Author: Athanasios Koutoupas
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Greece remains the leading ship-owning country
Greek shipowners have retained their role as top players in world shipping according to a special review recently published by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Despite the challenges faced by the Hellenic ship owning community, Greece has continued to strengthen its position as the largest ship owning nation in recent years. The Review of…
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Greece’s cultural heritage is its ‘real capital’, Koniordou tells ANA radio
The best way to protect Greece’s monuments, both material and immaterial, was to “bring the citizens closer to them in such as way as to enliven their own love and own awareness that these monuments bring added value to their lives,” Culture Minister Lydia Koniordou said on Sunday, talking to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA)…
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25 dead, 49 injured in explosion inside Coptic Cathedral in Cairo
At least 25 people died and 49 were injured in an explosion inside Saint Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Abbasiya, according to state TV. Army forces were deployed at the scene after the attack, security sources told Daily News Egypt on condition of anonymity, adding that casualties may increase. Eyewitnesses said the explosion took place at about 10am,…
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Egypt’s law on building churches dashes Christian hopes for equality
After 160 years of tight restrictions on building churches in Egypt, a highly anticipated law regulating the construction of churches was passed on 30 August 2016. But many Coptic Christians and rights organisations say that the law will do very little to practically change discrimination against Christians who represent 10 percent of Egypt’s more than 90 million citizens, most of who…