Greece

Greece and many parts of Southern and central European countries find themselves bracing for a new wave of incoming Saharan sand over the next several days. The southerly winds, which will strengthen by Wednesday, are expected to transport large quantities of...

A low-pressure system with strong winds and rainfall began to blow into Greece on Tuesday and will continue into the day on Wednesday, according to the Athens National Observatory's meteorological service. The system is expected to bring large quantities of...

The atmosphere around Athens on Wednesday was full of sand and dust blown in from North Africa, leaving the skies over Attica cloudy, and visibility limited. Dust clouds containing fine sand have been blown over parts of southern and central...

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...

The fire that devastated the Moria refugee and migrant camp generated lots of crocodile tears in the EU, yet the grave problem of 13,000 people crowded into a facility created for 3,000 to 4,500 still remains -- just as...

Dust and from Africa covered the Greek islands of Rhodes and Crete on Friday as southerly winds transported enormous quantities of dust and extremely fine sand across the Mediterranean from the Sahara Desert. A dusky yellowish hue was seen in...

An influential Irish sculptor whose creations have been inspired by his country's traumatic experience of famine and forced emigration was in Greece this week, working with refugees living in a camp in north Athens. John Behan, whose sculpture Arrival was...

Greece's meteorologists are warning of a return of the wind-borne Saharan dust which blanketed many parts of the country last month. The Athens National Observatory's weather service has said Heraklion on Crete will again take the brunt of the dust...

African dust that has turned much of southern Greece and Crete into a landscape more akin to the planet Mars in the last few days struck Athens on Monday. From the northern leafy suburbs to the Acropolis and the historical...

The European Union is seeking a way to prevent an estimated one million Libyan refugees likely to start arriving in Europe in the summer, with Crete being one of the destinations. The issue was discussed at the EU summit in...

by Zdravka Mihaylova TWO BRIGHT YOUNG SCHOLARS ON ARCHAEOLOGY AND WATER POLITICS Interview with Alexandros Tsakos and Henriette Hafsaas-Tsakos Last October the Benaki Museum of Islamic Art inaugurated the photo exhibition ‘From Nubia to Sudan through the Eyes of the Greek-Norwegian...

Still wearing the brilliant gown of her native country, Sudan, Fatimah is patiently waiting outside the ER of Alexandra Hospital, the biggest and busiest Maternity & Gynecological hospital in Greece.  She is about to give birth to her first...