Europe

Sunday was a joyous day for the Orthodox Christians of Smyrna, as the consecration of Erythrae Bishop Cyrillus was the first since 1922. The consecration rite was performed by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in a holy liturgy where several hierarchs and...

Two sculptures by Yerassimos Sklavos will be on auction at the Bonhams Greek Art sale in London on November 16. The two sculptures up for sale are Evolution (1962) and Volcano (1964-65) and are both estimated at £40,000-60,000. The late sculptor...

London-based Greek designer Mary Katrantzou is using a modern twist on her Greek roots and ancient Minoan civilization to inspire her latest collection for the Spring of 2017. "It was all Greece - I was looking at the Minoan civilization...

"What Europe needs is new vision and a specific agenda for change," said Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Friday upon his arrival at the EU informal summit in Bratislava. "We need a social Europe with growth, employment and welfare for everyone;...

Its been 25 years since the 21-month-old toddler Ben Needham went missing on the Greek island of Kos. Since July 24, 1991 the family of the toddler has yet to receive any concrete answers as to what happened to their...

A recent ongoing study in the UK reviews a theory that the Greek physician Hippocrates first explored more than 2,500 years ago; how pain and weather are connected. The study is taking place via Manchester University over the past 18 months...

At a sprawling exhibit in Red Square in Moscow you will find something quite unusual and unexpected - the world's biggest Greek salad! The world-famous Greek salad uses tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, peppers, olives and feta cheese topped with oregano and...

On Saturday in Moscow the International Festival of Military Music, Spasskaya, was a great success with spectators enjoying 22 military bands from 12 different countries performing in Red Square. Greece was also represented at the festival, where the Air Force and Navy...

Easing EU fears, a senior Turkish official on Saturday said his country would fully implement its part of a deal meant to keep migrants from Europe's shores even if the European Union refuses to abolish visas for Turkish citizens....

The U.N. refugee agency estimates nearly 4,200 people have died or gone missing in the Mediterranean Sea since Alan Kurdi’s lifeless body washed ashore on a Turkish beach one year ago. During the first eight months of this year,...