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October 4th marks World Animal Day, an international day of action for the rights and welfare of animals that is celebrated in Greece and all around the world. The day is also the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi,...

Takis Proestakis, a former Greek businessman in the town of Ierapetra, Crete, gave up his comfortable life to devote himself to caring for abandoned dogs and cats at his shelter. April 4th is World Stray Animals Day, a day dedicated...

Despite its reputation as a luxury spot, you can actually go to Mykonos and enjoy what the island has to offer for a mere 50-60 euros a day.

Today, April 22, Earth Day is celebrated once again as over one billion people help the Earth recover from the ravages of industrialization.

Holy Thursday and the Last Supper is the culmination of the Divine Drama in the Greek Orthodox Church: The last day of Jesus Christ on earth

Greek sweets are famously decadent and delicious. There are a number of traditional sweets that remind Greeks of bygone days when kids enjoyed carnivals and fairs. Old lady's hair, or cotton candy Old lady's hair is a timeless treat that is...

Scores of protesters demonstrated on Thursday outside Greek Consulates and Embassies around the world, asking for an end to what they call '' Santorini’s notoriously inhumane donkey rides.'' The activists, most of whom are members of the organization People for...

Authorities on Greece's Santorini Island clarified in a letter sent exclusively to the Greek Reporter on Wednesday that ''no written application from a foreign organization (PETA) has been submitted to the Municipality of Thera (Santorini) in relation an ad...

By Heini-Sofia Alavuo Volunteering feels good and even the smallest acts count; everyone has their own reasons for wanting to help. Mr. Manolis and Niki of Crete are just two examples of people who see volunteering as a way of life. In Crete,...

The Greek leading film distributor and producer, Odeon S.A., and Greek Reporter have teamed up to promote Greek cinema to a new worldwide audience, through PameOdeon.gr, the new video on demand platform. This political drama takes us back in time,...

World Environment Day (WED), celebrated annually on June 5, is one of the principal vehicles through which the United Nations [...]

In early November, Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou officially adopted a stray kitten named Calypso from the island of Karpathos, making the tiny feline the very first stray cat ever adopted by a Greek President while in office. Sakellaropoulou first met...

Between the 14th and 15th centuries, a wave of Greek scholars left their beleaguered homeland in the Byzantine Empire for the Italian Peninsula, where their work would play an important role in the flowering of the Renaissance. The Renaissance, which...

The impressions had been made by hominids on Crete 5.6 million years ago, making them by far the oldest footprints ever discovered in Europe.

February 14th is the globally-celebrated day of Saint Valentine, internationally known as the day of lovers. Millions of stores around the world are lavishly decorated in red and vast quantities of roses, chocolates, and stuffed animals are sold and...