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1987: The Year Greeks Started a Love Affair with the Orange Ball
Up until 1987, Greek basketball was as mediocre as Greek football at a European level. Yet, on June 14, 1987 something miraculous happened and Greeks started to love the orange ball. It was the 1987...
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Following St. Paul’s Footsteps in Greece Through New App (view)
A new app was launched that claims it can guide tourists along St. Paul’s path during his evangelization on the Hellenic peninsula. Paul constitutes a remarkable personality for the Christian...
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The Discovery of the Venus de Milo Statue
It was the morning of April 8, 1820 when a Milos island farmer named Giorgos (or Theodoros) Kentrotas was digging in ancient ruins in his field to get some stones he needed. Yet, instead of stones...
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Did Ancient Greeks ‘Go to the Beach’?
Every summer, Greeks flock to the beaches of the Aegean and the Ionian seas to swim, get a tan or chill out in picturesque tavernas or modern beach bars. But what was the relationship of ancient...
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Greece Remembers Great Reformist Andreas Papandreou 22 Years after his Death
It was June 23, 1996 when Greece lost its first leftist prime minister and great reformist Andreas Papandreou, a politician who was adored by some and disliked by others. Like all great politicians,...
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When Turkey Banned the Teaching of Greek on Imbros and Tenedos Islands
July 1 marks the anniversary of the day Turkey banned the teaching of the Greek language on the islands of Imbros and Tenedos, (now Gokceada and Bozcaada in Turkish) both formerly Greek since ancient...
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The Windmills of Lasithi that Saved Lives in Ethiopia, India
The Mayor of Lasithi Plateau Yiannis Stefanakis has petitioned Greece’s Ministry of Culture and Sports to include the windmills of Lasithi to the National Catalog of Intangible Cultural Heritage,...
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Stavros Niarchos: The Greek Shipping Tycoon and His Enduring Legacy
Stavros Niarchos, 3 July 1909 – 16 April 1996, was a self-made businessman of immense wealth with an exceptional ability to make money. After his death, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation has become a...
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Greece’s Ice Cream Sellers of Days Gone By – A Profession that Disappeared...
Greeks are ice cream fanatics and their passion for the cold, sweet treat dates back to a simpler time when the ice cream vendors traveled the streets by foot or tricycle. Let’s take a look back at...
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President Hails Ancient Greek Influence on Modern Science
Greek president Prokopis Pavlopoulos (file photo) Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos has used a speech at a summer university event to refer to the great influence of ancient Greek thought on...
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How Was Cancer Treated in Ancient Greece?
Even though the first case of cancer was recorded in Egypt in 1600 BC, it was Hippocrates (410-360 BC), the father of medicine, who identified and gave the name “cancer” to the illness that blights...
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‘Oldest’ Record of Homer’s Greek Odyssey Unearthed at Olympia
A clay tablet with an engraved inscription is the “oldest extant” record of Homer’s Odyssey, experts are saying. It was discovered after three years of excavations at the archaeological site of...
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German WWII Plane Discovered Almost Intact Off Greece’s Rhodes
An almost intact German transport plane used extensively during the Second World War by the occupying forces was discovered by scuba divers off the island of Rhodes. The plane, a Junkers Ju 52, was...
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Snakes, Apes and Ferrets: The Ancient Greek Love of Pets
In a week which saw another case of animal abuse in Greece, it is worth remembering that the country’s past is steeped in the ancient Greeks’ love of pets. Paintings and sculptures from ancient Greece...
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The Ancient Roots of Greek Souvlaki, the First Fast Food
The word “souvlaki” is synonymous with Greek food, whether the term refers to pieces of grilled meat on a small wooden skewer or the full-meal of pieces of meat inside pita bread along with tomatoes,...
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The Ancient Greek Scientist Who Was a King’s Lie Detector
Erasistratus discovers the cause of the illness of Antiochus. Painting by Jacques-Louis David As long as there no bullet-proof mechanisms to detect a lie, reading a person’s physical response to spot...
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The Miracle Berry that Fueled Alexander and his Macedonian Army’s Conquests
Scientists say that a superfood berry was widely consumed by Alexander the Great and his Macedonian army as they set out to conquer the known world in the 4th century BC. The orange fruit, hippophaes,...
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Taking an Afternoon Odyssey in an Ancient Greek Warship (video+photos)
“The roaring seas and many a dark range of mountains lie between us,” wrote Homer in The Iliad. Luckily for Greek Reporter and over 100 paying guests this week, the seas were smooth for an afternoon...
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July 20, 1974: The Day Time Stopped for Cyprus (video)
As Cypriots say even 44 years later, July 20, 1974 was the day time stopped for Cyprus; a day when the course of history changed and the ongoing crime of the Turkish occupation is as fresh at each...
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Greece’s Ice Cream Sellers of Days Gone By – A Profession that Disappeared...
Greeks are ice cream fanatics and their passion for the cold, sweet treat dates back to a simpler time when the ice cream vendors traveled the streets by foot or tricycle. Let’s take a look back at...
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