Civil War

The state of ties between Greece and Russia is dire. The negative energy is evident in the words and deeds of both parties. The Greek government ordered all its embassies abroad to refrain from inviting diplomats from Belarus and Russia...

The first aircraft hijacking in Greece took place during the Civil War on September 12th, 1948 when six pro-communist students who wanted passage to Yugoslavia, hijacked a plane that was traveling from Athens to Thessaloniki. Alexandros Koufoudakis, 21, Dimitrios Koufoudakis, 23,...

The tiny island of Trikeri in the Pagasitic Gulf off the end of the Pelion peninsula is one of Greece's lesser-known idylls.

A man in Kentucky stumbled upon a treasure trove on his rural farm. This recent discovery, now known as the "Great Kentucky Hoard," consists of over 700 coins that date back to the Civil War era. The collection includes a...

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 still does. Although relations between the two countries are seemingly currently at their friendliest since the...

Seventeen people, 13 Greeks and 4 spouses of Greek nationals, including three children and an injured person, have been evacuated from Sudan via Djibouti and have arrived in Athens, the Greek Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday. A Hellenic Air Force...

Several Greeks, including three children, are trapped inside the Greek Orthodox Metropolis in Sudan's capital Khartoum as fighting between rival forces continues for a third day. Almost 100 civilians have died during the violence between the leaders of Sudan's army...

A group of Greek women adoptees, brought from Greece as infants and toddlers, met recently in Salem, New Hampshire to share their stories. Most of them had not yet met each other face-to-face, but they had formed a bond that...

Greek author Alki Zei has helped countless generations of Greek children understand some aspects of life that are difficult to comprehend—neglect, drug addiction, war, poverty, fascism, and racism—preparing them for the realities of the world with tenderness and great...

A rare video, located in the British archives Bristish Pathe, depicts the Easter celebration in Greece, the years of civil war in 1947.