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It's a newer form of art; a free-spirited creative way that athletes express themselves. On Saturday the Red Bull Art of Motion kicked off on the Greek island of Santorini, entering its sixth year of celebrating free running and Bart...

For the second consecutive year 20-year-old Greek Dimitris Kyrsanidis emerged victorious from the 2015 Red Bull Art of Motion free-running competition on the island of Santorini, Greece, having gathered the most points from the competition's judges on Saturday. Kyrsanidis, also know as "DK" overcame 17...

A victory by American Cory DeMeyers concluded the third running of Red Bull Art of Motion of Freerunners in Firostefani on the Greek island of Santorini. Alexander Baiturin of Russia and Jesse la Flair finished second and third, respectively. Competition,...

Red Bull Art of Motion 2013 is returning to the Greek island of Santorini, in the Aegean Sea, for the third year. The event began on September 14, at 04:00 pm. A number of 18 top free runners from all...

This year world-famous free runners turned the white traditional Santorini houses into their playground. Free runners from all over the world took spectacular jumps against the backdrop of the volcanic caldera. They joined together in the seventh consecutive year...

A video of two Australian twins practicing Parkour, or free-running, on the island of Santorini emerged just one day ago on an Instagram page, and has already gone viral. The spectacular video, on a page called "millionairecartel," has had more...

19-year-old Dimitris Kyrsanidis, a professional parkour athlete from Thessaloniki, Greece, was the winner of the fourth "Red Bull Art of Motion" held on the Greek island of Santorini on October 4. Kyrsanidis impressed both audience and judges with his climbs...

Trauceur Luis Alkmim from Portugal performs a spectacular jump during the "Red Bull Art of Motion" competition held at Firostefani on Santorini island on Saturday October 8 2011. Fifteen top parkour and freerunning athletes from around the world took part...

The Twelve Labours of Hercules occupy a special place in the pantheon of Greek mythology, exemplifying the ancient beliefs of the Greeks.

A major geopolitical reshuffle is underway in the wake of AUKUS, which has drawn France closer to Greece and Cyprus, and widened its divide with Turkey. By Konstantinos Apostolou-Katsaros A major geopolitical reshuffle is underway in the wake of AUKUS. Although...

Lefteris Petrounias won the gold medal at European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Basel, his fifth in a row.

The Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports is implementing a comprehensive plan for the preservation of Greece's traditional boats, or Kaiki.

About 13,000 kaiki boats have been destroyed since 1994, after an EU directive called for the demolition of the wooden fishing boats.

European Union leaders are set to make a final decision on whether to impose sanctions on Turkey over Ankara's provocations against Greece and Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean during a summit on December 10. Greece has put all possible diplomatic...

by Shir Shimoni* The elderly have come to occupy a central place in our news bulletins these days. Headlines were quick to inform the public that the highest mortality rate from COVID-19 is in people aged 70 and over. Experts...