Europe

A volcano eruption in Iceland spilled lava that set the fishing town of Grindavik on the Reykjanes peninsula on fire in the early hours of Sunday. The eruption is proving to be "the worst-case scenario," according to one expert, with...

A volcano in southwest Iceland has erupted, spewing lava and smoke across a large area after weeks of intense earthquake activity, the country’s Meteorological Office has said. Fearing a significant outbreak on the Reykjanes peninsula, authorities had evacuated the nearly...

Europe is on edge over possible volcanic eruptions at Mount Etna in Sicily, Italy, and at the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland. Italy’s Mount Etna shot lava into the sky on Sunday, 12 November, spewing ash high over the Mediterranean island...

Iceland has declared a state of emergency after a series of earthquakes near Fagradalsfjall volcano raised fears of eruption. The Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) speaks of the possibility that large amounts of magma is spreading underground and could surface in...

A blind couple and their baby had to wait an entire week to travel from Greece to Iceland after they were blocked from boarding two separate flights. Eythor Kamban Thrastarson and Emilia Pykarinou, who were traveling with their one-year-old daughter,...

George Alevras is a Greek fisherman from the historic city of Messolonghi who currently lives in Siglufjörður, one of the northernmost cities in Iceland.

The mother of a Greek tourist, who was the victim of a severe physical assault in Reykjavik in May 2010, will testify in the place of her son, according to the decision of the Supreme Court of the country. The...

New statistics from the University of Groningen, incorporating Eurostat data, reveal that Greeks have the most working hours among Europeans. The new data showed that Greece leads the pack with an impressive average of 2,036 working hours per year. Poland and...

The discovery of ochre fragments at a Stone Age site in England supports an ancient Greek explorer's account of Britons as "painted people."

The Thessaloniki International Film Festival (TIFF) has joined Smart 7, a new cooperation network of seven European film festivals aiming to further European film innovation and culture. The network was launched as an alliance to meet the current needs of...

Greeks drastically cut down on alcohol consumption during the 2010 to 2019 decade, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said in a report released on Monday. Greece ranks in the penultimate position of the European list, exhibiting the...

Two enterprises from Greece and Cyprus are shortlisted for two separate European Enterprise Promotion Awards (EEPA) this year.

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...

Russia included Greece in the list of unfriendly countries on Friday due to its stance on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Moscow expanded the list of "unfriendly" states, also adding—apart from Greece—Denmark, Slovenia, Croatia, and Slovakia. Slovenia and Croatia were...

The volcanic explosions of the year 536 caused researchers to state recently that that year was definitively "the worst year to be alive."