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Dionysios Solomos, born on the island of Zakynthos in 1798, is rightly regarded as the National Poet of Greece for writing "Imnos eis tin...

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...

Taste is as subjective as beauty and this is why some foods are very common in a culture while outsiders think of them as strange or...

Greece offers a week-long free holiday to visitors who had been affected by wildfires on the island of Rhodes last summer. Thousands of tourists had...

Conde Nast Traveler has published a list of the top twenty nine Greek islands to visit in 2024, each with its own 'best for'...

Father Epiphanios of Mylopotamos was the Greek monk who first brought Holy Mount Athos cuisine to the world. The author of the book "The Cuisine...

Greeks take their traditions, including those related to food, holidays, spirits, dances, and arts, which have persisted for thousands of years, very seriously. Those...

Saint Basil is remembered by the Greek people as the figure who bore gifts and helped children and the poor at Christmastime.

One of the oldest customs Greeks follow with the advent of the New Year is called “podariko”, from the root pod-, or foot, roughly meaning “good foot.”

Greece will open the Greek universities to competition in a historic move announced last week. Greece is the only Western country that bans private...