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Porto Lago / Lakki: a 1930’s model town in the Aegean

On the island of Leros in the Dodecanese archipelago of the Aegean Sea you can find a strange town that looks like an old movie set. This is the town of Lakki, or Porto Lago as it was originally called when it was built in the 1930s, during the Italian occupation of the Dodecanese. Some of its buildings have been declared monuments by the Ministry of Culture and Sports.

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Over the past few years, innovation has been on the rise in Thessaloniki and northern Greece. Thess INTEC - Thessaloniki Innovation & Technology Center, currently under development, aims to be the focal point for the innovation activities of academic and research institutions, start-up clusters, and corporate R&D departments.
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World Greek Language Day was celebrated on February 9th, 2026, at the Aula Magna of the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome, at an event co-organized by the Apostoliki Diakonia of the Church of Greece and the Pontifical Oriental Institute (Pontificio Istituto Orientale of the Gregorian University), in cooperation with the Embassy of Greece to the Holy See.
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On February 2nd, the Embassy of Greece in Israel, in cooperation with the Department of Classical Studies at Bar-Ilan University, hosted a special cultural event dedicated to Giorgos Seferis, Greek poet, diplomat, and 1963 Nobel Prize laureate, on the occasion of the World International Greek Language Day 📖
The event opened with a recorded message by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Yiannis Loverdos, followed by greetings delivered by the Ambassador of Greece to Israel, Ms. Maya Solomou.
Guests also had the opportunity to enjoy a photo exhibition from the Seferis Archive of the National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation, offering rare glimpses into the poet’s life. A particularly moving highlight of the evening was the musical performance by Ensemble Mezzo, featuring songs with lyrics by Seferis, set to music by Mikis Theodorakis 🎼