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Stelios Kazantzidis -- who died in 2001 --was the voice that contained the pain and desire of post-war, poverty-stricken Greece.

Syntagma Square is the most historic in Athens and the central point for visitors for sightseeing in the Greek capital

Few people today may realize that some classic songs which became international hits were actually written by Greek composers, many of them by the...

Rebetiko, sometimes called the "Greek Blues," is perhaps the most influential genre of Greek music. While the movement as a whole was significant internationally,...

Summer festivities on the Greek island of Lesbos began in an upbeat fashion with the performance of the syrtaki on sailing boats in the...

What has the United States ever done for Greece? In a country where anti-Americanism was rife until recently, the question brought heated debates. It...

When Yannis Ritsos passed away on November 11, 1990, the world of poetry lost one of the greatest poets of the 20th century.

For Greeks, the annual roasted lamb, slowly turning on the spit on Easter Sunday, is not only a mouth-watering delicacy but also part of...

The picture of a whole lamb slowly turning on the spit over charcoal and the smell that accompanies it spells Easter Sunday for Greeks.

A Greek youth choir is set to perform in solidarity with Turkey and Syria after both countries were devastated by two earthquakes last week. The...