Evangelia

Evangelia Platanioti danced the Zorba’s sirtaki in the pool of Doha and amazed the audience and judges

Greek artistic swimmer Evangelia Platanioti clinched gold in the women's solo technical final of the World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar, on Saturday. 

The 29-year-old Platanioti secured 272.9633 points for her performance, securing the top position. 

She is followed by Canada's Jacqueline Simoneau who won silver and Chinese Huiyan Xu who won bronze.

The President of the Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou extended an invitation to the leadership of the Greek justice system and the plenary of the Bar Association Presidents on January 16 to discuss and attempt to solve the issues plaguing the Greek justice system.

A cleaner working for the municipality of Athens who found a bag containing 19,000 euros and delivered it to the police has been commended for her honesty and integrity by Athens

Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis, who met with the employee and her supervisor to congratulate them.

A cleaner working for the municipality of Athens found a bag containing 19,000 euros and delivered it to the police, Athens mayor Kostas Bakoyannis revealed in a social media post late Wednesday.

Bakoyiannis met with the woman and her supervisor to congratulate them for their reaction.

It was November 17 when Greek scientist Dr Evangelia "Litsa" Kranias heard her name being announced over the microphone at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in downtown Philadelphia, followed by loud, heartfelt applause from the audience - and what an audience, filled with the people whose judgment every scientist values most, peers who know what working on the cutting edge of science is all a

(R to L) Nikolas Patsiouras, Maria and Evangelia Patsioura fill a basket with saffron flowers at their family's field in the town of Krokos. Saffron - the spice so expensive it's called "red gold" - has brought jobs and money to a region better known for coal mines and unemployment. A year ago, its producers began exporting to the United States. Now they're looking to China.

Six promising young Greek choreographers have been invited by the Onassis Cultural Center to show their work at a two-day event showcasing emerging local dance talent.

The Yakamoz trio perform a tribute to the rhythms of Asia Minor and the eastern Aegean with songs in Greek and Turkish. Sounds familiar to both Greeks and Turks of the region, torn by war and division nearly 100 years ago, are married again in this bilingual celebration of shared musical heritage.

Over the past seven years, austerity has left visible scars in Greece's capital. A walk around Athens reveals more homeless people than ever despite some signs of a rosier economic outlook. Thousands of shops, mostly small businesses, are shuttered here and across the country. In what used to be a busy shopping arcade, closed stores are padlocked against a backdrop of hanging Greek flags.