The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that on the afternoon of May 18, a low power explosive device went off on the street where the Embassies of Greece, Saudi Arabia and Algeria are located. According to the announcement, the device had been placed opposite the Greek Embassy. No injuries or damage to the building were [...]
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Syraka’s NOUR in Egypt
Internationally distinguished and one of Greece’s most renowned jewellery designers, Elena Syraka, will exhibit her collection of high aesthetic NOUR at El Hanager Arts Center in the Opera House Yard in Egypt’s capital, Cairo. The collection was presented for the first time in the Benaki Museum collection of Islamic art on 23 February, 2012. This [...]
Zimbabwe’s Kefalos Wins Dairy Awards
The Zimbabwean company, Kefalos Dairy products, won three major awards in the recent 2013 South African Dairy Championships. According to “all africa“, the company has produced a variety of high quality dairy products for 20 years now and is well known for its creams, yoghurts and cheeses. Kefalos won First Prize in the Plain Full [...]
Cavafy’s Complete Works In Arabic
The translation of the complete works of Cavafy into Arabic by renowned poet and translator Refaat Sallam, was presented in an event of the Annex of the Hellenic Foundation for Culture, in the the Cavafy Museum in Alexandria, Egypt. Through this event, the foundation launched a series of cultural activities for the Year of Constantine [...]
Greek Passengers in Alexandria Bus Crash
By Christina Flora A bus with 19 passengers, 16 of whom Greeks from the Diaspora in Alexandria, were involved in a bus accident on the morning of March 31 at the 55th kilometer of the Alexandria – Cairo route, on the way to the Egyptian capital. According to a statement issued by the Greek Foreign [...]
Key Finds at Egypt’s Heraklion
By Christina Flora A series of important archaeological findings has gradually been unearthed by the sunken submarine research in the Heraklion port located in ancient Egypt, the last years, according to announcements made at an international scientific conference at the University of Oxford. The coastal city on the delta of the Nile, called Heraklion by [...]
Somali Pirates Release Greek Ship, Sailors
The Philippines government said on March 12 that Somali pirates freed 26 sailors, including 14 Filipinos, who were seized on a Greek-owned oil tanker in the Arabian Sea10 months ago, ABC Radio Australia reported. The Liberian-flagged Mt. Smyrni as well as its crew were released on March 9 and were enroute to Oman, the foreign [...]
Greek ‘Among Kidnapped in Nigeria’
Gunmen attacked a camp for a construction company in rural northern Nigeria, killing a guard and kidnapping seven foreign workers from Britain, Greece, Italy and Lebanon, authorities said, in the biggest kidnapping yet in a region under attack by Islamic extremists. The attack on Saturday night happened in Jama’re, a town in a rural portion [...]
Troubled Orthodox Mission in Sierra Leone
The Greek Orthodox Mission in Sierra Leone is facing a serious barrier in its plan to offer education and the Greek Orthodox Christian religion to the local community of the capital city of Freetown, Sierra Leone. After acquiring a 49 -year lease from the Freetown City Council to use the Dr. June Holst Ronnes Municipal [...]
Greece and Egypt to Boost Bilateral Economic Relations
The Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade and the Greek Ambassador to Egypt, discussed the future of economic relations between Egypt and Greece and ways to increase trade and investment between the two countries. Minister Hatem Saleh and Ambassador Chris Lazaris met on Dec. 4, and discussed increasing the role of the Egypt-Greek Business Council [...]
