Global hunger declined for a third consecutive year in 2025, according to a recent report by five United Nations specialized agencies, although officials warned the gains remain fragile, unevenly spread across regions, and not fast enough to meet the...
Greek authorities have identified the woman whose body was discovered within a suitcase in an abandoned building in Athens’ Kypseli neighborhood on July 18, providing investigators with their first major lead in a case that remains under investigation.
The victim...
Greece's death rate from viral hepatitis has fallen 28 percent over the past decade, according to new figures released for World Hepatitis Day by Eurostat.
Viral hepatitis is a liver infection that can cause serious disease, including liver cancer, if...
Greece has seen its average lifespan increase, but, overall, health has not improved at the same rate in the country. In 2023, the country's average morbidity gap—the difference between overall longevity and the number of years expected to be...
While Ancient Greeks adopted ideas from India, they also gifted numerous things, including architecture, sculpture, coins, amazing food, and the Greek language and script. However, one of the greatest gifts was the ancient Greek art of medicine, or "Unani" as...
Greece is advancing a government contract valued at up to €515.4 million ($585 million) to build the technological infrastructure behind the country’s new identity cards and a broader national digital authentication system.
The major security project will cover the production...
For decades, Dr. Eleftheria Bernidaki-Aldous has stood at the center of Greece's long journey toward disability inclusion. Blind since the age of three, she became the first blind student admitted to Pierce Junior High School at the American College...
A campaign is gathering momentum in Australia to save an Ancient Greek language program considered among the oldest and most significant in the country. Plans for discontinuation of the program at Melbourne's Xavier College were announced following a years-long...
Taxation in ancient Greece was much different than any modern system. It's difficult to imagine now, but, in ancient Greece, the richest of the rich actually competed to pay the most in taxes.
Direct taxation paid to the government at...
Greek police have arrested a 28-year-old Egyptian national in connection with the death of Athens lawyer Stavros Georgiou, with authorities investigating the case as a fatal violent assault and the suspect allegedly telling investigators that he attacked the lawyer...
The death toll from a Legionnaires' disease outbreak linked to contaminated air conditioner cooling towers in New York City has risen to five, health officials reported this week. The city's health department has confirmed 82 cases on the Upper...
Eight years after Greece's deadliest wildfire claimed 104 lives, the families of those who died in the seaside town of Mati are still searching for what many believe has remained elusive: justice.
The disaster unfolded on July 23, 2018, when...
A longtime modeling recruiter linked to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has been found dead in France as investigators continue examining the late financier's connections to the fashion industry.
French authorities confirmed that Daniel Siad, 69, was found dead Monday...
A Greek court has rejected Australia’s extradition request for James Dalamangas, whom New South Wales authorities want in connection with the 1999 murder of Greek-Australian George Giannopoulos at a Sydney nightclub.
The Patras Council of Appeals ruled on Wednesday that...
Young Greek scientists are preparing to study at some of the world's leading universities after receiving scholarships from the Bodossaki Foundation, which this year awarded 64 grants for postgraduate studies, postdoctoral research, and scientific visits abroad.
The new scholars will...
