Greece

The Associated Press published an article about the Greek priest that "religiously follow his team". The 51-year-old Greek Orthodox priest, Mr. Mitsios, has become a mainstay in the hardcore section at PAOK Thessaloniki matches, cheering on the team and offering...

Apart from its history and its museums, Athens is expected to become the focus of international press in late September because of a series of exhibitions and conferences taking place in the city. Various Athens sites, including the famous Benaki...

An ancient skull that was discovered recently by anthropologists in the Paliokastro area of the island of Thasos, Greece shows signs of complicated surgery. The skull, which dates from the early Byzantine period -- the fourth to the seventh century...

Greece has dropped eight positions in the World Justice Project's latest Rule of Law Index, an annual global report that measures adherence to fundamental tenets of an open and functional government and society. Greece is now ranked 48th out of...

In 2019, 92-year-old Melpomeni Dina, from the town of Veria in northern Greece, met for the first time in Jerusalem the descendants of a Jewish family she helped save during the Holocaust. One by one, the 40 descendants of the...

An air base in northern Cyprus is currently hosting drones from Turkey, causing tensions to rise throughout the region. Cyprus, politically divided after the Turkish invasion of 1974, has felt that the Turkish government is reproducing its "expansionist agenda"...

US President Joe Biden is reported to be considering Greek American lawyer and hotel magnate George Tsunis as a new ambassador of the US to Greece. According to a report of the Associated Press, President Biden might offer this prestigious...

Greek nurse Gabriel Tachtatzoglou has set up an ICU at home to care for members of his family who are infected with the coronavirus.

A Cyprus passport scheme, involving officials selling passports to felons, was uncovered this summer in a sting operation by journalists.

In a disturbing turn, it is reported that Greece's Hellenic Aerospace Industry (EAB) may have to forfeit its agreement to replace parts in its own aging fleet of F-16 jets due to management and staffing issues within the company. The...

Hundreds of Cypriots, mostly refugees who fled the advancing Turkish Army in 1974, gathered on Thursday near Varosha, the once-cosmopolitan beach resort of Famagusta, to protest Erdogan's decision to open up the ghost town despite UN resolutions. The demonstration took...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and French President Emmanuel Macron said they were in "complete agreement" regarding the direction to take in response to Turkey's repeated incursions and infractions in the Eastern Mediterranean, according to government sources in Athens. The...

The Tokyo Olympic flame was taken off public display in Japan on Wednesday after it had arrived from Greece on March 26 in great anticipation for the Olympic Games, which were expected to take place this summer. The Tokyo Olympics,...

Greece closed its borders to non-EU citizens as of 6:00 a.m. on Wednesday. In measures aiming to contain the spread of coronavirus, a 14-day quarantine is highly recommended for Greeks, EU-citizens and especially those coming from the UK. In addition...

Residents of Greece's three eastern Aegean islands which have been under the hottest spotlight during the migration crisis began putting up blockades on Monday to stop the government's plans to establish new migrant and refugee detention centers. The protesters, from...