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The story of Father Nicholas Salamis, a Greek Orthodox priest, is also the story of Greek Canadians, from the time of the first immigrants

A 5-year-old boy with autism who has a photographic memory and the amazing ability to read and write 10 languages, including Greek, has stunned social media users. The boy, Sebastian Esposito, regularly uploads impressive clips to the social media site...

Every Friday evening, hundreds of thousands of Greeks are glued to their TV sets watching the latest episode of "Fos sto Tounel," or "Light in the Tunnel," by investigative journalist Angeliki Nikolouli. Nikolouli has earned a reputation as a hard...

One hundred and fifty male couples, known as Thebes’ Sacred Band, or ancient Greece’s army of lovers, was wiped out in a battle in 338 B.C.

Greece could be sitting on natural gas reserves of more than 600 billion cubic meters, a senior executive of its hydrocarbons commission told Reuters on Thursday. As Greece accelerates gas exploration to cut its reliance on Russian energy, Chief Executive...

France has seized a villa in one of the most prestigious parts of the French Riviera that once belonged to Greek tycoons Aristotle Onassis and Stavros Niarchos. The Château de la Croë at the Cap d'Antibes is estimated to be...

Greek-American groups launched a campaign on Thursday to prevent the sale of F-16 fighter aircraft to Turkey after the Biden administration signaled that the sale would serve US national security interests. The campaign follows the letter sent by the State...

In what may be the largest movement of people in Europe since the Second World War, nearly 5 million Ukrainian refugees have fled their homes in the 50 days since Russia invaded the country. The data, which comes from the...

There has already been a marked increase in the number of forest fires in Greece in the first three months of 2022, the National Observatory of Athens released on Thursday. The worrying figure indicates that the country may face even...

On Wednesday, Germany seized the world’s largest superyacht after “extensive investigations” determined that it is owned by the sister of the sanctioned Russian oligarch, Alisher Usmanov. Germany’s federal crime office (BKA) said that despite efforts at what it called “offshore...

Greece confirmed 9,308 new COVID-19 infections and 57 deaths associated with the virus in the last 24 hours, the National Public Health Organization (EODY) announced on Thursday. A total of 11,061 cases were recorded in the country the day before...

Cannabis has been used by humans for thousands of years and is one of the most popular drugs today. With effects such as feelings of joy and relaxation, it is also legal to prescribe or take in several countries. By:...

The Philhellenism Museum in Athens presents the evolution of philhellenism from the Renaissance to the present day with an emphasis on its contribution to the War of Independence. The Museum supports classical education and the evolution of humanity on the...

Russia's defense ministry confirmed on Thursday that an explosion aboard Moskva, the flagship of the country's Black Sea Fleet, has "seriously damaged" the vessel. The ministry's statement said: "The cruiser Moskva's ammunition has detonated as a result of a fire...

On Wednesday, NASA announced its Hubble Space Telescope has spotted the largest icy comet nucleus ever seen by astronomers. The estimated diameter is approximately 80 miles across, and its nucleus is about 50 times larger than that found at the...