Three Greek tourists survived a deadly train crash in central Spain after an 18-year-old passenger changed seats moments before the impact. The collision killed...
Santorini recently traded its iconic caldera sunsets for the excitement of the gridiron, transforming into a vibrant hub for American football. In a landmark...
Eros, the ancient Greek god of love, is depicted in this exquisite sculpture at New York’s Metropolitan Museum (The Met) resting in serene slumber.
The...
In April 1941, German troops invaded Athens. The next morning, Nazi officers went to the National Archaeological Museum to inspect the antiquities and assess...
Thirty-five years after his election as Ecumenical Patriarch, Bartholomew remains one of the most influential figures in contemporary Orthodox Christianity, having guided the Church...
Greek households spent more than their disposable income in 2025, with consumption exceeding available income by 6.4 billion euros ($7.1 billion), according to figures...
Three Arab nations, Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, joined Greece in the Turkey-Libya maritime dispute on Monday, opposing a contested sea boundary...
Two major Greek food chains are at the center of separate tax fraud investigations involving estimated losses of more than €135 million ($157 million)...
The dawn of October 28, 1940 after Greek Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas’ "OXI" (or "OHI," meaning "no") to the Italians, heralded the nation's entry...
Researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute have captured their first 4K footage of a rare deep-sea fish with a transparent head, offering...
European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde announced Thursday that she will step down on February 7, 2027, nearly nine months before her term...
An Egyptian tomb at South Saqqara has preserved one of the earliest known claims of moral integrity in an ancient Egyptian personal inscription. Its...
Calamos Investments celebrated its actively managed small- and mid-cap growth ETF with a bell-ringing ceremony at the Texas Stock Exchange on Wednesday, October 28,...
Spain began three days of national mourning Thursday, October 29, following a devastating collision between two high-speed trains near Toledo that killed at least...
The honored Jewish-Greek army officer Mordechai Frizis was the first high-rank officer who fell in the Albanian front during the Greek-Italian War that started...
Spatharaioi, a village on Greece's island of Samos, is known for its residents’ remarkable longevity, with historical records from the 19th century reporting some...
Photographer François-Frédéric Boissonnas took some of the most beautiful images ever captured of Greece during his travels throughout the country.
By Eugenia Russell
This October is...
In the village of Monokambi on the Greek island of Ikaria, Saint Sophia’s feast brings together faith, tradition, and a village panigyri.
At the heart...
Superyachts are arguably the ultimate symbols of wealth. Complete with luxurious amenities such as comfortable rooms, multiple pools, dance floors, cinemas, bars, and lounges,...
A rare Nanotyrannus skeleton has sold for $47.3 million at a Sotheby's auction in New York City, becoming the second-most expensive dinosaur fossil ever...
The myth of the “noble savage”—of humanity once pure, simple, and good before civilization’s corruptions—did not begin with Rousseau but long before the Enlightenment,...
The Plague of Justinian, or Justinianic plague, was the pandemic that nearly unraveled the Byzantine empire just as it was remaking the Mediterranean. In...
Ancient Greek gymnasiums were disappearing from civic life under Roman rule, but evidence from 51 documented sites suggests that the education associated with them...
Fables occupied an important position in the literary, intellectual, and social life of Classical Greece. They communicated practical wisdom, criticized human behavior, explored social...
Pastitsio is a traditional and famous Greek pasta dish topped with ground beef and bechamel sauce.
Ingredients
For the minced meat
21 oz / 600 gr ground...
Here's a traditional recipe for the Greek dessert galaktoboureko, aka Greek milk, or custard pie.
Greece is known around the world for its delicious cuisine,...
