Get to Know the Greek Island of Sifnos, Where Margot Robbie Vacationed Post-‘Barbie’ The Hollywood Reporter (November 19) The most popular Greek islands are places like Mykonos and Santorini, the first with its gleaming white fishing village on the seaport, the latter with its cerulean domes perched above the caldera. The photos look dreamy but once visitors arrive, they can sometimes find it’s more crowded than Times Square on New Year’s Eve. read more
Hit by floods and fires, Greek villager has lost hopeReuters (November 13) The fires came first. Then the floods. In the small village of Sesklo in central Greece, 46-year old Vasilis Tsiamitas has felt the extremes of both freak weather phenomena this summer, that have made Greece a climate change hotspot. read more
Greece adopts plan to prevent dementia ‘pandemic’ Euractiv (November 20) In what was described as a “legislative breakthrough”, the Greek government announced a comprehensive action plan to tackle dementia, considered by analysts as a significant challenge for the country’s ageing population. As part of a wider mental health reform in Greece, the health ministry announced an action plan on Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease for “ethical delineation and safeguarding of patients’ rights”. The Athens Alzheimer’s Association welcomed the initiative, describing it as a “legislative breakthrough” in the Greek health system. read more
On Patmos, in Greece, a Very Old House Gets a Colorful New Life New York Times (November 20) They call it the Island of the Apocalypse, for it was here on Patmos, in the southeastern corner of what’s today Greece, that John the Apostle foretold the end of the world — or at least the version recorded in the Bible’s Book of Revelation. John had been exiled in A.D. 95 to this speck of land not far from where the Aegean meets the Mediterranean by the Romans, who weren’t only threatened by the rising influence of Christianity but believed it to be a cult. The Byzantine Empire nonetheless took hold, and with it Greek Orthodoxy — and then, in 1088, rose the monastery dedicated to St. John, a fortified structure of marble and native andesite (a volcanic rock), built on one of the highest points on Patmos, that would forever change the island’s fortunes. read more
Antetokounbros Academy joins forces with American College of Greece Ekathimerini (November 21) The Charles Antetokounmpo Family Foundation, an initiative launched by Greek-Nigerian basketball sensations the Antetokounmpo brothers to provide opportunities to children from underprivileged backgrounds, has launched a partnership with the American College of Greece. read more | 
