Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew celebrated the 65th anniversary of his entry into the priesthood on Thursday with a divine liturgy in the Metropolitan Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos on Imbros, the Aegean island in northwestern Turkey where he...
On August 14, 2005, Helios Airways Flight 522 crashed, marking the deadliest aviation disaster in Cypriot and Greek history. The Boeing 737-31S, operated by a Cypriot airline, went down in Grammatiko, Attica, claiming the lives of all 121 people...
Greece’s highest administrative court has annulled the operating licenses and study-program approvals of three branches of foreign universities, while the government insists that the ruling does not undermine the legal framework that opened the way for non-state universities in...
Greek-American businessman John Catsimatidis, who built one of New York’s best-known supermarket businesses after arriving in the United States from Greece as an infant, has emerged as a prominent critic of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s plan to open city-backed grocery...
A remarkable set of Dionysian frescoes at Pompeii has inspired a new project exploring the ancient city's ties to the Greek god of wine, theater, and ecstasy. The project, "Ecstatic Pompeii," grew out of the 2025 discovery of a...
Greece's coal power fell to a record low in 2024, as renewables filled nearly half of the country's electricity needs that year, according to data from Eurostat.
Lignite, the only form of coal used in Greek power plants, generated 281,000...
Giorgos Tsetis, a Greek engineer who built his fortune in health and wellness, is turning his AI investment gains into philanthropy, urging wealthy families to give back now instead of waiting.
Tsetis co-founded the hair growth brand Nutrafol and runs...
September is often considered the best month to visit Mykonos, offering an ideal combination of warm weather, fewer tourists, and vibrant local culture. As the summer crowds thin out, the island’s true charm shines through, allowing for a more...
A major wildfire swept into the resort area of Siviri in Greece's Halkidiki peninsula on Thursday, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people by sea as firefighters battled flames driven by strong winds.
The fire broke out in a rural...
The number of Americans visiting Greece has climbed 295% in a decade, with an estimated 1,685,000 U.S. residents flying there in 2025, up from 426,000 in 2015, according to the U.S. National Travel and Tourism Office.
Survey figures for 2025...
"Greece, conquered Greece, her conqueror subdued, And Rome grew polished, who till then was rude."
Horace, the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus.
In 146 BC, Greece yielded to the military might of the Roman Republic; sixty years...
Perched dramatically upon a rugged cliff in the mountainous Maçka region near Trabzon, the ruins of Saint George Peristereotas have stood in quiet solitude for over a century.
Founded in the mid-eighth century, this sacred site was once heralded as...
Choosing famous people with roots in Crete is no easy task. The Greek island, the largest and most populous in the country, has a rich history that has produced some of the most influential figures in Greek history and...
The distinctive sound of the bouzouki echoed through the Ancient Theatre of Heraclea Lyncestis in Bitola, North Macedonia, as a Greek ensemble from Thessaloniki brought songs spanning generations of Greek musical history to an audience of more than 1,000...
Greece has recorded nine deaths linked to West Nile virus this year as infections continue to rise, with health authorities reporting 110 cases since the start of the 2026 transmission season through August 12.
According to the Hellenic National Public...
