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An anthropological DNA research project which sequenced the genes of ancient populations found that modern Greeks are genetically similar.

One in five alcoholic beverages consumed in Greece is adulterated and contraband, which is twice the world average, the Association of Alcoholic Beverage Companies (ENEAP) said on Wednesday. Adulterated alcoholic beverages are legal alcoholic products that have been illicitly tampered...

Modern chefs have been recreating bread from ancient Greece that has been intricately woven into human history for thousands of years. Bread, one of the oldest foods, started being prepared as a dish in ancient Egypt, coinciding with the rise...

The Greek railways safety issue surfaced once again when a suburban train in Athens ran a red light on Saturday, putting hundreds of passengers in danger a year after the Tempe disaster. In addition to Saturday's near miss, railway authorities...

The European Commission is taking Greece to the EU’s top court for failing to revise its flood risk management plans, a key tool for EU countries to prepare themselves against floods. The action comes five months after the worst rains...

The Temple of Olympian Zeus lies at the heart of the Greek capital of Athens. It remains one of the most iconic landmarks of this historic city and an important center of the ancient Greek world. The temple of Olympian...

While working on construction at Burghley House, a famous English country estate near Stamford, Lincolnshire, workers unearthed a Roman marble bust. Greg Crawley, while operating a digger, made the discovery when his machine accidentally rolled over what seemed like a...

The popular Greek influencer 'Tzane' has died in Calabria, Italy after falling from a balcony with no safety rails during a holiday with his friends. Tzane was on Holiday with Fellow Influencers in Calabria The beloved TikTok and Instagram content producer...

A member of the Greek parliament and former Deputy Minister of Education and Religious Affairs, Angelos Syrigos, has called out the Russian Church for its attempts to infiltrate the Greek Orthodox patriarchates and churches, according to a recent article...

In a landslide vote a bill has been passed by the US House of Representatives which gives ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, 165 days to divest from the social media platform before it is legally barred from app stores...

A team of scientists has discovered several shipwrecks and other important ancient finds in the underwater, archaeological research near Greece's island of Kasos. The multi-year exploration in the seabed was completed at the end of last October, and the Ministry...

A cancer patient in Heraklion, Greece took his own his life earlier this week, as he was unable to bear the pain while waiting for a chemotherapy drug. Ioannis (Petros) Tournas, a 72-year-old cancer patient, suffered terribly while waiting for...

Romeyka is a dialect of Greek spoken in the region of Trabzon (Trapezounta) and Pontus, around Turkey's Black Sea coast. Researchers say it bears striking resemblances to ancient Greek dialects. Its speakers are Muslims but many also trace their lineage...

Scientists have pushed back the foundation of the port at Ancient Corinth, called Lechaion, by at least five centuries in a study published recently in the academic journal Marine Geology. Lechaion was the largest port in ancient Greece and was...

Mammoth mummies in Siberia refer to the preserved remains of woolly mammoths, an extinct species of elephant that roamed the Earth during the Pleistocene epoch. Siberia is well-known for its vast, frozen tundra, and the extreme cold temperatures have played...