Europe

His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden and All Scandinavia made his first archpastoral visit to Bergen on the weekend of October 28-29, 2017 to preside over the establishment of the parish of the Holy and Glorious Holy Martyr Chrysostom...

Greek tourism will be promoted in the first Mediterranean Panorama exposition that will take place in Sweden in March 17-19, 2017. The tourism fair, expected to be the biggest in Scandinavia, is organized by North Events and will take place in...

North Events will organize the 1st Mediterranean Panorama at Stockholm’s expo center on March 18-19, 2017. The Mediterranean Panorama will focus on Greece and will also promote a series of other Mediterranean tourist destinations. The company is further promoting its...

On Sunday, December 6, His Eminence Cleopas Strongylis Metropolitan of Sweden and All Scandinavia attended the Holy Liturgy at the Monastery of St. Nicholas in the city of Rättvik, Sweden. A memorial was also held for the monastery’s founder,...

It was announced today that Archimandrite Cleopas Strongylis, a scholar and cleric who served in Boston until now and is mostly known for his scientific work on Saint Nektarios, was elected Metropolitan of Sweden and all Scandinavia. Furthermore, the former Metropolitan...

  The Greek National Tourism Organization has been around for more than half a century in Scandinavia. The Scandinavian tourism market is unquestionably considered as one of the greatest markets for Greece. However, it seems that GNTO in Scandinavia is moving...

A new Swedish-Danish survey shows that agriculture techniques transferred from Southern to Northern Europe gradually. The scientists examined the DNA of four Scandinavian farmers of the Neolithic Age and found that they had more genes in common with inhabitants of...

The Hotel Employees Union of Chania, Crete, is trying to promote tourism in the region; many union representatives will attend three tourism exhibitions in Finland, Norway and Sweden. In particular, the three exhibitions' program will be as follows: MATKA Helsinki...

Norway has developed plans to take on its largest infrastructure project to date, a $47 billion scheme set to transform the country's western coastline with a series of tunnels and bridges in a highway that will create a brilliant...

Prince Albert, the consort of Queen Victoria, almost single-handedly brought the tradition of the Christmas tree to the British Isles, and, from there, it spread to the rest of the English-speaking world, as just one of his many innovations...

The iconic Parthenon in Athens has inspired many buildings around the world, including Walhalla, Germany's hall of fame. Preserving historical memory and cultural heritage, this building is one of the most important and majestic monuments of Germany, dating back to...

The ancient Greek and German languages may seem worlds apart, but it was a Greek bishop and Christian missionary named Ulfilas, who played a surprisingly important role in the codification of the early German language into a written system. Ulfilas...

Spanning eighteen kilometers, the new Fehrman Belt fixed link between Germany and Denmark is set to the longest and deepest combined road and rail tunnel in the world. When completed, it will cut travel time down to ten minutes...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned that Sweden should not expect backing from Turkey for its NATO membership bid. The Turkish president made the comments on Monday, following a protest in the Swedish capital which angered Turkish officials. During...

A blind couple and their baby had to wait an entire week to travel from Greece to Iceland after they were blocked from boarding two separate flights. Eythor Kamban Thrastarson and Emilia Pykarinou, who were traveling with their one-year-old daughter,...