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Olympiacos booked their place in the UEFA Champions League playoffs on Tuesday after a 2-0 win over Istanbul Basaksehir, while PAOK fell heroically to Ajax, last year's semi-finalist, losing 3-2 at Amsterdam. Olympiacos, who won 1-0 in the first leg...

‪The astonishing photo showing a meteor from the Perseid shower entering the atmosphere over the Rio-Antirrio Bridge in western Greece on Monday night is going viral. The jaw-dropping image was published on Instagram by Alexandros Maragos (@alexmaragos). https://www.instagram.com/p/B1Ek9RWIL7N/ Monday was the peak...

Events celebrating the full moon of August at archaeological sites throughout Greece are now underway and will conclude on Sunday, August 19, the Ministry of Culture announced in a statement issued on Monday. This year's full moon will occur on...

Twenty-eight lighthouses in Greece will open to the public on Sunday as part of the global celebration of International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend (ILLW). More than 20,000 visitors across Greece visited the many lighthouses which dot the shores of the...

By Andrew Tzembelicos Last year, I was closely involved in writing a report for the Government of British Columbia following the devastating 2017 wildfire season in Canada’s westernmost province. The deadly wildfires in Mati and Kinetta last summer, and the multiple...

Greek authorities have ordered the evacuation of three villages in central Evia for precautionary reasons due to the wildfire that is raging on the island, which has burned forestland since early Tuesday. The orders for the evacuation of the villages of...

Two gigantic petrified trees, lying one on top of another, were discovered during recent salvage excavations conducted by the Petrified Forest Natural History Museum of Lesvos in cooperation with PPC Renewables. The 21- and 23-meter (75 foot) long trunks, from...

Greek authorities on Tuesday warned Athens citizens, especially the elderly and infirm, to protect themselves from the smoke caused by wildfires raging on Evia Island. The thick, gray pall of smoke is now blanketing the entire region of Attica. The...

A large fire broke out at 3 am local time on Tuesday on Greece's central Evia (Euboea). The fire burns a thick forest with rich wildlife and it is protected by the European Union's Natura 2000 network. The fire is located...

Geoffrey Pyatt, the American Ambassador to Greece, met with NBA basketball superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo on Monday morning in Athens. Pyatt officially received Antetokounmpo and other members of his family, including his mother, at the offices of the American Embassy in central Athens. https://twitter.com/USAmbPyatt/status/1160886356513570816 In...