News archive of May 2017

It is well known that Greece has so many different sides that you will need a lifetime to see everyone.

So here is the…Caribbean side of Greece.

Yes, a Mediteranean country can look like this as well!

This is the Boutoumi beach in the Greek island of Antipaxoi in the Aegean Sea.

The annual Color Day Festival returns for a third year on Saturday, June 17. The doors of the Olympic Stadium in Maroussi, northern Athens, open for what is billed as the most colorful festival in all of Greece at 2 p.m. and the lineup includes live performances from local music acts such as Helena Paparizou, Panos Mouzourakis and Onirama as well as DJs and more.

The Turkish government has withdrawn a motion that threatened thousands of olives trees in the country following severe criticism from opposition parties and environmentalists.

"The Theater of Disappearance" is a large-scale site-specific installation by Adrian Villar Rojas. This is the first time the celebrated Argentinean artist has worked at an archaeological site, where he has radically altered both the indoor and outdoor space of the National Observatory of Athens in Thiseio. The official launch of the work will take place at 5 p.m.

Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar's response to the parliamentary commission tasked with investigating Turkey's failed July 2016 coup attempt are "not serious," the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has stated, dismissing the commission's work as being under the influence of the government. 

The president of Greek Cyprus rebuked a United Nations envoy on May 30 for speaking of a possible crisis over the divided island's search for offshore oil and gas, calling the remark "unacceptable" and a "threat" amid faltering reunification talks.

Rights group Amnesty International accused France yesterday of using emergency powers to fight terrorism as a pretext for clamping down on peaceful protests, including over sensitive environmental and labor issues.

Seeing as we’ve cracked, smashed, lost and dropped more Apple products than we can even bear to think about, you’d think we’d be put off using their phones. Right?

Er, wrong – which is why we’re so interested in the iPhone 8 release and all the rumours surrounding the follow up phone to the iPhone 7s. So what can be expected from the next iPhone in the series?

Not for the first time, a Donald Trump tweet has lit up the internet. But this time, users the world over have been left scratching their heads over "covfefe": a bizarre word apparently created by the president.

"Despite the constant negative press covfefe," read the U.S. leader's tweet on May 31.

A telltale white plume streaked across the sky over Israel Monday morning, revealing the country’s latest missile test. No announcement was made on what propulsion system was tested but experts say it was for an intercontinental ballistic missile or a missile defense rocket.