Greece has recorded one of Europe's steepest declines in obesity, with new data from Eurostat showing the country's adult obesity rate falling from 17.6%...
From free HIV prevention and anonymous testing to HPV vaccination, Greece has more tools than ever to protect sexual health. The bigger challenge may...
From northern Greece to Mount Olympus, butterflies are revealing how warming temperatures, habitat loss and changing weather are reshaping nature.
A butterfly may live for...
Greece is moving to toughen penalties for telephone scams targeting elderly people, as authorities warn that organized criminal networks are increasingly using deceptive calls...
After Greece gained its independence after fighting off the Ottoman Empire, the Greek insurgents called upon Ioannis Kapodistrias, a former foreign minister of Russia, to...
Archaeologists have uncovered an unusual Classic Maya site in northern Belize whose carefully organized layout may reveal how Maya communities expanded during a period...
Archaeologists in eastern Serbia have uncovered an exceptionally well-preserved private Roman bath inside a monumental palace tower at the Vrelo-Šarkamen imperial complex.
The bath occupied...
Archaeologists excavating in central Odesa have uncovered a large ancient Greek defense wall that could help define the boundaries of a settlement that existed...
Archaeologists working at Iran’s ancient Burnt City (Shahr-e Sūkhté) have uncovered a 4,600-year-old board game along with an engraved bone comb, preserved organic material...
The artist Eleni Boukoura-Altamoura is widely known as the first great female Greek painter —although there were likely many talented Greek women artists throughout...
Few living organisms on Earth have witnessed as much history as the olive tree. Across Greece and the Mediterranean, ancient olive trees have survived...
After a long dispute with animal organizations, fines and legal proceedings, Greece's main zoo announced on Wednesday, January 22 that it would send its...
By November, the government expects to approve the implementation of free afternoon hospital surgeries.
Free afternoon surgeries with funding from recovery and resilience fund
The government...
The island of Sifnos, which is located in the Aegean Sea, perfectly combines Greek tradition with natural beauty, yet remains a little-known secret outside...
Alcmaeon of Croton, who lived in the 5th century BC, was among the earliest of ancient Greek physicians and philosophers to connect natural philosophy...
Cleopatra VII Philopator is one of the most famous figures of antiquity, but few people are familiar with the fascinating history of her ancestors.
The...
Women writers in Renaissance Italy faced strict limits on what they could study, publish, and discuss in public. Yet poets Gaspara Stampa and Isabella...
