Greece

Against a background of a pristine aquamarine sea, a seahorse floats along with a face mask caught in its tail. This arresting -- and disturbing -- image, captured by Greek photographer and diver Nikos Samaras, has now been nominated...

An amazing video posted on Twitter of wild horses running free on Smolikas Mountain, the second tallest mountain in Greece, is sure to inspire curiosity about these majestic creatures. https://twitter.com/4DIRTYACE/status/1300317011847925760?s=20 The tweet states "Good morning from the Mongolia of Greece," referring...

The Minister of Culture Lina Mendoni vowed to restore the ancient burial site of Doxipara located in Evros in northeast Greece which she described as having an "indisputable archaeological and historical value." During her visit to the site on Friday,...

The famous Greek island of Mykonos celebrated the feast day of its Patron Saint Artemios by holding a spectacular horse-riding event, the first to ever take place on the island. The first equestrian meeting of Mykonos was held at the...

Greek authorities say that voting on Sunday proceeds smoothly as millions of Greeks are turning up at the polling stations for three separate but equally important elections. Citizens will vote for members of the European Parliament and vote in...

Greek authorities removed the corpses of five wild horses from a canal in the Evros Delta near the border with Turkey on Wednesday. The five animals, a male, two females and two foals, were found floating in the water by...

A difficult and strange rescue operation took place on Monday in Peloponese’s Elia region. Everything started 15 days ago, when a local farmer lost his horse, named ''Haido''. The horse couldn’t be found anywhere as friends and members of his family...

A new campaign has been initiated to keep fishing boats from a dedicated area to protect a rare colony of seahorses in the waters off the coast of Stratoni, Halkidiki, in northern Greece. Scuba diver Vassilis Mentogiannis joined a dive...

A group of students from Rhodes, Greece, produced a moving documentary about the unique miniature horses, a rare and vanishing breed found only on the island. The film, entitled simply "Zei" (Greek for 'it is alive'), highlights the danger of...

Recently, Crete has become the celebratory destination for weddings. One place in particular is seeing a lot of weddings pass through is the Venetian harbor of Chania. Just this week two Englishwomen married each other in the center of Chania...

Cretans are well-known for their unique cultural habits and life-long customs. This time, a group of them decided to take their horses along with them to Sunday's rally in Thessaloniki against the use of "Macedonia" in the FYROM name...

Greece is one of Russia's 'Trojan Horses' to enter and influence Europe and its policies, says a new report from the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center. The report says that Russia continues to seek a foothold in Southern Europe to undermine...

Hundreds of locals and visitors gathered to attend the 2017 Diomedia Horse Parade that took place in Argos, on Sunday November 5. The much anticipated equestrian event started at 10am in the morning in the centre of the city of...

Animal rights groups have threatened to sue a kindergarten in Thessaloniki for making small kids paint on the body of a white horse. The incident appears to have occurred on September 27, and according to the school, it was meant...

Tourists and locals were shocked when a carriage horse collapsed on Saturday afternoon at the Venetian Harbor in Chania, Crete. According to Creta Live news website, the horse was exhausted and fell, pulling down with it the whole carriage. Several...