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Greek-Venezuelan millionaire Jameel (Jimmy) Alexander Thermiotis will marry Princess Iman of Jordan this coming weekend, the Palace in Amman announced on Sunday. Queen Rania revealed that her 26-year-old daughter is getting married next week on Sunday, March 12, in the...

Heavy rains caused flooding at the archeological site of Petra, Jordan. Officials and the Petra Development and Tourism Region Authority (PDTRA) called for the evacuation of tourists from the area. Heavy rains fell in the southern part of the country,...

Archaeologists announced on Tuesday that they discovered a 9000-year-old shrine and altar in the Jordanian desert which was adjacent to an ancient hunting structure that helped Neolithic peoples to hunt gazelles. Wael Abu-Azziza, a Jordanian archaeologist on the French/Jordanian team...

Jerusalem's Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilus III met with the King of Jordan, Abdullah on Wednesday and is to meet later with Pope Francis in Rome, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and UK church leaders in order to drum up...

Greek archeologist Konstantinos Politis is the chairman of the Hellenic Society for Near Eastern Studies and has been excavating in Jordan for more than 30 years. Politis' recent focus has been geared towards the production of sugar across the whole...

The famous Greek composer and pianist, Yanni will be closing the Jordan Festival 2016 in September at the Amman Citadel. Numerous concerts and events have been planned to take place at the Citadel as part of the festival, featuring...

Several years ago, with the economic crisis arriving, a minister of the Greek government told the president of the association of Greek women of Jordan called--Greek Ladies of Jordan: “it is possible that we will not be able to...

The Greek company Metka SA (METTK) has signed a deal worth $103 million to boost generating capacity at Samra Electric Power Co.'s plant in Jordan by 146 megawatts, Bloomberg news agency reported, quoting Jordanian state-run Petra news agency. The project,...

Some days ago, Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem visited the Syrian refugee camp located in Zaatar. The camp was established and inaugurated by the UN Refugee Agency and the Jordanian Charity Organization. According to UN officials, about 3,000 Syrian refugees...

The saying, “Opou geis, kai patris," is a familiar one attesting to the Greek spirit of seeking out fortune and adapting to many foreign soils. But as evidenced by the Greek community of Madaba, Jordan, not only can Greeks...

The greatest discovery after the Manuscripts of the Dead Sea is considered to be the seventy metal books, which were found in a Jordanian cave. Their pages, made of lead and tied with wire, may unlock some secrets of...

Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas on Sunday visited Madaba and the site where Jesus Christ was baptised in the Jordan river; both of which are under the supervision of the Jerusalem Patriarchate. With his visit to the sites, Droutsas sought...

Photo Credit: Rachel Portele Petra was a place that the local Beduins knew for years and tried to hide for the rest of the world. They knew it was a place that everybody would like to go and wonder around...

Iran has officially launched an attack on Israel with dozens of drones, sources from both countries stated on Saturday evening European time.

The Line, Saudi Arabia's 170-kilometer-long (105 miles) mega mirror city being constructed in the desert in Neom, is progressing. It is just one of a suite of giga-projects, either completed or currently being worked on in the region What Will...