Europe

The huge port city of Marseille, France was founded by Greeks back in 600 BC, when the first immigrants established a trading colony.

The Greeks are well known for their ancient tales of glory and tragedy, as well as their civilization's innumerable contributions to the very foundations of our modern world. However, what is lesser-known is that throughout the centuries, they founded scores...

Discovered by chance during the construction of a building in the center of Marseille, a Greek quarry dating from the 5th century BC will be partly classified. This represents a first victory for the residents against the French city's authorities...

History Zero, the work of Greek artist Stefanos Tsivopoulos, will be on display at MuCEM in Marseille, France. MuCEM is a museum of civilizations where artists are free to explore social issues that have played a major role in...

As part of the celebrations of Marseille as European Capital of Culture for the year 2013, the Municipality of Piraeus, which has been its sister city since 1984, participated in the events that were held on July 28-31. There was...

The exhibition under the title Mediterranean. From the past cities to today’s people, is going to be held in Marseille to mark the city's designation as the symbolic European Capital for 2013. Greece will take part with six ancient...

It is already known that the first residents of Marseille in Southern France were Greeks, specifically from the ancient tribe of Phocaea. But now, archaeologists discovered an ancient Greek cemetery in the region that would shed light on the...

Jane Digby, who later became Lady Ellenborough, was one of the most famous adventuresses of her times, even having an affair with King Otto of Greece—and his father—and then going off to live in a cave with the Greek...

Numerous artistic treasures from or inspired by Greece are housed in Paris museums. Undoubtedly, the foundation of Western civilization is rooted in ancient Greece, and, whether architecture, philosophy, or other facets of human existence, the Hellenes (Greeks) were pioneers...

A bedbug problem is spreading in Paris and other cities in France, causing fear of insects and concerns about safety prior to the upcoming Olympic Games. What's happening is that there have been more reports of bedbugs in Paris in...

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

Hundreds of thousands of flights across Europe this summer are in jeopardy after air traffic controllers vowed to take strike action. Up to 12,600 flights every day - around a third of the journeys made across the continent during the...

The story of Greek presence on the island of Great Britain, the country we know of today as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, is a tale of trading, entrepreneurship, religion, royalty, and war. It is a...

On Thursday, Bordeaux's town hall was set ablaze as protests continue across France over President Emmanuel Macron's pension reforms. More than one million people have demonstrated across the country against the government's pension reforms, which would see the retirement age...

Agustina del Carmen Otero Iglesias, known as "La Belle Otero," was said to be the most beautiful woman of the Belle Epoque—so beautiful, in fact, that men dueled and died over her. The actress, dancer, model, and courtesan was...