Greece

Greek mathematician Dimitris Koukoulopoulos along with his Oxford colleague James Maynard solved the "Duffin and Schaeffer conjecture" that has puzzled mathematicians of Analytic Number Theory for 78 years. The 35-year-old scientist is an associate professor of Mathematics at the University...

Greek shipping dominates in the European Union with 53 percent of vessels belonging to Greek tycoons, while at the same time Greek ships account for 21 percent of the global fleet, according to Naftemporiki newspaper. The figures come from the...

The fire that broke out on Saturday on Elafonisos island was rekindled, while the second front of blazes appeared on Sunday afternoon. Due to the seriousness of the situation, General Secretary for Civil protection Nikos Hardalias along with a Special...

Katerina Stefanidi, Miltos Tentoglou and Voula Papachristou on Saturday finished first in their respective sports giving Greece three 12-pointers on the second day of the European Team Championship in Bydgoszcz, Poland. In chronological order, Tentoglou jumped 8.30 in the long...

Giannis Antetokounmpo returned to Greece's national basketball team after two years, helping the blue-and-white beat Hungary 83-59 in Heraklion, Crete on Friday. The game was a friendly, as Greece prepares for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup to be held...

The Greek government should take lessons from the past, said Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar on Saturday while visiting the Turkish-occupied zone in northern Cyprus. Akar was accompanied by the entire leadership of the Turkish armed forces. He visited the...

Beer in Greece is among the most expensive products in the European Union because of high excise tax and a 24 percent value-added tax. According to the current European Commission Directive, each Member State is required to impose a minimum...

The historic building in the heart of Athens which housed the headquarters of New Democracy for many years will now be turned into a luxury hotel. The iconic building, located at Rigillis Street number 18, only a block away from...

Two men are dead and one woman is seriously injured after a speedboat crashed into a wooden fishing boat at Porto Heli in Peloponnese on Friday evening, according to the Hellenic Coast Guard. Police and the coast guard are searching...

A large fire broke out in the Marathon area in Attica on Saturday afternoon, with General Secretary for Civil protection Nikos Hardalias rushing to the spot. According to the fire service, a forest area is on fire and the flames...