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More than 3,000 lightning strikes, which occurred mostly during rainstorms, were recorded in central regions of the country on August 15, according to the National Observatory of Athens. The unusually widespread electrostatic activity was detected by the ZEUS long-range lightning detection...

More than 700 VIP guests gathered at a club on the cosmopolitan Greek island of Mykonos on Thursday for a party thrown by Israeli business magnate and philanthropist Idan Ofer. The extravaganza was organized by Ofer to celebrate the tenth...

Greek olive oil has been gradually, but steadily, losing its market share in Canada, a report published by the Bureau of Economic and Commercial Affairs of the Greek Consulate of Toronto revealed recently. Between 2013 and 2016, Greek olive oil came...

It was announced recently that the 76th International Film Festival of Venice will honor the Greek-French director Costa-Gavras with its ''Glory to the Filmmaker Prize'' on August 31. Costa-Gavras will receive this prestigious award for his latest film, titled ''Adults...

Thousands of Greeks and foreign visitors gathered at the country's archaeological sites to enjoy the brightest moon of the year on Thursday evening. Greece celebrated the full moon occasion by offering free entrance to archaeological sites, museums and monuments, under...

Four people suspected of arson were arrested across Greece on Thursday, as firefighters managed to contain the large fire in central Evia after battling against the flames for three entire days. The Fire Service announced that two Greek citizens were...

More than 1,600 wildfires have been recorded in the European Union so far this year — more than three times the average over the past decade. According to Copernicus' European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS), an average of 464 wildfires...

Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Thursday joined thousands of Pontian Greeks who gathered at the church of Panagia Soumela at Mt. Vermion in northern Greece to celebrate the Dormition of the Virgin Mary. Pavlopoulos attended a memorial service in memory...

Italian actress and model Monica Bellucci is enjoying her summer vacation break in the Cyclades Islands of Greece. She has recently been spotted at restaurants on the island of Paros taking lunch with her friends and her two daughters,...

Enforced firefighting teams worked through the night on Wednesday to put out rekindled fire pockets and to restrict a larger one in a deep ravine in central Evia, relentlessly fighting a blaze that broke out in dense pine forest...

Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt is to remain the US' top diplomat in Greece, according to reports which came to light on Tuesday. The Hellas Journal quoted a top US official as saying that Pyatt's tenure in Athens will be extended beyond October,...

A disturbing accident took place on Wednesday afternoon in Attica's southern suburb of Alimos, as a man and his goddaughter were attempting to make their way to a beach there. A railway vehicle belonging to Athens' tram network hit and killed...

Hundreds of firefighters assisted by firefighting aircraft and water dropping helicopters  continued their battle on Wednesday against the huge fire in central Evia that has been raging on the island since Tuesday. ''We will remain in our positions until the...

As Greeks around the world prepare to celebrate "Summer Easter'' on Thursday, as the Dormition of the Virgin Mary is called in Greek popular tradition, the nation is also ready to honor those bearing Greece's most popular female name,...

Scores of people and party representatives attended a memorial service at Paralimni Cemetery earlier this week in memory of Tasos Isaak and Solomos Solomou, the cousins who were murdered by Turks in August of 1996 in Deryneia. Anastasios "Tasos" Isaak...