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Athens Celebrates 160 Years of Greek Innovation
A lively exhibition following the dynamic story of Greece’s industries and innovation over more than a century was launched Thursday in downtown Athens. 160 Years Made in Greece – Industry,...
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Exhumation Begins of Greek Soldiers Killed in Albania During WWII (photos)
The process of officially exhuming the remains of thousands of Greek soldiers who fell in the mountains of southern Albania at the start of WWII is to begin Monday, with the activation of a bilateral...
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1996: When Greece Faced War in the Aegean
Turkish reporters helicoptered in to plant flag on Imia islet, January 1996. (file photo) The two Aegean islets of Imia are tiny, uninhabited and harbor no oil or gas, so how did they bring two NATO...
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Amazing Ancient Greek Carving Baffles Scientists
The Bronze Age gem carving found in Pylos, Greece. A carved gem found in a 3,500-year-old grave in Pylos, Greece is still mystifying scientists who cannot fathom how such advanced engraving skills...
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Greek Filmmaker to Shoot Independence Epic in Amfissa
Amfissa, Greece The Delphi region — home to some of Greece’s most outstanding archeological sites — will play host to a new movie about the country’s 19th-century independence struggle. Director...
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The Ancient Greek Roots of Feta Cheese
As Greece fights to maintain the name of feta cheese as a Protected Designation of Origin (PDI) product, the Real Greek Feta website provides great evidence that the first mention of the famous cheese...
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Greek Military Building DNA Database to ID Fallen WWII Troops
Greece’s military is setting up a DNA database to help identify the remains of Greek WWII soldiers who died and were buried in Albania. The Hellenic National Defence General Staff announced on...
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Aliki Diplarakou: Greece’s First ‘Miss Europe’
The first Greek woman to be crowned ‘Miss Europe’ was Aliki Diplarakou way back in February, 1930. However, this Greek beauty was far from simply being a pretty face. Well-educated, independent and...
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February 9: International Greek Language Day
After years of campaigning by academics, educators and Greeks of the diaspora, Feb. 9 has officially been declared International Greek Language Day. Starting in 2018, the day is expected to spark off...
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Speaking English Using Greek: Flashback to Zolotas’ Historic Speech
As Greeks all over the world mark International Greek Language Day, many recall the speeches in English — peppered with Greek-origin words and phrases — given by economist and politician Xenophon...
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Gorgopotamos Bridge “Retired” for Trains
The historical Gorgopotamos Bridge in central Greece stopped serving trains as of Saturday, putting an end to over a century of service. From now on, railway passengers from Athens heading north to...
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The Greek Titanic: The Shipwreck that Cost More than 4,000 Lives (video)
One of the worst maritime tragedies in history took place in Greece and cost almost four times as many lives as the Titanic; yet the sinking of “Oria” in the Saronic Gulf in February 1944 remains...
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Greece Caught in 1999 ‘Debacle’ over PKK Chief’s Arrest
February 1999 was a month when relations between Greece, Turkey and the United States were put to the test, as the Greek authorities tried to hide the fugitive founder and leader of Kurdistan Workers’...
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Drone Footage Captures Eerie Greek Shipwreck (video)
A spectacular drone video of an eerie shipwreck in the southern Peloponnese is lighting up Greek social media. The video by Up Drones depicts the shipwreck of the Dimitrios (previously named...
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Thessaloniki Displays Rare 17th-Century Aegean Maps (photos)
An exhibition of a previously unseen map collection of the Aegean archipelago has opened in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki. The rare 333-year-old maps commissioned by Louis XIV of France were...
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Greek Father of the ‘Pap Smear’ Saved Countless Lives (video)
Georgios Nikolaou Papanikolaou, inventor of the life-saving ‘Pap smear’ It is low-cost, effective and may have saved the lives of countless women since it was invented in 1943. The ‘Pap smear’ — named...
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Lafcadio Hearn: The Writer who Merged Greek and Japanese Cultures
Lafcadio Hearn, a unique figure in international literature, began his life in Greece and spent the rest of his career becoming a citizen of the world, a bridge between East and West, and a devotee of...
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Restored Ancient Greek Palace Gets Ready for Visitors
Work is proceeding at a rapid rate to prepare the ancient Greek palace of Philip II at Aigai, in the Pella region, for public access in May, according to the Athens Macedonian News Agency (AMNA). With...
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Kostis Palamas: The Great Poet of Hellenism
One of the top Greek poets of modern literature was also one of the most inspiring figures of Hellenism, as the works of Kostis Palamas became beacons of the newly independent Greek State. Born in...
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Grigoris Afxentiou: A True Greek-Cypriot Hero (video)
It was March 3, 1957 when emblematic Cypriot hero Grigoris Afxentiou was burned by the ruling British troops during the four-year war for the liberation of Cyprus. Afxentiou is a national hero for...
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