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Greek riot police fired tear gas on Saturday to disperse protesters gathered outside the parliament building in Syntagma Square to demonstrate against the agreement on the naming dispute with FYROM. Some of the protesters waving Greek flags and shouting slogans...

A new app was launched that claims it can guide tourists along St. Paul's path during his evangelization on the Hellenic peninsula. Paul constitutes a remarkable personality for the Christian religion, although he never belonged to Jesus’ 12 Disciples. He...

A group of friends enjoying their coffee on the Greek island of Rhodes had to run for their lives as lightning struck next to their balcony. The man who captured the terrifying moment on video wrote on Facebook that the...

The archive of Greek poet and lyricist Nikos Gatsos has found a permanent home at Harvard Library. The acquisition is a key addition to the Library’s collections in Greek literature and civilization and will be made available to students...

This week the Hellenic Heritage Foundation (HHF) met with leaders from the Hellenic Communities of Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver, as part of the HHF’s new initiative to connect and unite Greeks across Canada. The goal behind HHFs initiative is for...

A Golden Dawn lawmaker is on the run after Greece's authorities issued an arrest warrant following his call in the parliament on Friday for the arrest of the country’s prime minister and president over the provisional ‘Macedonia’ name deal. According...

A prominent American academic argues that Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras deserves the Nobel Peace prize for his efforts to solve the "Macedonia" naming dispute. Writing in the influential Foreign Policy journal, Edward P. Joseph says that Tsipras together with...

The inaugural Mykonos Art Festival will be held this summer on the popular island of the Cyclades archipelago, known for its vibrant nightlife. The festival's aim is the redefinition of the cosmopolitan destination as an important centre for the arts...

If you have ever fantasized about what it would be like to have a high-rolling, one-week vacation on the Greek island of Mykonos with $1 million (USD) burning a hole in your pocket, look no further. Recently, Australia’s Business Insider...

A far-right member of Greece's parliament has been kicked out of his own party after calling for the arrest of the country's prime minister and president. Golden Dawn lawmaker Konstantinos Barbarousis called on the armed forces to “abide by their oath” and...

A letter signed by dozens of U.S. lawmakers is urging the country's leadership to shelve plans to supply Turkey with state-of-the-art warplanes. The petition signed by 44 members of Congress says Turkey's "authoritarian turn and hostility to U.S. interests" should...

On Friday, June 8, an Italian court ruled that the famous Greek bronze statue known as “Statue of a Victorious Youth” was to be returned to Italy. The statue currently resides at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles...

The summer of 2018 will find Greece for yet another year without hydroplane services for the Aegean and Sporades islands as investors' interests remain on ice. The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport has not come up with a legislative framework...

Turkey considers building the country's third nuclear energy plant in Thrace, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Berat Albayrak said, according to Hurriyet Daily News. "The first phase of the Akkuyu will be put into operation in 2023. The location...

The Jordanian people took to the streets for three days and nights in protest against a new austerity tax bill forcing Prime Minister Hani Mulki to quit. They could no longer cope with the rising consumer prices and falling salaries;...