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Police and protesters against the creation of a metro station at Exarchia, in central Athens clashed on Monday. Protesters say that the plan aims at changing the character of the historic Athens square, by the removal of dozens of trees. In...

The Mosque of the Janissaries in Chania, Crete is one of the most recognizable buildings on the entire island, which is the largest in Greece. Once ruled by the Ottomans for centuries, Crete is home to many reminders of that...

The average life expectancy in Greece is 80.2 years roughly the same as the European Union average (80.1 years), according to the latest statistics by Eurostat for 2021. The EU statistical agency says that for women in Greece, life expectancy...

Families of Israeli hostages held by Hamas brought the campaign for their release to Greece during a press conference and meeting with the President of the Hellenic Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou on Monday. We "believe Greece will help in every possible...

2023 marks the centennial of the Treaty of Lausanne, which efficiently ended the last traces of Greeks in Asia Minor and the Armenians in Artsakh. By Julian McBride 2023 marks the centennial of the Treaty of Lausanne, which efficiently ended the...

It is not uncommon for unexpected objects to end up inside people's bodies. Magnets, chargers, lollipops, and even orange peels found their way into people's bodies and got stuck there, as per the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Moreover,...

Acclaimed Greek-American director and screenwriter Alexander Payne presented his new film, The Holdovers, at a packed Olympion theater during the 64th Thessaloniki International Film Festival on Sunday, November 5th. This is Payne's first period film, set in the 1970s, and...

The recent study conducted at TraceoLab at the University of Liège has provided new insights into the early history of hunting techniques among hunter-gatherers who settled on the banks of the Haine River in today's southern Belgium around thirty-one...

Thousands of sardines somehow lost direction and ended up trapped in the harbor of the Greek island of Koufonisia. Locals rushed to the port with fish nets to get as many as they could. The small fish seemed to have...

Greece sent the first shipment of humanitarian aid to Gaza on Monday onboard a C-130 military transport aircraft. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that the plane landed at the El Arish airport in Egypt. The plane was loaded with essential...

The northern lights lit up much of Thessaloniki, Serres, Xanthi, and other cities in northern Greece on Sunday in a rare spectacle so far away from the North Pole. The rare phenomenon was also observed in neighboring Bulgaria and Turkey. https://twitter.com/PithikosTapas/status/1721292189920088111 The...

An intricately adorned tomb was discovered by Czech Egyptologists working in the Abusir area, Egypt. It belongs to the previously unknown figure pf Djehuti-imhat, a prominent royal Pharaonic scribe in ancient Egypt. The Czech archaeological mission, conducted by the Faculty...

On Saturday, the island of Crete, Greece, basked in an unusual November heatwave, setting a new pan-European temperature record. Weather data from the National Observatory of Athens revealed that the town of Sisi Lasithiou witnessed a high of 35.1...

The Venus de Milo, also known as the Aphrodite of Milos, is one of the most famous sculptures to have ever come out of ancient Greece. It is immediately recognizable by its missing arms -- one of the greatest...

Cyprus carries a long history mirrored through archaeological sites scattered in between its cities and the countryside. From expansive ancient cities and the mysterious Neolithic settlements, to the many Roman ruins and unyielding medieval castles, the island boasts many historical...