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A military enthusiast bought a tank on eBay recently and discovered $2.5 million of gold bars hidden inside in one of the most unexpected and intriguing places where gold has been found. Nick Mead discovered the five gold bars stashed...

Several characteristics and nuances are uniquely Greek. Greeks indeed stand apart from other nationalities in many aspects of everyday life. To a foreigner, some of those may seem inconceivable, absurd even, but a Greek wouldn't feel Greek unless he abides...

The award-winning film 'Medium' by Greek director Christina Ioakeimidi made its US Premiere earlier in the week at the 39th Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Medium is an Ekso Production and made its World Premiere at the 2023 Sarajevo Film...

Researchers in Greece have come up with four tips that may help people reach the age of 100 by studying the places in the world with exceptionally long life expectancies. Several factors appear to affect life expectancy. Research has shown...

The Greek Minister of Culture Lina Mendoni criticized Netflix's series on Alexander the Great as being "low-quality fiction" that does not represent historical facts. The minister's statement in Parliament followed a question by a nationalist lawmaker who demanded that Greece...

Was Saint Valentine Greek? Although much of the historical information on Valentine's life is somewhat obscure, a community of Catholics on Lesvos has told Greek Reporter there are strong clues that he was either Greek or of Greek origin. This...

Greece has been selected among the top 10 places to retire in 2024 by International Living, a global network of expert expats. According to the Annual Global Retirement Index, Greece is ranked seventh in the world as it aims to...

Greece's most luxurious properties may soon appear on Netflix in a new show launched by Nest Seekers, a US-based property seller. "Nest Seekers is eyeing Greece as a potential venue for a new television series, supplementing its existing shows featured...

China celebrates its Lunar New Year today, with the occasion also marked by Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia and the Philippines, as well as Chinese communities in major cities around the globe. A Lunar year charts 12 complete...

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson released his interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who started with a long diatribe on Russian history and its relationship with Ukraine. The two-hour, seven-minute interview was recorded on 6 February and released in...

The new Olympic medals for Paris 2024 are made of metal removed from the Eiffel Tower during renovation work in the twentieth century and feature, alongside an image of the historic French monument, a depiction of the Parthenon of...

Li-Lac Chocolates, Manhattan’s oldest chocolate house, was founded by Greece's George Demetrious. The history of Li-Lac starts in 1923, when Demetrious, a Greek native who studied the art of chocolate making in France, emigrated to New York and opened his...

During their tour in Japan, The Beatles squeezed in time between shows to work on a special painting called Images of a Woman. This artwork, thought to be the only one created by all four Beatles together, was recently...

The tiny, uninhabited Greek island of Eros has become an international wedding destination. The tiny islet, aptly named Eros, which refers both to "love" and the god Cupid, is heart-shaped from an aerial perspective, and is uninhabited. The only events...

In 2023, there were more unprovoked shark attacks globally, leading to more deaths compared to the year before. Based on the International Shark Attack File (ISAF) at the University of Florida, there were 69 unprovoked shark bites in 2023. This...