Greece

The first Muslim mosque to open for worship in Athens since the establishment of the modern Greek state opened its doors in the capital city on Friday. After numerous delays, for a variety of reasons, the mosque in the Votanikos neighborhood was...

  The Greek ministry of Culture apologized on Friday for problems associated with the wheelchair lift to the most famous, iconic Greek monument in the entire country, the Athens Acropolis. The ministry explained in a statement that the lift is "old"...

Greek Defense Minister Evangelos Apostolakis expressed concern over Turkey's destabilizing role in the eastern Mediterranean at a speech in Washington on Thursday. Addressing the the eighth annual "EU Defence Policy Forum 2019" at the United States Institute of Peace, the...

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras on Thursday saved the blushes of the country's athletics federation (SEGAS) by offering the official government jet to fly its athletes to Belarus for the European Games. Tsipras' intervention followed SEGAS' announcement earlier that Greek participation...

Today, June 6, is National Yo-Yo Day and you deserve to know that the once popular toy has Greek roots, in fact it was invented by the Ancient Greeks. The yo-yo is considered the second-oldest toy in history after dolls. The first Yo-Yos were made of wood or terra cotta about 2,500 years ago in Ancient Greece and some of them are on display at the Greek Archaeological Museum in Athens.

The northeastern Aegean island of Lesvos was a major focal point in the recent migrations which brought more than one million asylum seekers to Europe in 2015 alone. Around 60% of all the asylum seekers and immigrants who transited...

The Hellenic Jet Sports Boating Association, in cooperation with the global association called ''Jet Raid,'' kicked off a completely new type of sporting competition last Sunday, June 2, in Greece. The competition, which will last until June 8, is dubbed...

The glitzy island paradise of Mykonos serves as the starting line for the 2019 version of the Gumball 3000 Rally, an annual supercar road trip which this year will finish in Ibiza, Spain. Dozens of luxury cars have lined up...

An impressive mural depicting two praying hands was installed on a disused building in downtown Athens by artist Pavlos Tsakonas earlier this week. The work "Two, Hands," a large-scale mural at the central entrance of 260 Peiraios street, can also...

The plant producing the iconic condensed Vlachas milk, which was part of the nutrition of Greek children for decades, is to shut down and its production will be moved abroad, Vivartia, the Greek food production conglomerate announced on Wednesday. The...