New, state-of-the-art trains going into operation on Sunday, May 15 will reduce the Athens-Thessaloniki travel time to 4 hours, TrainOSE, the Italian-owned Greek rail operator, said on Friday. Normally, the travel time between the capital and the major northern city takes closer to 6 hours. The new ETR470 trains will have nine wagons, which include […] Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.
Welcome, 77 artists, 40 different points of Attica welcomes you by singing Erotokritos an epic romance written at 1713 by Vitsentzos Kornaros
Saturday, May 7, 2022
How a Black Hole Sounds Like? NASA Gives the Answer
NASA has released an audio of the sound emitted from a black hole at the center of the Perseus galaxy cluster, more than 200 million light-years away from Earth. Perseus is known to be an 11 million-light-year-wide bundle of hundreds of galaxies shrouded by hot gas. In 2003, astronomers discovered that the pressure waves sent […] Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.
$700 Million Superyacht Linked to Putin Seized by Italy
A giant superyacht linked to Vladimir Putin was seized by Italian authorities on Friday after they recommended it be impounded as part of sanctions against Russia. Authorities in Italy said the $700 million The Scheherazade, which is more than 450ft long, and boasts spas, swimming pools and two helicopter pads was connected to a “significant […] Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.
Southeast Europe looks to Azerbaijan to replace Russian gas
Most of the volume of the SGC, which continues through GREECE to Albania and across the Adriatic, is earmarked for Italy and Central Europe, ...
Jet2 Holidays launches sale with beach breaks from £169pp in May – including Spain & Greece
JET2 Holidays has launched a sale with £50pp off all holidays, with breaks in May starting from £169 per person. The holidays featured are all week-long stays in popular hotspots, available from ...
UK and Greece are among Europe’s worst countries for obesity. How are they turning things around?
In Greece, over 40 per cent of children are overweight, and nearly one in five are obese - among the highest rates in Europe. But for the past decade, a charity has been providing free and ...
Irish spending soars in holiday destinations abroad
Bank of Ireland's debit and credit card analysis for April has revealed spending increases of over 100% by Irish consumers in GREECE, Turkey and ...
