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A group of drunken tourists partied just a little too hard on the Greek island of Poros on Thursday. According to reports in Greek media, the group of ten, all from the Netherlands, finished up their night of drinking with...

Greece had set an example of curbing the spread of the new coronavirus in the first few months of the pandemic, while other European countries had disturbingly high numbers of infected citizens and deaths. But it wasn't just in the...

In response to the recent outrage over the horrendous torture of a dog in Chania, Crete, the Greek government has vowed to pass stricter disciplinary codes for animal abuse. The Minister of Rural Development and Food Makis Voridis has stated...

Greek and American foreign policy experts participated on Thursday in an online webinar organized by Democrats Abroad Greece, illustrating how Joe Biden’s diplomacy can best serve US-Greek relations. Speakers included John McCarthy, deputy political director for Joe Biden 2020, retired...

It was announced on Friday that a new "tier one" Greek museum is in the works for Melbourne if the plans put forth by a group become a reality. To be situated in the city's old Land Titles Office, the...

Hundreds of Cypriots, mostly refugees who fled the advancing Turkish Army in 1974, gathered on Thursday near Varosha, the once-cosmopolitan beach resort of Famagusta, to protest Erdogan's decision to open up the ghost town despite UN resolutions. The demonstration took...

Vice-President Joe Biden, a longtime Senator and veteran campaigner, knows his audience. Back in 2012, according to a press pool report, Vice President Biden, on the campaign trail as President Obama ran for his second term, spoke to a Greek-American...

US President Donald Trump extended on Thursday the national emergency with respect to Syria blaming Turkey for "undermining the campaign to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria." In the notice on the "Continuation of the National Emergency With...

In a surprise move, the government of the United Kingdom on Thursday removed the stipulation that UK travelers must self-isolate after returning from the Greek islands of Zakynthos, Serifos, Lesvos, Tinos and Santorini as of 4 AM on Saturday,...

When one pictures Greece, one often thinks of the idea of philoxenia, or "love of a stranger," thanks also to the extensive photographic works of Robert McCabe. McCabe has documented the astounding beauty of Greece through his camera lens since...