Eirini Zachariadi

CHICAGO – One of the most revered of the ancient Greek plays, Sophocles' Antigone – revised for a modern audience – was presented at Chicago's Court Theatre, earning strong reviews for its twisty take.

FEBRUARY 17TH:On this day in 2012 approximately 70 ancient Olympic artifacts were stolen from the Ancient Olympia Museum by armed robbers. The museum is located next to the site where the ancient Olympic games were held – about 200 miles west of Athens. To this day, the museum houses many artifa

ATHENS - Greek Minister of Culture, Lina Mendoni, made a statement after a London Fashion Week show took place in front of the Parthenon Marbles at the British Museum."By organizing a fashion show in the halls where the Parthenon Sculptures are exhibited, the British Museum, once again, proves i

ATHENS - The Ministry of Tourism is planning to increase revenues in 2024 from the expansion to new markets and the strengthening of the existing ones, Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni said in an interview with the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA-MPA) released on Sunday.Given the geopolitic

ATHENS – Conditions attached to the sale of American F-16's to Turkey – which said it wouldn't abide by any – would suspend or cancel delivery if

ATHENS - Only seven of the 30 countries in NATO - including Greece - are meeting spending targets, the alliance depending heavily on the United States - former President Donald Trump threatening to pull out of the alliance if he's re-elected and other countries don't comply.

ATHENS – The New Democracy government's response to protests against public beaches being taken over by businesses has been to draft limits on how

NICOSIA – In an operation off the island, United States Navy SEAL teams collaborated with the Cypriot Navy Underwater Demolition Team in three weeks of exercises designed to show a deterrent to threats to maritime security.

ATHENS - "We fight many battles on many different levels," Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Sunday in his weekly review post on social media. More specifically, the Greek premier referred to the approval of a bill instituting civil marriage for same-sex couples."We are not solving a pr

ATHENS - Forced by the effect of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to keep using coal in some plants to generate electricity, Greece nonetheless has doubled the installed capacity of renewable energy plants.They now account for 50 percent of electricity generation, while the target for 2030 is to rea