Greece

Kostas Arvanitis, the heroic fisherman who saved 70 people during the deadly fires in Mati, in July of 2018, passed away over the weekend. He was 70. According to a decision by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis,  the fisherman will...

A big fire has broken out in the Athens suburb of Peania east of the city, and authorities say they have ordered the evacuation of nearby houses. The fire has spread quickly and has climbed near the top of 1,026-meter...

What does an American from Pennsylvania have to do with Greek olive oil? Quite a lot, these days. And Greece produces a lot of olive oil: more than all but two other countries in the world. This small nation...

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...