Europe

The talented Jannis Kounellis has passed away in Rome at the age of 80. Born in Piraeus, Greece in 1936, the Greek artist Jannis Kounellis was an internationally renowned artist. He begun the journey into a fruitful career as an artist when...

An olive grove in Bursa, Turkey has revealed what experts are hoping is just the beginning to a treasure trove of ancient Greek archaeology. In an area where previous items have been discovered, experts have now reported that three ancient...

From January until June 2017 you will have a chance to attend a screening of a Greek film at Sismanoglio Megaro, the cultural and educational center of the Consulate General of Greece located on İstiklal Street in Istanbul, Turkey. All...

On Tuesday the European Parliament and European Council negotiators created a set of new rules to apply to EU citizens accessing subscriptions for online content when they are traveling or temporarily staying in another EU country. Currently EU citizens are...

Researchers have pinpointed 83 genetic variants that could affect the height of a person and their findings have been published in "Nature" magazine. Part of the research team included five Greeks from Genetics Professor Panos Deloukas of Queen Mary University...

The Cretan products and the Cretan diet and cuisine were successfully promoted in an event held in the town of Binz, Germany. The Deputy Governor of the Region of Crete Theano Vrentzou-Skordalaki presented the three main pillars of the regional...

British Airways on Tuesday announced the introduction of direct flights from London City Airport to the Greek island of Skiathos starting this summer. This is the third direct flight to Greece from London City Airport offered by BA, which...

Yazidi children play soccer in the biting winter wind outside the northern Greek refugee camp of Agios Athanasios. The camp is reserved for Yazidis, thousands of whom were forced to flee their homeland in northern Iraq in 2014 as Islamic...

A British scientific team, led by a Greek scientist, found that a hormone called kisspeptin can enhance limbic brain activity specifically in response to sexual and couple-bonding stimuli. Furthermore, kisspeptin’s enhancement of limbic brain structures also correlates with psychometric measures...

The Greek Film Festival in Berlin opened with the film “Amen” by Costa Gavras. The presence of the acclaimed director at Hellas Filmbox Berlin as an honorary guest conveyed multiple messages. Addressing the audience the great Greek cinematographer referred to his...