At 11:20pm on Tuesday 28th February 2023, two trains collided that were on the same track in the Vale of Tempe, near Larissa.  One was an InterCity Express carrying over 350 people from Athens to Thessaloniki, which collided head-on with a goods train travelling in the opposite direction to Larissa.  Many of the passengers on the Express train were young students returning north from cel

Thursday 16th February 2023 was the 100th Anniversary when Greece finally replaced the old Julian calendar with the revised Gregorian calendar, when on that day, the date changed throughout Greece from 16th February 1923 to 1st March 1923.  The Gregorian calendar is the calendar in common use in the world today.  It is a correction of the older Julian calendar (originally proposed by Julius Ceasar) t

The cold weather front called 'Barbara' hit Greece with snowfall that started late on Saturday and continued throughout Sunday 5th February 2023 into Wednesday morning from northern Greece down to Attica, Evia and sections of the Peloponnese.  In Attica, traffic police issued instructions for all drivers to carry snow chains or other non-slip equipment.  It  also

Paris organisers announced that instead of arriving overland, the Olympic flame that will alight the 2024 Paris Games will take to the high seas from its birthplace in Greece.  It will arrive in the ancient Greek-founded port of Marseille in France aboad a three-masted tall ship.  Marseille is a former Greek colony founded 2,600 years ago.  According to tradition, the flame will be lit by the sun's rays at a ceremon