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The world spent $2.4 trillion on military forces in 2023, the highest amount ever recorded by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). SIPRI has been monitoring military expenditures since 1949 and found in its annual report released on Monday...

The President of the Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou met members of the vibrant Greek community of Uruguay during her official visit to the country at the invitation of President Luis Lacalle Pou. It is the first visit of the President of...

More than 33 thousand Greeks living abroad have registered for postal voting for the European Parliament elections in June, double the votes counted at the polling stations in the June parliamentary elections of 2023. The deadline for postal voting applications...

Police in Greece have arrested dozens of suspects in a crackdown on soccer violence that led to the death of a police officer in December. Police officer Giorgos Lyggeridis, 31, died on Dec. 27 after being hit by a flare...

Affectionately known as the "kindness Guy", Leon Logothetis inspires transformation through the simple, yet extraordinary power of kindness in his new documentary “The Kindness Within”. Logothetis a keynote speaker, acclaimed author, and TV host is a Greek-American born in the...

Europe is the fastest-warming continent and its temperatures are rising at roughly twice the global average, two top climate monitoring organizations reported on Monday, warning of the consequences for human health, glacier melt, and economic activity. The latest five-year averages...

At a "trial" organized by Chicago's National Hellenic Museum a distinguished jury of 12 community leaders and an audience of over 600 attendees found the Athenian statesman Pericles “guilty” of subverting the law. Pericles changed the Athenian Constitution to revoke...

The 4,200-year-old shipwreck off the tiny island of Dokos near Greece's Hydra is believed to be the oldest shipwreck ever discovered. The wreck, located about 15 to 30 meters (50–100 ft) underwater, is dated to the Early Helladic period (2700-2200...

The policy of rapprochement with Turkey had helped decrease illegal migration flows, Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has said from Lesvos. “Greece is one of the few countries, if not the only one, which has effectively handled the problem of...

The Fraser River in British Columbia has been a source of placer gold for more than 160 years and it has been a meeting point for amateur treasure hunters ever since. It all began in 1858 when the discovery of...