Greece

On the occasion of the Athens Polytechnic uprising in Greece against the Junta, Leslie Absher, the daughter of a CIA operative stationed in Greece during the military dictatorship, recalls the events that eventually brought down the regime in 1973. Leslie...

Greece fought off a tough challenge against Belgium on November 14th, qualifying to the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup with a 72-70 victory. Following a 20-point home loss against Latvia on November 11th, the only result desired by the Greek...

Natural gas has always been a valuable commodity in Europe and is becoming even rarer now, but what is the reason for this? What is behind this is elevated prices due to the interruption in supply caused by Russia’s...

Two new Hollywood films will be shot in Thessaloniki, Greece's cultural capital, creating job opportunities for Greek professionals in the industry. The movies are Red Sonja, a science fiction and action remake of its already existing comic book and 1985...

The results of a new study by the Hellenic Vegetarian Union (HellasVeg) suggest that Greeks' meat consumption is the highest among eleven European countries. More specifically, more than seven out of ten consumers (73 percent) declare that they consume up...

The year 2022 has seen multiple challenges and crises come to life including a rising cost of living, increased rent, climate emergency, the ongoing pandemic, and slow progress in gender parity.  Global leaders are facing a series of economic and...

Corfu is the most musical island in Greece with hundreds of music associations and dozens of orchestras and bands. Even the way its natives speak is musical, as their speech often sounds like singing. Corfu is also the third most...

The Greek famine during the three and a half years of Nazi occupation killed at least two hundred thousand and perhaps as many as three hundred thousand people. The local population suffered greatly during 1941 to 1944 while the Axis...

The yearly saffron harvest in Greece is in full swing in the rural areas outside of the northern city of Kozani, where hundreds of farmers crouch over fields of blooming crocus flowers for hours, picking what has long been...

Greece is firm on its position to extend its territorial waters to twelve nautical miles in the Aegean as is clearly indicated by international law and specifically by the UN’s Treaty on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Despite Turkey's...