Greece

Two high school students were killed during the powerful earthquake, measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale, which struck the Greek island of Samos on Friday afternoon. Reportedly, the teenagers, a boy and girl, aged 15 and 17 respectively, were walking...

A series of mini-tsunamis hit the Greek island of Samos minutes after the strong earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale occurred under the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey. Footage shows water flooding the streets in the capital city...

An earthquake measuring 6 on the Richter scale hit the sea area south of Crete on Saturday afternoon. According to the Geodynamic Institute of Athens, the tremor occurred at 4 p.m. local time and the epicenter was about 60 kilometers...

The two new tsunami warning signs which were recently placed at locations on the island of Kos have sparked negative reactions, primarily among tourist businessmen on the popular Greek island. Following a request from the mayor of the island, the...

New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday spoke of a 'tax tsunami' that will bring Greek people to their knees and accused Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras of choosing to clash blindly with creditors. Speaking to SKAI radio on Friday the...

The 1650 BC eruption of the Santorini volcano triggered tsunamis that heavily damaged coastal towns and disrupted vital shipping and trade operations, a new study shows, contrary to a previous theory that the tsunamis were caused by the collapse...

Greek and international scientists warn of a possibility of earthquakes, underwater volcanic eruptions and accompanying tsunamis in the Santorini-Amorgos area. The international PROTEUS project (Plumbing Reservoirs Of The Earth Under Santorini), composed of Greek, American and British scientists and funded...

Main opposition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis gave his inaugural speech as President to the party's Parliamentary group on Thursday, thanking the MPs "for keeping New Democracy upright in 2015, during the populism tsunami that swept the country." "The country's political map...

This year’s EU Parliamentary elections have certainly triggered a political tsunami; a tsunami that has swept right across the Eurozone to shake up the basic foundations of the entire political establishment. Over sixty percent of the electorate has turned...

Japan may have experienced major disasters from tsunamis, but the creation of a new integrated tsunami intensity scale came from Greece. According to an article in “Eleftherotypia” a research team from the Laboratory of Tectonics and Geological Mapping of the...

The first ever scale in order to assess the intensity of the impact of tsunamis, has been developed by a Greek research team at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. The research project was presented in Athens earlier...

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou sent a message of condolences to his Japanese counterpart Naoto Kan Saturday, expressing the deep sorrow of Greek peoples for the devastating earthquake and tsunami which hit Japan. "Having suffered in the past from similar...

The ancient Helike was a famous Greek city which suffered a devastating fate in ancient times. Like the lost city of Atlantis, it disappeared beneath the waves in a dramatic natural disaster. In fact, some scholars believe this was...

Archaeologists and scholars have spent nearly a century investigating what happened to Alexander the Great and where his tomb is located. Some argue that his tomb is in Macedonia, northern Greece, while others claim it is in Alexandria, Egypt,...

The most famous cliff all over the world, the Caldera of Santorini is a place worth seeing at least once. Nothing compares to the incredible sunset views on the highest edge of the volcano when the sun goes down...