Greece

Greeks and Italians have so much in common, that one would need years to itemize each aspect of the bonds they share.

It was August 15, 1940 when the Italian submarine 'Delfino' torpedoed and sank the Greek light cruiser 'Elli' at Tinos' port during the Word War II. World War II had been raging for almost a year in Europe, with Greece...

As Italy announced that more than sixteen million people will be quarantined in a total of fifteen provinces of the country, Greek health authorities announced on Monday 11 new cases of the viral disease. The country now has a...

A group of Italian researchers and students are to walk the ancient Egnatia Odos (Egnatia Road) from Thessaloniki to Kavala, in an effort to revive the ancient thoroughfare as a hiking trail of civilization, from Durres to Constantinople. The project...

Trucks carrying olives from the Greek region of Peloponnese - mainly Ilia, Greece - have been ferried across the Adriatic Sea, as traders from Italy have for the first time bought not only olive oil in bulk, but also...

More and more Italian tourists are discovering northern Greece thanks to the completion of the motorway Egnatia Odos and to the increase of the direct air connections of Thessaloniki with northern and central Italy. Tourism from Italy has been also...

The women’s water polo team of Vouliagmeni played in its fourth Champions Cup final in five years on Saturday, May 5, but failed to win its third European trophy, losing 8-7 to Italy’s Pro Recco. The Greek team was the...

Rhodes, the largest Greek island of the Dodecanese archipelago, has lovely beaches that face the pine woods on the mountainsides, as well as a wealth of ancient ruins and beautiful historical buildings to explore. The idyllic island still has many...

El Greco is one of the best known artists in the entire history of Western art, as his works have influenced painters over the centuries.

It was April 6, 1941 when Germany launched a massive attack on Greece's northern border after Italy failed to capture the country.

The peninsula of Mount Athos is home to twenty monasteries where only monks are allowed to live and only males are allowed to visit.

International Greek Language Day is celebrated annually every February 9, the day which also honors the memory of the Greek national poet Dionysios Solomos, who wrote Greece's national anthem ''Hymn to Liberty.'' This celebration seeks to highlight the Greek language’s...

On December 28, 2014, the Norman Atlantic, a passenger ferry, caught fire in the Strait of Otranto in the Adriatic Sea en route from the Greek port of Patras to Ancona, Italy. The Norman Atlantic became one of the deadliest...

Since 1943, Leros island in the eastern Aegean has been the world's second biggest "museum" of WWII shipwrecks after Normandy. During the past five years, the island has been turned into a go-to destination for diving tourism. The Eastern Aegean...

The blowing up of the Gorgopotamos bridge on November 25, 1942 stands as the greatest moment of Greece's resistance during World War II.