Greece

Greek police have launched an investigation to identify those responsible for removing 105  markers at the border line between the nations of Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). Some of the approximately one meter (three feet) tall pyramid-shaped...

In a normal, European, Western democracy, the government would have handled the issue of the country's bailout with seriousness and respect for its citizens. Much more so in a country suffering the worst economic crisis since the end of...

A team of South Yorkshire Police detectives travelled to Greece seeking to leverage new findings in order to unlock a new cycle of research about Ben Needham, the toddler from Sheffield who went missing in the Greek island of Kos...

The ancient Helike was a famous Greek city which suffered a devastating fate in ancient times. Like the lost city of Atlantis, it disappeared beneath the waves in a dramatic natural disaster. In fact, some scholars believe this was...

Archaeologists and scholars have spent nearly a century investigating what happened to Alexander the Great and where his tomb is located. Some argue that his tomb is in Macedonia, northern Greece, while others claim it is in Alexandria, Egypt,...

Saint Dionysius the Areopagite, the patron saint of the city of Athens, is also known as the protector of judges and the judiciary. The Greek Orthodox Church celebrates the Feast Day of Saint Dionysius on October 3rd. Born during the...

Every Friday evening, hundreds of thousands of Greeks are glued to their TV sets watching the latest episode of "Fos sto Tounel," or "Light in the Tunnel," by investigative journalist Angeliki Nikolouli. Nikolouli has earned a reputation as a hard...

Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou visited the remote island of Kinaros in the southeastern Aegean on Wednesday and met with its sole inhabitant, 75-year-old Rinio Katsotourchi. "Rinio symbolizes this year's Christmas," Sakellaropoulou said. "She is lonely, but brave. This is how...

Greek police are under fire on Friday for failing to arrest a leading Golden Dawn figure who disappeared after a court sentenced him to 13 years in prison. Police say that the whereabouts of Christos Pappas, believed to have been...

The trial for the suspect in the brutal July 2019 murder of American biologist Dr. Suzanne Eaton on Crete will begin shortly, the Greek lawyers representing Eaton's relatives said on Thursday. The inquest regarding the murder is now officially concluded and...

Irene Kotsatourchi, the lone inhabitant of the Greek islet of Kinaros who was found safe and well on Thursday, vowed to continue living in her isolated little world in the middle of the Aegean despite all the hardships she endures. The...

Irene Kotsatourchi, the lone inhabitant of the Greek islet of Kinaros who has been considered missing since the beginning of the week was found safe and sound on Thursday. An operation was launched on Thursday by Greek rescue teams, attempting...

A 45-year-old woman who went missing on Friday from the island of Folegandros was found on a dinghy on Sunday, many nautical miles from the point where she had been reported lost. The tourist, from New Zealand, was located by...

Saint Dionysius the Areopagite is the patron saint of the city of Athens, and is also known as the protector of judges and the judiciary. Born during the first century AD, Dionysius grew up in a wealthy Athenian family. Before...

The body of missing British astrophysicist Dr. Natalie Christopher was found on Greece's Ikaria island on Wednesday afternoon. The body was found in a mountainous area, three miles away from the hotel where the British scientist was spending her vacation...