ATHENS, Feb 25 — In an Athenian café, four women in their 60s pore over plans for a new kind of home offering an innovative solution to the housing problems many senior citizens face. Malamo, Thalia, Maria and Tonia plan to live together in what they call “solidarity housing”, a first in a country where … Read more
KANALIA, Greece, Feb 24 — Sitting in a small motorboat, farmer Babis Evangelinos glides over land he once cultivated on the Thessaly plain in central Greece, the nearby trunks of his fruitless almond trees submerged by floodwater. His small plot, near Lake Karla, is among tens of thousands of acres of cotton fields, almond trees … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 20 — Chunks of juicy roasted chicken. Crunchy balls of just-fried falafel. Fresh rings of raw onion, cold slices of tomato. A chilled, creamy yoghurt sauce laced with cucumber and garlic. Fries, a surprising inclusion. And a soft, pale piece of pita bread to wrap everything like a loving blanket. This is … Read more
ATHENS, Nov 10 — Greek actor Spiros Focas, a Hollywood and Italian film regular who played villain in Rambo 3, died today at the age of 86, his family said. Focas died in an Athens hospital, his wife said in a Facebook post. Greek Culture Minister Lina Mendoni paid tribute, saying Focas was one of … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22 – For one reason or another, Greek restaurants have been hard to come by in Kuala Lumpur, with the few places serving Greek food often doing so under the incomprehensibly broad umbrella of “Mediterranean cuisine”. While it may be decades before regional Greek food and all its wonderful differentiation and nuance … Read more
ATHENS: A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the Greek island of Crete Tuesday, the Athens Observatory said, with initial media reports suggesting no one was hurt. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
ATHENS: A strong earthquake struck the Greek island of Crete early Monday, killing a man who was working in a church that collapsed and injuring nine others, the civil protection agency said. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
ATHENS: Some 10,000 health workers in Greece faced being suspended as a deadline to get vaccinated against Covid-19 ran out on Wednesday, a union said. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
PEFKI, Greece: Firefighters tried Monday to prevent fires from reaching key communities and a thick forest that could fuel an inferno that one official said has destroyed hundreds of homes in seven days on the Greek island of Evia. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
ISTIAIA, Greece: Hundreds of Greek firefighters fought desperately Sunday to control wildfires on the island of Evia that have charred vast areas of pine forest, destroyed homes and forced tourists and locals to flee. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
