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Greece’s Median Age Projected to Rise from 47 to 52.6 by 2100

Greece's median age will rise from 47 in 2025 to 52.6 by the year 2100, according to new population projections from Eurostat. The shift places Greece among the fastest and longest aging populations in Europe. The increase will not follow...

Greek F-16 Bursts Into Flames After Dramatic Emergency Landing in Zakynthos

A Greek Air Force F-16 fighter jet made an emergency landing at Zakynthos International Airport on Thursday after developing a serious technical malfunction during a training mission, with dramatic footage showing the aircraft engulfed in flames shortly after touching...

Greek Opposition Leader Sokratis Famellos Resigns as SYRIZA Turmoil Deepens

Sokratis Famellos resigned on Wednesday as president of Greece's main opposition party, SYRIZA, after mounting internal pressure and a wave of defections deepened the party's political crisis following the launch of former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' new political movement. Famellos...

NATO Summit Ends With Trump Backing Patriot Production in Ukraine, Delaying Turkey F-35 Decision

The NATO Summit in Ankara wrapped up on Wednesday with President Donald Trump stalling on a decision to sell F-35 fighter jets to Turkey while pledging billions of dollars in new military support for Ukraine. Trump told reporters he has...

Erdogan Says Casus Belli Shouldn’t Burden the Greek and Turkish People

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan brushed aside Ankara’s long-standing casus belli against Greece, saying most Turks are unfamiliar with the term after Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called Turkey’s position a “historical inaccuracy.” Speaking after the NATO Summit in Ankara,...

Rare Deep-Sea Blanket Octopus Spotted Off Greek Island of Evia

A rare deep-sea blanket octopus appeared near a beach on the Greek island of Evia, presenting swimmers with an unexpected encounter with one of the Mediterranean’s most elusive marine creatures. The unusual cephalopod was visible only a short distance from...

Greek Court Releases Australia’s Most Wanted Fugitive Pending Extradition Decision

A court in Greece has ordered the conditional release of James Dalamangas, the fugitive wanted by authorities in Australia over the alleged 1999 fatal stabbing of George Giannopoulos in Sydney. Dalamangas was released from Agios Stefanos Prison after his defense...

The Met Returns Greek Antiquities in $95 Million Restitution Effort

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has surrendered looted antiquities worth more than $95 million since 2017, highlighting one of the largest ongoing restitution efforts by a major museum. The total includes more than 120 artifacts valued between $20,000 and...

Trump Weighs Turkey’s Return to F-35 Program, Raising Concerns in Greece and Israel

Talks between US President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have revived Ankara’s hopes of returning to the F-35 fighter jet program, while raising concerns in Greece and Israel as well as among members of the US...

Historic EU Parliament Resolution Recognises Female Victims of the Turkish Invasion of Cyprus

With an overwhelming majority of 575 votes in favour and only 33 against, the European Parliament adopted the FEMM Committee’s resolution, drafted by Greek MEP Eleonora Meleti, officially recognising, for the first time, the women and girls of Cyprus...

The Greek Orthodox Monk Who Died Without Ever Seeing a Woman

A Greek Orthodox monk on Mount Athos, the center of Orthodox monasticism, died at the age of 82 without ever seeing a woman. This is the story of Michael Tolotos. Born around 1856, Tolotos had a tragic childhood, as...

Greek Woman Reportedly Survives 13 Days Under Venezuela Rubble, Then Vanishes

A search is underway in Venezuela for a Greek woman whom rescuers reportedly pulled from the ruins of her home alive thirteen days after the deadly twin earthquakes struck the country on June 24. Her whereabouts and condition remain unclear...

The Academy of Athens: A Neoclassical Masterpiece

The Academy of Athens is lauded around the world as a marvelous example of neoclassical architecture, or architecture that draws on themes and aesthetics from antiquity, as filtered through a nineteenth-century eye. Located in the center of the city and...