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Elpidophoros, the Greek-Orthodox Archbishop of the Americas, met with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday at the State Department. Discussing issues ranging from the takeover of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul to peace in the Mediterranean, the talks were...

The tension generated by Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean in recent months has subsided as Ankara is feeling pressure from the EU and the United States to deescalate and proceed to talks with Greece. On Wednesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip...

Greece has invited the eighteen members of the US House of Representatives who have formally requested, in a letter to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the repatriation of the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece, to visit the country. Culture Minister Lina...

Not everyone who had the urge to travel this past summer was able to get beyond the concept that someone might soon be sticking a swab up their nose or into the back of their throat for a coronavirus...

Greek anti-terrorist police arrested three people late on Wednesday after weapons and explosives were discovered in separate locations in the district of Koukaki, Athens. Police say that the three suspects, known for their connections to extremist groups, were two men,...

Dr. John Ioannidis, the renowned medical professor at California's Stanford University Medical School, warned in an interview with Greek Reporter that Greece should not impose a second lockdown. "It would be a devastating mistake to do so and it will...

An earthquake measuring 4.1, according to preliminary estimates, hit the sea area off the Ionian island of Lefkada, early on Thursday morning. According to the Geodynamic Institute of the Athens Observatory, the quake measured 4.1 on the Richter scale and...

Bob Menendez, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sounded the alarm over U.S. President Donald Trump’s “close ties” with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and asked the Administration on Monday to provide details of exchanges between...

On Wednesday, Greece recorded 358 new cases of the coronavirus -- which was a slight increase over yesterday's 346 cases -- and five new deaths in the country. Of these most recently-diagnosed cases, 56 can be traced to known outbreaks,...

Following the fire that devastated the Moria migrant facility on the Greek island of Lesvos, the EU Commission announced on Wednesday that it will establish a dedicated task force to improve the situation on the island in a meaningful...