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Author Robin Sharma to Visit Greece for the First Time

Renowned author Robin Sharma is visiting Greece on January 14, 2024. He will make an appearance at the Faliro Olympic Indoor Hall and focus on crucial topics such as self-improvement, self-awareness, and effective leadership. Hosted by Self Motivation, this event...

Kalavryta: The Bloodiest Nazi Massacre in Greece

December 13, 1943 marks the date of the worst massacre committed in Greece by the Nazis occupying the country, as more than five hundred innocent civilians were executed, and the entire town of Kalavryta was burned to the ground. The...

Rare Dolphin With Thumbs Discovered in Greece

A rare dolphin with thumb-like flippers has been discovered in the Gulf of Corinth in Greece. Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute researchers came across this unique dolphin twice this summer while conducting boat surveys along the Greek coast. Despite its flippers'...

Odontotos: Greece’s Amazing Cog Railway of the Peloponnese

The "Odontotos" railway in Greece, one of the few surviving cog railways in Europe, travels across the country and over and through its spectacular mountains. People in many mountainous countries in Europe and beyond are used to cog, or "rack,"...

Common Words in the Greek and Turkish Language

There are over three hundred Turkish words that are used daily in the Greek language. This is not surprising given the fact that Greeks were under Ottoman occupation for four hundred years. The period of Ottoman rule was a dark...

Killing of Alexandros Grigoropoulos Still Haunts Greece

December 6th marks the anniversary of the murder of fifteen-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos by police officer Epaminondas Korkoneas in 2008, an act that stands as a landmark case of police brutality in Greece. In more peaceful times, Greek society would mourn...

Philoxenia: The Roots of Greek Hospitality

The ancient Greek value of hospitality which ranked at the top of the list of virtues, and still lives on today in Greece, is “philoxenia”

Kostis Palamas, the Great Poet of Greece

Kostis Palamas was not only one of the major Greek poets of modern times. He was also one of the most inspiring figures of Hellenism, as pieces of his literary work were adopted as national poems of the young...

Dekemvriana: The Clashes Between Greeks that Led to the Civil War

December 3, 1944 saw one of the bloodiest and most polarizing incidents in the history of the Greek civil war. Known as "Dekemvriana" (from December, the month it began),the Athens tragedy has come to characterize the period of horrific...

The Presidential Guard: How Evzones Became a Potent Symbol of Greece

The long and honorable history of the Greek Presidential Guard (also known as Evzones) goes back to more than 150 years ago to December 12, 1868, the day it was established in the modern Greek state. This distinguished, battalion-sized military...