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Dr Juan Coderch was born in the city of Barcelona in Spain, where he lived the first 40 years of his life before moving to the UK. He graduated from the University of Barcelona with a degree in Classics...

A group of persistent, methodical Greeks with substantial knowledge of Greek food, Greek products and the conditions of modern marketing, have managed to create a steadily growing market for Greek gastronomy in London in an attempt to make it a...

British children interested in history will have the chance to be archaeologists for one day at the Festival of Archaeology which is held from July 12 to 27. The 2014 Festival fronted by historian Dan Snow, includes more than 1,000 events taking place across...

The British Museum has disproved its main argument for keeping the Parthenon Marbles, which was that visitors are able to see the ancient Greek sculptures for free. In fact, they are planning on separating the sculpture collection so that...

AirFastTickets, a Greek online travel agency, has been suspended by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) because of debts to airlines amounting to 45 million euros. Nikolaos Koklonis, owner of the online travel agency received a letter from IATA which...

People used to say that ancient Greek drama has inspired contemporary primary artistic creations in more than one occasion. Since May 3, Julian Anderson’s first opera, “Thebans” is being presented at London’s Coliseum, by the English National Opera. Anderson...

Greek-born model Georgia Salpa is featured on the cover of this weekend's LIFE magazine that is distributed together with the Sunday Independent in Ireland. Salpa, who was raised in Dublin, also made it to the LIFE cover in 2012. She...

Some 18 hellenes in the UK are among the wealthiest people in the country. Some hail from Greece, most from Cyprus, but their combined fortune amounts to several billion pounds. Nevertheless, some of the wealthiest hellenes in the world are not so well-known outside the...

See the European Election results from all EU countries in real time. With an increase in voter turnout, Europe is deciding its future in one of the most important European elections of all time. One of the largest democratic events...

Greece has very cheap bottled still water, but coffee there is among the most expensive in countries surveyed by Omnibus for Britain’s Royal Mail. Overall, however, prices in Greece are competitive, beaten only by Turkey and Spain. Furthermore, 56 percent of respondents said that they had visited Greece in the past.