Europe

For two consecutive years, 2014 and 2015, the former temple of Hagia Sophia, now a museum, is the top attraction for visitors to Turkey. Hagia Sophia in Istanbul was the number one tourist attraction for visitors of Turkey in 2015,...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called on the world's nations Friday to redouble their efforts to solve the crisis posed by unprecedented numbers of war refugees, help victims of other global crises and combat the rising threat of...

The migrant inflow to Europe will continue at a minimum rate of about 1.3 million people each year for the next three years, according to an International Monetary Fund forecast. The IMF will present its report on migrants and its...

A rumor was circulating in the media a few days, about Prince Harry and his alleged new girlfriend Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece. “Harry has fallen head over-heels with Maria-Olympia,” an insider had told the Australian Magazine New Idea. “He’s absolutely...

Humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) has denounced Europe’s migration policy of deterrence in 2015 as a "catastrophic failure" that has endangered asylum seekers and created more business for smugglers. In its report “Obstacle Course to Europe” issued...

A pair of ancient Greek clogs, dating back 1,500 years, were among the findings unearthed by archaeologists in Istanbul, Turkey. According to the Turkish newspaper Hürriyet the excavations on the site of Yenikapı revealed important finds, including human footprints from...

The Consulate General of Greece in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, will close down in late January, according to Darik radio in Sofia. The jurisdiction of the Consulate General in Plovdiv includes the prefectures of Burgas, Dobrich, Gabrovo, Haskovo, Kardzhali, Pazardzhik, Plovdiv, Shumen,...

Turkey’s military has been recently escalating vicious attacks against the Kurdish population under the pretext of fighting ISIS. Last week, a petition was circulated by Turkish academics condemning this. And rightly so. The petition was signed by more than...

European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides has called for "political solutions" in dealing with "the root causes" of the migrant crisis: war and poverty in the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Speaking Friday in Belgrade, Serbia,...

Andronikos Bisogiannis, Greek CGI director and founder of Ixor, a visual effects and 3D animation company, has been nominated at the Guldabaggen Awards, the "Oscars" of Sweden. Awarded annually since 1964, the Guldbagge (“Golden Beetle”) is the name of the Swedish...