Greece

Scientists have recently discovered that rocks collected on Greece's Santorini have an eerie resemblance to those on Mars. Along with being one of the most popular tourist destinations in the entire Mediterranean, the Greek island of Santorini has become an...

Kokkinopilos, Greece, consists of a stretch of red land and sand dunes that resemble the planet Mars, making it a unique geological phenomenon in the country. It is located in the region of Preveza, northwestern Greece, between the two small...

Greek tennis wonder, second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Canadian teenager Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-3, 6-4 on Sunday to win the Marseille Open for the second year running, Reuters reports. The victory made Tsitsipas the first man to win back-to-back trophies at...

Cyprus recently became a member of the international organization "The Mars Society,"  which aims to promote the exploration and colonization of the red planet. The island nation joined this ambitious effort through the Cyprus Space Exploration Organization (CSEO). The two bodies...

Top scientists from around the world will gather this week in the Cypriot capital of Nicosia for an International Space Summit. The International Space Summit is organized by the Cyprus Space Exploration Organisation (CSEO) as part of CSEO's ongoing efforts...

The Alvarez and Marsal report on the financial and legal audit of Folli Follie that was issued on Tuesday shows major discrepancies in the company's finances. The report "Preliminary Restatement Findings with respect to the FF ASIA GROUP consolidated financial...

Olympiacos coach Oscar Garcia was rushed to a hospital after he was hit by an item thrown by the crowd just before the start of the top of table clash against PAOK in Thessaloniki. The incident occurred just before kick...

The Greek foreign ministry (MFA) expressed its abhorrence on Monday over the attacks in Las Vegas and Marseille on Sunday night, and the Greek people's sympathy for the American and French people, respectively, with dual-language messages on Twitter. In tweets...

The Greek-Cypriot telecommunication satellite Hellas Sat 3/Inmarsat S EAN is ready to be launched into space on-board the Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket at midnight (Greek time) on Wednesday (June 28) from the spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Hellas Sat 3,...

The National Observatory of Athens on Wednesday announced the continuation of its collaboration with the "National Geographic" for the observation of Mars through telescopes, which will be used in the "Mars" documentary series. It also announced that free tours...

On Sunday the leaders of Orthodox churches from around the world met in Crete for the Pan-Orthodox Council, the first gathering of its kind in over a millennium. The leaders held mass in the city of Heraklion on the Greek island...

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...

The adventurous Mars One mission has drawn six Greek hopefuls who said they're ready to leave everything behind to serve humanity and want to win a one-way ticket to the Red Planet. They are among 100,000 candidates who want to...

Marios - Goulielmos Choumos is one of the 78,000 candidates from around the world who have applied to the Dutch company Mars One to become the first residents of the red planet. “Hello! My name is Marios – Goulielmos Choumos...

Olympiakos lost their opening group game in the Champions League on Tuesday night when they were beaten 1-0 at home by French side Marseille. Lucho Gonzalez scored the only goal of the game. The Argentine midfielder exploited a lapse...