Greece

A survey conducted recently which polled more than 150,000 people in 143 different countries suggests that the Greeks are the most stressed people in the world. Gallup's ''2019 Global Emotions Report'' questioned more than a thousand people in each of...

On Thursday morning a vessel carrying approximately 120 migrants was located 28 nautical miles from the Cape of Chania following a distress call from a passenger on the boat to the emergency line 112. Several boats went to the aid...

On Friday night in Greece a wooden vessel carrying 120 migrants was discovered in the marine area of Karpathos. A passenger on the boat made an emergency 112 call that alerted authorities that the vessel and its passengers were in...

"Refugee children at the Souda refugee camp on Chios are toxically stressed," said Nitzia Logothetis, founder and executive chairwoman of the Seleni Institute, a non-profit organization that promotes mental health for women around the world. Speaking on the refugee...

On Monday, forty-eight migrants including 16 children were located by the Greek coast guard aboard a sailboat in the sea area between Kefalonia and Zakynthos, after transmitting a distress signal though Olympia radio. Following the distress call and confirmed location, a freight vessel...

Greece's coast guard embarked on a search and rescue operation of a distressed migrant boat off the shores of the Greek island of Samos Tuesday morning, the AP reports. The operation commenced following a distress call from a migrant on the boat to...

As the strange and uncertain atmosphere of a failed military coup continues to evolve in Turkey, tension on the island of Cyprus has been flying high. Greek-Cypriots were undoubtedly holding their breath as the coup attempt paralyzed control of the...

With Norway being the most carefree nation in the world and Nigeria the most stressed-out country, Greece lies somewhere in the middle of the "Most Stressed Out Nations" list in a survey conducted by Bloomberg. Neighboring Turkey is less stressed...

Ailing Greek banks, which have already received 41 billion euros in an injection of state money from bailouts, will need another 6.382 billion, stress tests performed by BlackRock Solutions has recommended, less than the nine billion estimated by international...

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...

The 1947 Truman Doctrine was crucial for Greece to avoid falling into the sphere of Soviet influence while the country was ravaged by the Civil War (1946-1949)

The fate of Greek orphans of the 1821 Revolution in the US is but a footnote in the history of the glorious uprising against the Turks. Nonetheless, it is definitely a fascinating one. What happened to some children who lost...

On January 15, 1822, Haiti located over 9,000 km (5,592 miles) away from Greece, was the first country in the world to recognize Greek independence from the Ottomans. The country's dedication to freedom and its commitment to fighting oppression is...

Winter in Greece can be magical! Although Greece is most often thought of as a summer travel destination, the country is incredibly beautiful during the winter, and very few tourists know of its winter charms. The weather Greece enjoys up to...

Christina Onassis, the golden heiress of the Onassis shipping fortune, died in 1988 in a friend's house in Argentina at the age of 38.