Europe

Throughout history, many Greek scholars became the unsung heroes of the Renaissance, the period that linked ancient wisdom with a new modern era of scientific knowledge. The Renaissance emerged in European history as an opportunity of enlightenment, shining a new...

A centuries-old Greek name will be in the top 10 list of the UK's most popular baby names for 2024, according to a report in the Daily Mirror. The name is Anastasia, meaning 'resurrection,' derives from the masculine Greek name...

The East–West Schism that occurred in 1054 represents one of the most significant and tragic events in the history of Christianity. Eastern and Western Christians had a history of differences and disagreements, some dating back to the earliest days...

Photographer François-Frédéric Boissonnas took some of the most beautiful images ever captured of Greece during his travels throughout the country. By Eugenia Russell This October is the 76th anniversary of the death of the great Swiss landscape photographer François-Frédéric Boissonnas (June...

Inflation in Greece jumped to 8 percent in March, and to 7.5 percent in the EU, according to preliminary data released on Friday by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. The inflation rate in Greece was 7.2 percent...

Almost 200 looted Greek and Roman artifacts that were seized from a New York City museum were repatriated to Italy last week after an exhaustive investigation that involved the notorious Michael Steinhardt, a former hedge fund manager. Most of them had...

Greece pushed for a EU response to the tackle the ongoing energy crunch at the summit of leaders that took place on Thursday and Friday in Brussels. However, EU leaders shunned sweeping action by adopting a moderate list of measures...

Yannis Lagos, convicted European Parliament lawmaker for defunct Golden Dawn Party, is expected to touchdown in Athens on Saturday afternoon. 

Greek PM Mitsotakis said that Greek-Russian relations stretch far back into the past, and may lead to Russian collaboration in the future.

The massive flooding that has been causing a range of serious issues in Venice, Italy since Tuesday has affected the Hellenic Institute of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Studies, it was made public on Wednesday afternoon. The exquisitely beautiful Italian city is...

Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis and his wife Danae Stratou walked on the red carpet of the Venice Film Festival on Saturday for the premiere of the film "Adults in the Room" together with director Costa-Gavras and the...

A recent British report on the persecution of Christians around the world features shocking incidents of religious persecution, harassment and destruction inside the Turkish-occupied territories of northern Cyprus. Philip Mounstephen, the Bishop of Truro in Cornwall, presided over a team...

By Aspasia Zontanou, Düsseldorf Award-winning director Dimos Abdeliodis presented his film "The Four Seasons of The Law” (“I Earini Synaxis Ton Agrofylakon”) last Thursday at the at the Filmmuseum Düsseldorf's own movie theater "Black Box", Germany. The director followed that up...

Greeks who live in the seaside town of Himara in Albania have already seen their houses demolished and their properties seized since the passage of a new bill which allows the town to be rebuilt to increase tourism. The ethnic Greeks...

Christos Doulkeridis is a 40-years-old politician who lives in the capital of Belgium, Brussels. Doulkeridis, the son of two Greek-Pontian migrants in Belgium, was the head of "Ecolos" political formation that came first in the municipality of Ixelles of Brussels. His...