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Even by modern standards, the ancient Tunnel of Eupalinos on Samos, Greece is considered a marvel of engineering and craftsmanship. Built around 550 BC, it's one of the earliest large-scale tunnel projects in history. Over 1000 meters long, it was...

The Armenian Genocide, the systematic mass murder and expulsion of 1.5 million ethnic Armenians carried out in Turkey and adjoining regions by the Ottoman government between 1914 and 1923, is commemorated on April 24th every year. The Armenian Genocide was...

The policy of rapprochement with Turkey had helped decrease illegal migration flows, Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has said from Lesvos. “Greece is one of the few countries, if not the only one, which has effectively handled the problem of...

The Greek town of Santa, Dumanli in Turkish, situated in Pontus, has been a ghost town suffering neglect ever since the Greeks were forced to flee their ancestral homes in the exchange of populations with Turkey in 1923. Santa, surrounded...

As NATO celebrates its 75th anniversary, Greece has become an invaluable alliance member in its strategic role, positioned in the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was established on this day in April 1949. Its...

Greek police are under fire after the latest femicide in Athens. A woman was murdered outside a police precinct where she had just requested protection from an ex-boyfriend. The 28-year-old Kyriaki Griva was fatally stabbed on Monday evening shortly after...

On Monday, Aria Hotels, the Greek-owned subsidiary of the Libra Group, opened the fully renovated historic La Divina Hotel, located on Adrianou Street in Thiseio, Athens. La Divina is situated in a uniquely aesthetic preserved neoclassical building, dedicated to the...

Parents and students from a primary school in the metropolitan area of Athens traveled to Agathonisi, a small island in Greece's Aegean Sea, to participate in the island's Greek Independence Day parade alongside the only two students from the...

The Petralona cave in Chalkidiki, Greece is open to the public again after five years, while the ceremonial opening is expected to take place in a few days by Greek Minister of Culture, Lina Mendoni. The project "Uncovering the Petralona...

The first-ever Zen monastery in Greece is set to open in the next few weeks on the Greek island of Serifos. Additionally, a Zen temple in the Kerameikos area of Athens is currently under construction. This endeavor is spearheaded by...

Recovered 16th century manuscripts from the Holy Monastery of Panagia Eikosifoinissa at Pangaion reveal the massacre of its Greek monks by the Ottomans

Archaeologists have recently uncovered an ancient city in Palaiokastro, Serres, Greece. The ancient city appears to have been founded at the end of the 6th century BC and remained in existence into the 6th century AD. Archaeologists who have been...

Nearly 2,500 years ago, a Greek wrestler, Milo of Croton, was regarded as the strongest person ever lived in the known world.

The International Council of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) has called out the Greek Ministry of Culture and the Honorary Antiquities Commissioner for what it calls "bad workmanship" and overuse of new materials on the Vergina (Aigai) restoration project. The...

In 2017, when the ruins of an ancient Greek gymnasium were discovered in an oasis of a desert in Egypt, archaeologists said that it was the first of its kind. The Watfa gymnasium that was used to train young Greek-speaking...