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Greek authorities say that almost one quarter of the island of Elafonisos in the southern Peloponnese was burned from the wildfire which raged for two days over the weekend. The fire service announced that the blaze was finally put out...

The Greek Ministry of Culture announced on Sunday that archaeologists have discovered two ancient, unlooted chamber tombs dating from the Late Mycenaean period, (1400 - 1200 BC), near Nemea in the Peloponnesian Peninsula. The newly-found tombs at the Aidonia burial...

A relatively minor earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale hit southern Greece at 10:57 local time (08:57 GMT+1) on Monday. According to the Geodynamics Institute of Athens National Observatory, the quake's epicenter was located 296 km (184 miles) southeast...

Greek firefighters on Monday brought under control the big fire that broke out in the Athens suburb of Peania in the early hours. At least two homes were badly damaged from the blaze, but there are no reports of injuries. More...

Kostas Arvanitis, the heroic fisherman who saved 70 people during the deadly fires in Mati, in July of 2018, passed away over the weekend. He was 70. According to a decision by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis,  the fisherman will...

A big fire has broken out in the Athens suburb of Peania east of the city, and authorities say they have ordered the evacuation of nearby houses. The fire has spread quickly and has climbed near the top of 1,026-meter...

What does an American from Pennsylvania have to do with Greek olive oil? Quite a lot, these days. And Greece produces a lot of olive oil: more than all but two other countries in the world. This small nation...

Greek mathematician Dimitris Koukoulopoulos along with his Oxford colleague James Maynard solved the "Duffin and Schaeffer conjecture" that has puzzled mathematicians of Analytic Number Theory for 78 years. The 35-year-old scientist is an associate professor of Mathematics at the University...

Greek shipping dominates in the European Union with 53 percent of vessels belonging to Greek tycoons, while at the same time Greek ships account for 21 percent of the global fleet, according to Naftemporiki newspaper. The figures come from the...

The fire that broke out on Saturday on Elafonisos island was rekindled, while the second front of blazes appeared on Sunday afternoon. Due to the seriousness of the situation, General Secretary for Civil protection Nikos Hardalias along with a Special...

Katerina Stefanidi, Miltos Tentoglou and Voula Papachristou on Saturday finished first in their respective sports giving Greece three 12-pointers on the second day of the European Team Championship in Bydgoszcz, Poland. In chronological order, Tentoglou jumped 8.30 in the long...

Giannis Antetokounmpo returned to Greece's national basketball team after two years, helping the blue-and-white beat Hungary 83-59 in Heraklion, Crete on Friday. The game was a friendly, as Greece prepares for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup to be held...

The Greek government should take lessons from the past, said Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar on Saturday while visiting the Turkish-occupied zone in northern Cyprus. Akar was accompanied by the entire leadership of the Turkish armed forces. He visited the...

Beer in Greece is among the most expensive products in the European Union because of high excise tax and a 24 percent value-added tax. According to the current European Commission Directive, each Member State is required to impose a minimum...

The historic building in the heart of Athens which housed the headquarters of New Democracy for many years will now be turned into a luxury hotel. The iconic building, located at Rigillis Street number 18, only a block away from...