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Far Away Travel Blog has announced its first list for the 2025 travel season following an on-site international survey conducted by its editorial team across various continents, aiming to “discover” the top ten destinations that align with new travel trends.

Nicolas Cage is in Greece, specifically in Megara, for the needs of his new movie titled “The Carpenter’s Son.”

Archaeological excavations at Ayasuluk Hill, the first settlement of Ephesus in the Selçuk district of İzmir, have unearthed two different floor coverings from earlier periods on the southern cross arm of the St. Jean Church.

A large number of graves have also been discovered during the excavations around the church.

Theodora Gkountoura, holding her Greek fencing mask, reached the quarterfinals of the Women's Sabre event in Paris on Monday. However, the Greek champion, No 6 on the tournament table, was eliminated later in the day after losing 15-13 in an epic match with the French Manon Apithy-Brunet (No 3).

The acclaimed and highly acclaimed French philosopher and writer Pascal Bruckner rose to prominence in the 1970s and 1980s with his writing. Today he is seen as a timely and pioneering voice against the “political correctness” of “woke” culture.

The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris received various reactions, mainly for its uniqueness and the images that traveled across the globe. The “reenactment” of the Last Supper by drag queens and a “naked blue man” – the French version of the ancient god Dionysus – drew the most controversy.

A unique discovery was made by archaeologists at the site believed to be where Jesus was buried, in Jerusalem. Remarkably, it came to light in the most paradoxical way, as it was found by construction workers who simply turned over a giant stone slab covered with graffiti that was leaning against the wall of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

A biopic on the Greek music legend Stelios Kazantzidis (1931-2001) is currently being filmed in Athens, Piraeus and other locations in a Tanweer production directed by Yorgos Tsemberopoulos. 

Making his cinematic debut in the title role is Christos Mastoras, frontman of the band Melisses. 

Pope Francis has said he wanted to visit Turkey next year to celebrate the anniversary of the first council of the Christian Church.

"It's a trip that I desire to go on, with all my heart," the pontiff told a delegation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in Istanbul, a Vatican statement said.

There are two definite conclusions from Sunday's European elections. Ruling New Democracy (ND) lost big and nationalist, pro-Russian Greek Solution won big. The percentages secured by all parties seem to imply a further shift of the ideological-political axis to the right.