Greece

Pytheas of Massalia, an ancient Greek geographer, was the first Mediterranean person to reach Great Britain and the Arctic Circle.

The Greek government has once again called on Britain to return the Parthenon Sculptures as the Acropolis Museum marks its 11th anniversary, The Guardian reports. Greece's Culture Minister Lina Mendoni told newspaper Ta Nea that Greek authorities will never give...

A draft of a document from top EU diplomats was revealed on Tuesday, showing that the Union is considering attaching a demand for the UK to return the Parthenon sculptures to Greece to its post-Brexit negotiations' slate of requests. The...

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that he is willing to allow ancient treasures to be exhibited in London in exchange for the Parthenon Marbles being returned to Athens for 2021. In an exclusive interview with Britain's Observer, published on Sunday,...

The latest heatwaves that swept across most of Europe during the last several days have been a serious concern to scientists. Speaking with state-run AMNA news agency, Professor Michael Petrakis explained why the latest European heatwaves are something that should...

The Foreign Ministry of Greece issued a statement on Tuesday evening calling for the immediate release of a British-flagged ship seized as it passed through the Straits of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf. The Greek authorities called for the immediate...

President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopios Pavlopoulos asked for the return of the "stolen Parthenon sculptures" from the British Museum during his speech at Tsinghua University of China on Wednesday. Pavlopoulos, speaking at the headquarters of the Classical and Modern...

British ferry operators have been showing a great deal of interest lately in registering their vessels under the flag of Cyprus, Greek Deputy Minister of Shipping Natasa Pilides stated on Wednesday. P&O Ferries was the first large-scale British ferry operator which...

Cyprus has lost the trademark for halloumi cheese in the United Kingdom after failing to act on time, Minister of Commerce, Yiorgos Lakkotrypis said on RIK television on Friday. Speaking on RIK, the Cypriot minister admitted that Cyprus lost the...

Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras made an appeal for the return of the Parthenon sculptures to Greece during a meeting on Tuesday with his U.K. counterpart Theresa May in Downing Street. Speaking to reporters, Tsipras said he raised the issue...

The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall have arrived in Athens for an official visit that will run through Friday. After laying a wreath at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Syntagma Square, Charles and Camilla held meetings...

The number of Greek doctors working in the United Kingdom has doubled since 2009, while they are in second place among EU Member States in Britain's National Health System (NHS). Based on a House of Commons report regarding the number...

Britain must avoid repeating the mistakes made by Greece and Yanis Varoufakis in negotiations with the European Union regarding the Brexit, a Wall Street Journal report says. Writer of the report Simon Nixon says that Varoufakis' book "Adults in the...

With a comfortable 92 - 64 win over Great Britain, the Greece basketball team concluded the Patras friendly tournament, ahead of its official games for the upcoming Eurobasket 2017 competition, which kicks off on August 31. Greece set the tone...

A Greek woman who has emigrated to London released a video of her speech about the Brexit on Monday, and the video became viral in social media. Stella Tsantekidou, a young woman who works as a legal consultant in London,...