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Kostas Antetokounmpo, Giannis’ younger brother, celebrated in style on Sunday night after the Lakers beat the Miami Heat 106-93, to win the NBA Finals in six games. During the Lakers’ celebration, Antetokounmpo was spotted holding the Greek and Nigerian flags....

Two earthquakes measuring 5.1 and 5.2 hit in the sea area east of Crete in the early hours of Monday. The first quake hit at 03:30 between Crete and Karpathos. It was followed by the second temblor at 07:11, striking...

The Turkish Navy said on Sunday that the research ship Oruc Reis, at the center of an energy rights row with Greece, will be sent back to the sea area south of the Greek island of Kastellorizo. Turkey withdrew the...

By Evaggelos Vallianatos Black Death Giovanni Boccaccio was thirty-five when he wrote The Decameron (Ten Days), a masterpiece of stories about the 1347-1348 plague of Black Death. He spoke with passion about Florence that suffered so much from the tsunami-like force...

Greece's Ministry of Culture estimates that the palace in Pella where Alexander the Great was born will be open for visitors next summer, according to an Athens-Macedonian News Agency (AMNA) report. When the relics of the building which was excavated...

Greece's National Public Health Organization (EODY) announced on Sunday 280 new cases of Covid-19 and 13 deaths, while 93 patients are currently in intensive care. The total number of deaths has reached 449 since the beginning of the pandemic, with...

Greece's Minister of Culture and Sports Lina Mendoni said that without theater and cinema "we will all be taken to the psychiatrist," explaining the reasons behind the policies the government will implement to protect the performing arts in the...

The division among Greeks in regards to Covid-19 is captured in a new study according to which only half would take the vaccine when it is available and if it is administered for free by the state. The latest study...

A video posted on Youtube on Saturday shows hundreds of Greeks defying the midnight curfew and crowding measures and partying until dawn as if the Covid-19 pandemic never happened. The video that was shot at a nightclub with live music...

The photos published in the Cypriot daily Politis on Saturday show the devastation caused to the ordinary lives of people of Varosha in Famagusta following the Turkish invasion and occupation of the island in 1974. Thousands of clothing items, mostly...