Hercules

Thirteen people have died after an Indonesian military transport plane crashed in the east of the country on Dec. 18, officials said, marking yet another air accident for the armed forces.

Three Greek islands and four hotels were rated among the best in the world, after 300,000 readers of leading travel magazine “Conde Nast Traveller” had their say in the annual “2016 Readers’ Choice Award”, the results of which became public Tuesday.

Construction works at the tunnels of Thessaloniki’s unfinished metro resumed on March 28 after four years of inaction due to legal and financial problems, the Infrastructure ministry announced.

Infrastructure Minister Christos Spirtzis inaugurated the operation of the first Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) named “Hercules” at the main section of the tunnels.

An “old school film” Kylie and Kendall Jenner sisters made when they were young emerged on Twitter on Sunday, showing a very young Kendall and Kylie retelling a tale from Greek mythology.

Kylie and Kendall play Harpies who are attacking Hercules, played by their dad, then-known as Bruce Jenner, says ET website.

Unlike many Turkish provinces that have received Syrian refugees in large numbers, one hardly sees child beggars on the streets of Kilis in Turkey's south, as the governorate exerted effort to school minors.

An ancient marble altar with a nude warrior battling a serpent monster has been discovered by villagers near the Akçay River in Turkey. The artifact likely to be from the second century A.D. showes a carved scene that is difficult to interpret.

Preveza

Lord Byron landed at Preveza on September 23, and this was the first place he set foot on Greece. He visited the ruins of Nicopolis before being bound for Arta en route for Ioannina.

Ioannina

While many Western countries believe that Friday the 13th is an ominous day, it is Tuesday the 13th that Greeks fear the most. Misfortune and calamity struck with the fall of Constantinople to the Fourth Crusade on Tuesday, April 13, 1204 paving the way for the Fall of the city to the Ottomans many Tuesdays later on Tuesday, May 29, 1453.

A Swiss public prosecutor has ordered that a precious Roman-era sarcophagus be returned to Turkey five years after it was seized by customs in Geneva, an official statement said on Sept.23.

Separated by mainland Greece by only 130 feet, Evia is Greece’s second-largest island.