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Representatives from at least 100 countries have gathered in Athens this week for the Our Ocean Conference, uniting in a concerted effort to address the formidable challenges confronting the world's oceans. Greenpeace's call for enhanced ocean protection sets the stage...

United Airlines resumed flights between Washington DC and Athens, Greece on Sunday almost three weeks earlier than planned. The flights, which will operate daily for the next several months, will be exclusively operated by the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner. United previously planned...

On April 6, 1896, the first modern Olympic games began in Athens, Greece with the opening ceremony in the Panathenaic Stadium, the only stadium in the world built entirely of marble. Athens was chosen to honor the birthplace of the...

Following on from the father-daughter liver transplant three months ago—the first liver transplant from a living donor in Greece—a mother has now done the same for her daughter. The new liver transplant from a living donor, a mother-daughter pairing from...

Ancient Greece has traditionally been periodized into five distinct eras, the Bronze Age, Iron Age, Archaic Age, Classical Age and Hellenistic Age. By looking at archaeology, art, architecture, literature, and other remains of the past, it is possible to...

Greek police are under fire after the latest femicide in Athens. A woman was murdered outside a police precinct where she had just requested protection from an ex-boyfriend. The 28-year-old Kyriaki Griva was fatally stabbed on Monday evening shortly after...

On Monday, Aria Hotels, the Greek-owned subsidiary of the Libra Group, opened the fully renovated historic La Divina Hotel, located on Adrianou Street in Thiseio, Athens. La Divina is situated in a uniquely aesthetic preserved neoclassical building, dedicated to the...

In another case of femicide in Greece, a 28-year-old woman was fatally stabbed on Monday evening shortly after she had gone to her local police station in Agioi Anargyroi in northern Athens to seek police protection against her ex-boyfriend. Investigators...

A British Airways flight from Athens, Greece to London, UK narrowly missed a drone by five feet while flying at 250 miles per hour at an altitude of 9,600 feet during a very close call which could have spelled...

A dust cloud from the African continent blew over the eastern Mediterranean, shrouding large swathes of Greece in a haze. On Thursday, the phenomenon is anticipated to continue. Much of the country, including the capital Athens, has severely impaired vision...