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Eurobasket: Greece Continues Unbeaten Run Easing Past Estonia

Greece beat Estonia 90-69 in the last game of the group stage of EuroBasket 2022 on Thursday, continuing its unbeaten run in the tournament. Greece is already prepping for next week’s knockout phase in Berlin where it will meet the...

Greece Asks UN, EU, and NATO to Condemn Turkey’s Provocations

Greece has sent letters to the UN, EU, and NATO alerting of the unprecedented barrage of threats by Turkey against the country. The letters were sent on behalf of Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias and addressed to the secretary general of...

Eurobasket: Greece Beats Ukraine and Giannis Sets Personal Best

Greece defeated Ukraine in Group C of the EuroBasket with a final score of 99-79. Giannis Antetokounmpo scored forty-one points, a personal best in an international match. The Milwaukee Bucks superstar also pulled down nine rebounds in twenty-seven minutes. Nick Calathes...

Antetokounmpo-less Greece Cruise Past Britain in EuroBasket

Giannis Antetokounmpo rested, and his brother, Kostas, has not yet made his EuroBasket debut but Greece got the 93-77 win against Great Britain on Monday without feeling much pressure. Kostas Sloukas scored 21 points, ensuring that Greece remains on top...

NATO Congratulates Turkey for Victory Over Greece in 1922 War

A NATO command located in Turkey congratulated the Turkish Army for its victory against Greece in the 1922 war, leading Athens to issue a stern demarche to the Alliance's Secretary General. A post by the Allied Land Command (LANDCOM) based...

Cancer-Curing Water: the Scam that Fooled Thousands of Greeks

It was the beginning of 1976 when a lawyer called Giorgos Kamateros claimed that he had discovered the cure for cancer in the miracle water of a spring located in his hometown on the Greek island of Kos. The 36-year-old...

Greece’s Spy Service Tapped 15,700 Phones: Targets Secret

Greece's phone tapping scandal is growing after a journalist revealed that the National Intelligence Service (EYP) was tracking 15,700 other devices. This came in testimony to a parliamentary committee from EYP's former chief Panagiotis Kontoleon, Reuters said. The news led...

Five Ancient Greek Discoveries that Shaped Our Modern World

If you are wondering exactly what the contributions of ancient Greece to our modern world were, here is just a small sample of the top inventions and discoveries of the ancient Greeks that are remarkably still used today. Plato's Alarm...

The Astounding Story of Alexander the Great

Alexander III, the "Basileus of Macedon", the "Hegemon of the Hellenic League", the "Shahanshah" of Persia, the "Pharaoh" of Egypt and the "Lord of Asia" -- better known as Alexander the Great -- was one of the most significant...

The Magic Sphere of Helios, Ancient Greek God of Sun

The magic sphere of Helios, which is covered with strange symbols and letters, is believed to somehow be related to magic rituals. The magic sphere of Helios was discovered in Athens, Greece and has, since then, been tantalizing the archaeological...