Russian visitors in Greece are a valuable asset for tourism. The tourism sector will hopefully strengthen this relation in the future, so Russia will become one of the major markets for Greek tourism. Within this scope, the Minister of Tourism, Pavlos Geroulanos, is expected to visit Moscow soon, where he will meet with his Russian [...]

The deputy of the Russian Parliament (Duma), Coordinator of the Parliamentary Committee on the relations with Greece, Ivan Savvidis, was elected for a third consecutive time, as the President of the Federation of Greek Community Associations in Russia (AGOOR). The decision was taken during the conference of the Federation, which took place on July 9th [...]

The daily newspaper by the Russian government “Russkaya Gazeta” has published a financial analysis by Evgeni Sestakov, which reports that: “Europe will save Athens no matter what, meaning that the Russian investments in Greek shares are not threatened.” According to the newspaper the temporary unstable situation of Greece could be a big advantage of the [...]

By Th. Augerinos The opening of the exhibition “Russian Translations of Modern Greek Literature”, took place yesterday evening at the Russian State Library, in Moscow. The exhibition was organized in cooperation with the Embassy of Greece and covers editions and publications of Greek authors’ works in Russia, starting from the Soviet period until now. During the [...]

What is considered to be a unique discovery has been made in Taman, South Russia, at the Black Sea. The ruins of an ancient Greek city, dated around the 6th century BC, came to light.  Archeologists are stunned both by the number of the findings and the condition they were found in. The excavations are [...]