View ArticleNot without a Greek Koulouri! Prince Charles and Camilla enjoy relaxed...
The bright side of royal life: Prince Charles and wife Camilla enjoyed relaxed moments among the commoners in downtown Athens on Thursday morning, the second day of the official visit to Greece....
View ArticleTorrential rain floods Thessaloniki, sweeps away people, traps motorists...
Streets turned into rivers and lakes, houses, businesses and public buildings were flooded, motorists trapped in their cars and pedestrians were swept away, when torrential rain- and hail-storm hit...
View ArticlePrince Charles and the Duchess charm Greeks dancing Pentozali in Crete...
They came, saw, danced and left. The village of Archanes was the last place the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall visited before leaving the island of Crete, concluding their 3-day official...
View ArticleVideo with Santorini Donkey bending under heavy weight triggers outrage
A video posted on social media has triggered a storm of outrage about the cruelty donkeys and mules on the island of Santorini have been exposed to. The video shows a donkey overloaded with black...
View ArticleHe came, refueled and left: US President Trump on Crete (videos)
He came, refueled and left. Air Force One landed on the island of Crete at 3:07 Sunday morning and took off 90 minutes later. On board US President Donald Trump, Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, and...
View ArticleGreece and FYROM sign Macedonia agreement as protesters clash with police...
While officials from Athens and Skopje were celebrating the “historic agreement,” protesters clashed with police nearby and in some villages church bells rang in mourning. In the small village of...
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