7+ hour, 15+ min ago   (452+ words) Giotto’s frescoes depicting the life of St. Francis of Assisi at the Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence. The celebrated fresco cycle was recently restored after four years of work. (Sailko/Wikimedia Commons) The newly vibrant “Stories of St. Francis…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (348+ words) From Kastellorizo, where he is attending the 83rd anniversary of the island’s liberation, Mitsotakis said a comprehensive plan would be presented to make the island “more resilient, more functional and more vibrant throughout the year,” while announcing a significant initiative to…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (384+ words) More than a hundred people gathered at Dakar’s Place du Souvenir Africain, a waterfront plaza overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by portraits of prominent figures from Africa and its diaspora, to greet the flame ahead of the Youth Olympic Games…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (286+ words) Funeral service in his hometown of Pyrgos for the 40-year-old Air Force major who was killed in the tragic accident at the Tanagra Air Show after a Phantom fighter jet crashed Saturday, September 5. (ILIALIVE.GR/YIANNIS SPYROUNIS/EUROKINISSI) PYRGOS – The…...

4+ day, 11+ min ago   (331+ words) International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry, the organization’s first African and first female leader, said the moment carried profound personal meaning. “As an African, this moment means so much to me,” Coventry, an Olympic swimming champion from Zimbabwe, said, her…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (904+ words) After repeated delays caused by the war with Russia, she was only hours away from marrying her partner, a 43-year-old Ukrainian soldier, in a ceremony in the capital. But as the couple slept, a Russian strike hit a warehouse across…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (938+ words) EL ALAMEIN, Egypt — Cyprus, Greece and Egypt reaffirmed their strategic partnership on energy, security, trade and regional stability at a trilateral summit in El Alamein on Tuesday, while also adopting common positions on Gaza, the Cyprus issue, Lebanon and Libya....

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (226+ words) The National Herald President of Greece Inaugurates 54th Book Festival at ‘Pedion tou Areos’ Park in Athens, ATHENS – Constantine Tassoulas, the President of the Hellenic Republic, in his speech inaugurating the 54th Book Festival, stressed that “the future belongs…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (357+ words) NICOSIA. President of the Republic Nikos Christodoulides will travel to El Alamein, Egypt, on Tuesday to participate in the Trilateral Summit of Cyprus, Greece and Egypt with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, according to…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (132+ words) ATHENS – The bodies of two pilots of a Hellenic Air Force F-4 Phantom fighter jet that crashed during an air show in Tanagra around 15:00 on Saturday were recovered, authorities said. At 15:34, an emergency alert was issued via the 112 system to…...