Europe

Students from the Greek school Zografeion Lyceum in Istanbul, Turkey, visited the Greek town of Ioannina where Christakis Zografos, their school's founder, used to study at Zosimaia School. Tomorrow, April 16, for the first time in the Greek school’s 121 years...

Famous British luxury holiday website aluxurytravelblog.com published an article praising the Greek islands, which are a very popular destination for people in the UK. The article focused on “three lesser known Greek Islands worthy of a closer look.” Fist on the...

The Louvre Museum in Paris, France, is presenting a new exhibition featuring ancient Thracian artifacts, giving visitors a rare glimpse in the way of life and culture of the ancient civilization. The Thracians were a group of Indo-European tribes inhabiting...

Greece's Finance Ministry strongly criticized on Sunday an article appearing in German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (FAS), saying that it undermines the negotiations underway, as well as Europe. "Any FAS readers that actually read the minutes from the Euro Working...

This year's Holy Friday and Holy Saturday were special for Greeks across the globe but also for the Greek Orthodox community of Izmir, Turkey, since this year, from Holy Thursday evening until Easter Sunday morning, all the liturgical ceremonies, including...

The historic Istanbul cathedral and museum, Hagia Sophia, witnessed its first Quran recitation under its roof after 85 years on Greek Easter Saturday, Anadolu agency reported. On April 11th the imam at modern Ahmet Hamdi Akseki Mosque in the capital...

The Dutch Parliament passed a binding resolution yesterday recognizing the genocide of Assyrians, Greeks and Armenians by Ottoman Turks during World War One. The resolution, tabled by MP Joel Voordewind from the Christian Union party, enjoyed wide support from...

The picture of a warning sign for cyclists in Cambridge, UK, has been circulating the media over the last few days. BBC radio producer Dotty McLeod even tweeted about the strange sign, found outside a house in Portugal Place. The reason that...

A painting of his daughter, Penelope, by Nicholaos Gysis (1842-1901) is one of the leading works in Bonhams Greek Art sale in London on April 28th. It is estimated at £50,000-70,000. Painted in 1882, the work, entitled Little girl, the...

The British Museum’s new blockbuster show, entitled "Defining beauty: the body in ancient Greek art," includes a variety of breathtaking in accuracy and realism works of art that will urge visitors to follow a visually awe-inspiring and thought-provoking exploration of the human body. The...