Greece

Two Greek women are poised for their attempt to conquer the world's highest mountain, Everest, on April 5, 2019. Vanessa Archontidou, a mother of two, and her teammate Christina Flambouri have already topped the summits of the highest mountains on...

Konstantinos Vasilakakos can be called a photographer of the stars—not the Hollywood stars but the celestial elements that fill the night sky and truly fascinate all those who gaze at them. Vasilakakos is a great fan of night photography and...

Greece's many coastal islands, dense urban centers, and historical architectural sites like the Parthenon have been iconic to foreigners across the world for decades. But the country is also home to an unbelievable variety of landscapes that non-natives would...

Fashion lovers have long hunted for special clothing items and accessories at vintage, secondhand, and thrift stores, but the practice has only recently become a trend.

In every corner of Greece an "outbreak" of donations and volunteering and a strong mobilization in the battle against the coronavirus is manifesting itself. Kali Ellada brought together a detailed spreadsheet of donations by big and small companies that...

A Greek activist is launching a campaign to raise awareness about climate change by cycling a total of 7,500 km (4,660 miles), a minimum of nine hours a day, taking in eight countries, and then scaling Mount Everest, the...

Manaslu is the eighth highest mountain in the world. Its peak sits at 8,163 meters (26,781 ft) above the sea level and is considered one of the most difficult mountains to climb, mainly due to harsh weather conditions that...

Most of us struggle to keep that twice-a-week workout promise, so imagine enduring punishing sessions at the gym, weightlifting and climbing nearby mountains four times a week -- and all before going to do a day's work. That is a...

Greek astrophysicist Dionysis Simopoulos said that the discovery of liquid water on Mars increases the possibility of existence of life on the planet now or in the past. Simopoulos, who is honorary director of the Eugenides Foundation Planetarium, said that...

A team of eight Greek climbers who had traveled to Kathmandu in order to climb Mount Everest got lucky when their sherpa guide, who had been paid a large amount of money in advance, failed to show up at their meeting...

Next stop: The Sahara desert. This is the next big challenge for the Greek doctor and super athlete Georgios-Ioannis Tsianos, who will participate in the infamous “Marathon des Sables” -- known as the sand marathon -- which will take...

It’s almost impossible to overstate how much of a bloated opinion PASOK Anti-Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos has of himself, even as he is taking the party toward the dustbin of history. Three years ago, PASOK won the elections with...

George Schira recounts his first trip to Greece as an aide to former US president Jimmy Carter, and contrasts events of that time with events of today

Greek climber is lost in the Himalayas; as a result, there are expressed fears considering his life. Zacharias Kyriakakis, is a doctor of the Hospital of Rhodes, he is 45 years old, who went to the Himalayas regarding a...