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The global tradition of blowing out candles on a birthday cake might be rooted in an ancient Greek votive ritual to honor the goddess Artemis

The representation of females in Greek mythology, including Medusa, has often showed men's fear of female power and their need to control it.

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said definitively on Friday that people will need another dose of coronavirus vaccine in eight months to a year.

Authorities have seized 338 million illegally smuggled cigarettes at the port of Pireas, Greece according to an announcement on Friday. 

The director of Athens' Acropolis Museum said that the Museum is looking forward to reopening its gates to the public on Friday, May 14.

Yannis Lagos, convicted European Parliament lawmaker for defunct Golden Dawn Party, is expected to touchdown in Athens on Saturday afternoon. 

Greek health authorities confirmed a total of 2,188 new coronavirus infections in the last day, with just five of these from the borders.

European Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said Greece is likely to experience high economic growth next year in a meeting with PM Mitsotakis.

The number of marriages in Greece has halved while divorces quadrupled since 1964 according to a report by Eurostat released Thursday. 

Vaios Panagiotou is a 45-year old Greek engineer based in China who has spent the last few years doing something incredibly unique--building and maintaining gigantic robotic dinosaurs. Panagiotou graduated from the University of Brighton in Great Britain, where he received his Mechanical...

Minister Theocharis proclaimed that "We are raising anchor," as Greece reopened to tourism Friday following a strict coronavirus lockdown.

Greece is criticized for having one of the slowest vaccination roll out in Europe. But official data provide a more encouraging picture. 

Yair Netanyahu expressed his outrage at Turkey's support of Hamas by saying that the country is founded on the Genocide of Greek Christians.

Milos is a volcanic island, and is the south-westernmost island in the Cyclades group.

The amazing story of the 900 Greek brides who traveled to Australia over sixty years ago, in 1957, aboard the ship Begona to meet their future husbands was the subject of a mini-documentary by the Australian television network SBS. Journalist...