KOMOTINI – The Democritus University of Thrace (DUT) awarded its gold medal to Russian President Vladimir Putin “for his exceptional contribution to regional stability and prosperity,” at an event in the Russian Embassy in Athens, the embassy announced on Monday.
DUT rector Stavros Toupoulidis said during the event on Friday that the Russian president has contributed steadfastly to the preservation of the Orthodox spirit of peace and friendship and to establishing mutually beneficial relations between Greece and Russia.
Russian Ambassador to Athens Andrey Maslov said the DUT has contributed greatly to the Greek-Russian relations in the humanities and in promoting Russian culture and language. He also said that the Russian center established at the university in collaboration with the Moscow-based Foundation Russkiy Mir (Russian world) will open in 2018.
ATHENS - Internationally acclaimed and widely translated Greek author Vassilis Vassilikos, a former MP and Ambassador of Greece to UNESCO, died on Thursday at the age of 89.
FALMOUTH, MA – The police in Falmouth have identified the victim in an accident involving a car plunging into the ocean on February 20, NBC10 Boston reported.
PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Rosalynn Carter received her final farewells Wednesday in the same tiny town where she and Jimmy Carter were born, forever their home base as they climbed to the White House and traveled the world for humanitarian causes.
LONDON (AP) — Shane MacGowan, the singer-songwriter and frontman of “Celtic Punk” band The Pogues, best known for the Christmas ballad “Fairytale of New York,” died Thursday, his family said.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and Hamas agreed at the last minute Thursday to extend their cease-fire in Gaza by another day.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The world just took a big step toward compensating countries hit by deadly floods, heat and droughts.
Hanukkah — also spelled Chanukah or other transliterations from Hebrew — is Judaism’s “festival of lights.
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