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A Greek Orthodox monk is cruising through Chicago in a velomobile, a pedal-powered contraption, that looks like a giant green-and-yellow popsicle on wheels. The sight of Father Ephraim on his recumbent bicycle with a full enclosure, streaking down a bustling...

For over 2,300 years, researchers and historians have been trying to locate Alexander the Great’s Tomb, which remains one of the world’s greatest mysteries even to this day. A recent effort to find it has become an acclaimed documentary that...

A 7,000-year-old road that may have connected an ancient Hvar culture settlement to the now-isolated island of Korčula has been discovered recently by archaeologists off the southern Croatian coast. The remnants of this road were found at the sunken...

In the rapidly changing and evolving world of artificial intelligence (AI), a new contender has emerged recently to challenge the dominance of OpenAI's ChatGPT 4. The overall reviews of the AI community so far show that OpenAI is not...

In Canada, police arrested several people and issued nine warrants in connection with the biggest gold theft ever in the country. The theft occurred at the Toronto Pearson Airport in April 2023. The stolen items included over 6,500 gold bars,...

Governor of the Attica Region Nikos Hardalias and Athens Mayor Haris Doukas have agreed to move forward with 40 upgrade projects in the Greek capital expected to cost around 101 million euros. The two officials met earlier this week to...

With their creation of a 3D-printed puzzle game offering medical and education applications, named Wizzle, a Greek student company from Thessaloniki, northern Greece, has brought home the top prize in JA's international competition for young entrepreneurs. The team, Isometricks, linked...

US Army ships headed to the Gaza Strip to construct a temporary pier or floating dock as part of heightened efforts by US-Israeli cooperation to increase humanitarian aid to the region, have arrived in Crete. The ships departed from Fort...

Rare cases of exploding whales from the inside out have been captured in terrifying videos in recent years. Dead whales are not just a pongy nuisance, but a threat to life and limb due to their known propensity to...

Big and beautiful Lesbos, or Lesvos, is the third largest Greek island after Crete and Evia, and the birthplace of the ancient Greek poet Sappho. It boasts stunning natural landscapes, including beautiful beaches, lush green mountains, and picturesque villages. It's big...

Mastic or mastiha from the Greek island of Chios is getting traction in social media as the basic ingredient for summer cocktails. Many bartenders and amateur connoisseurs are uploading videos of how to use the "white gold" of Chios to...

DNA evidence suggests that living Greeks are indeed descendants of the ancient Mycenaeans, who ruled Greece from 1,600 BC to 1,200 BC.

Greece plans to deploy an anti-drone system similar to the Israeli Iron Dome, Defense Minister Nikos Dendias revealed on Wednesday. Speaking on SKAI TV Dendias said that the "plan is under way." He added that by observing the wars in Ukraine,...

Serbia's representative slammed Greece's rapporteur at the parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe (CoE) for recommending that Kosovo be admitted to the European human rights body. The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) overwhelmingly passed a report...

Following Greece's introduction of the visa-on-arrival program for Turkish tourists, around 20,000 Turks visited five Greek islands in the Aegean Sea throughout the nine-day Eid al-Fitr vacation, according to the Hurriyet daily. The number of Turkish tourists visiting those Greek...