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CIA Daughter Remembers the Polytechnic Uprising in Greece

On the occasion of the Athens Polytechnic uprising in Greece against the Junta, Leslie Absher, the daughter of a CIA operative stationed in Greece during the military dictatorship, recalls the events that eventually brought down the regime in 1973. Leslie...

Plagues Follow Bad Leadership in Ancient Greek Tales

The tales of ancient Greece remind the public that leaders must be able to plan for the future based on past events. Examples are evidenced through leaders' performance in the great plagues. By Joel Christensen In the fifth century BC, the...

Local Bands and Orchestras Make Corfu the Music Capital of Greece

Corfu is the most musical island in Greece with hundreds of music associations and dozens of orchestras and bands. Even the way its natives speak is musical, as their speech often sounds like singing. Corfu is also the third most...

The Greek Famine During the Nazi Occupation

The Greek famine during the three and a half years of Nazi occupation killed at least two hundred thousand and perhaps as many as three hundred thousand people. The local population suffered greatly during 1941 to 1944 while the Axis...

Saffron Harvest in Northern Greece

The yearly saffron harvest in Greece is in full swing in the rural areas outside of the northern city of Kozani, where hundreds of farmers crouch over fields of blooming crocus flowers for hours, picking what has long been...

What If Greece Extends Its Territorial Waters to 12 Miles in the Aegean?

Greece is firm on its position to extend its territorial waters to twelve nautical miles in the Aegean as is clearly indicated by international law and specifically by the UN’s Treaty on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Despite Turkey's...

Doping in Ancient Greece

Doping in sports goes back to the first Olympic Games in ancient Greece. Banned substances were used by athletes to boost their performance.

Ancient Greek Ships Found Looted Off Albania

Ancient Greek ships, dating back two millennia, are lying on the sea bottom off the coast of Albania, most of them originally laden with priceless antiquities that may have been looted. Some amphorae have already been looted — they are...

Greek Breakfast vs American Breakfast: Which is Better?

Breakfast is the most important meal of the the day and thousands of tourists -- especially from the U.S., will be trying a traditional Greek breakfast while visiting Greece -- but how does it measure up against its U.S....

Greece Set to Become Next Engineering Hub for Tech Company Mysten Labs

Mysten Labs, a tech company based in California, has set its sights on Greece as its engineering hub in Europe. Co-founded by two Greeks, Kostas Chalkias and George Danezis, the Web3 infrastructure designers are looking to attract even more...