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Eight seamen, including five Greeks, were kidnapped after the tanker ''HAPPY LADY'' was attacked early on Tuesday some two nautical miles southwest of Limboh, Cameroon, where it was anchored. According to media reports, one of the Greek nationals has been...

Another new Covid variant nicknamed "IHU" was identified in France in November around the same time as Omicron -- but the World Health Organization believes it is not a threat. Abdi Mahamud, a WHO incident manager, said that the variant...

Pope Francis said that migrants around the world live in conditions equivalent to concentration camps on Friday. The pope was at a meeting with a group of migrants in Cyprus when he made his remarks, where he departed from a...

The eight crewmembers of the Greek-flagged tanker "Happy Lady," among them five Greek nationals who had been kidnapped by pirates in an attack near the coast of Cameroon, were released on Wednesday. The tanker was attacked while it lay at...

The Synod of the Greek-Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa, held at the Patriarchal Center of Alexandria of Egypt from 15 to 17 November under the chairmanship of Patriarch Theodoros II, has decided to restore the institute of...

The two Greek and one Pakistani hostages kidnapped on board the “Kalamos” tanker off the coasts of Nigeria on February 4 have finally been released by their captors and will soon be reunited with their loved ones, the ship-owning...

Greek-owned tanker ship "Kalamos," flying the Maltese flag, was attacked by pirates off the coasts of Nigeria and Cameroon. The pirates killed a Greek chief mate and abducted three crew members, two Greeks among them. The Maltese-flagged tanker was traveling from...

The Greek basketball player, Sofoklis Schortianitis participated in an advertisement of a big fast food chain of Israel. The journalist David Peek revealed through his personal twitter account, that the famous basketball player was photographed wearing a chiton. During the shooting...

On Sunday, December 12th, 2010, the enthronement ceremony of the new Metropolitan Bishop of Ioannoupolis and Pretoria Damaskinos, was held in Johannesburg.  The ceremony was attended by the Pope, the Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa, Theodoros II,...

According to AFP, pirates hijacked a Greek-owned ship off Cameroon in mid-May have been freed in Nigeria and kidnapped two Russian sailors. The captain and chief mechanic of the North Spirit's 16-member crew, Boris Tersintsev and Igor Shumik, were taken...