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The Greek Coast Guard is searching the sea area off Lesvos for possible survivors. Credit: Greek Coast GuardAuthorities in Lesvos, Greece announced on Tuesday that...

Koukounaries Beach on the island of Skiathos. Credit: Greek ReporterWith Greece set to — hopefully — reopen for tourists on May 14, Family Traveler has...

Archbishop Elpidophoros at Mt. Athos on Monday. Credit: Vatopedi MonasteryThe Archbishop of America Elpidophoros, on a pilgrimage to Mount Athos, worshiped at several noted monasteries...

Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum will offer visitors a rare opportunity to see one of the world’s great ancient sculptures — known as the “Kore 670”...

Zurich, Switzerland. The Swiss Federal President stated on Monday that the nation would put aside its historical neutrality and enforce the same sanctions as the...

Turkish F-16s flew over Greek islands in the Aegean on Monday. Credit: NATOA pair of Turkish F-16 fighter jets entered Athens’ Flight Information Region (FIR)...

French President Macron called on Russian President Putin to end the war in Ukraine. Credit: Yan Boechat, via VOA/Public DomainFrench President Emmanuel Macron called on...

Turkish F-16s flew over Greek islands in the Aegean on Monday. Credit: NATOThe main news from Greece on Monday that you may have missed as...

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine formally requested membership in the European Union on Monday, one week after the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. Credit: Video...

The first wave of Ukrainian refugees arrived in Greece on Monday. Credit: Sofia Koczmar/TwitterThe first wave of refugees from Ukraine arrived in Greece by bus...

The West has imposed unprecedented economic sanctions on Russia. Credit: Rakoon,  Creative Commons Attribution 3.0/WikipediaThe West has launched an unprecedented economic war against Russia over the...

Greece closed its airspace for Russian planes on Monday. Credit: Dmitry Zherdin, CC BY-SA 3.0/WikpediaGreece closed its airspace for all Russian planes on Monday following an...

A Ukrainian tractor steals a Russian armored vehicle. Video screenshotA man on a tractor has been filmed stealing a Russian armored vehicle (APC) is perhaps...

In Greece, the number of common names amount to about a handful for each gender. Credit: Greek ReporterCan you guess the most common names in...

Putin has ordered Russian nuclear deterrence forces on high alert. Credit: Russia Ministry of DefenseVladimir Putin ordered Russia’s nuclear forces to be on high alert...

The Greek Parliament was illuminated with Ukraine’s colors on Saturday. Russia calls on Greek politicians, media to stop anti-Russian propaganda. Credit: Hellenic ParliamentIn an unprecedented...

Greece sends two C-130 transport aircraft loaded with defense equipment for Ukraine. Credit: Simon Boddy,  Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Greece will dispatch military aid to help...

A Russian tank in flames at Kharkiv, Ukraine. Video screenshotRussian troops have entered Kharkiv in Ukraine’s northeast, an adviser to Ukraine’s interior minister and other...

The Russian Embassy in Athens, Greece. Credit: Russian EmbassyRussia’s embassy in Athens, Greece denounced late on Saturday the threats members of its mission have received...

Greece two members of its diaspora were killed in a Russian bombardment near Mariupol. Video screenshotGreece announced on Saturday that 10 members of the Greek...

Pericles’ Funeral Oration by Phillipp Foltz (1852). Public DomainSanctions date back to antiquity, with the “Megarian Decree” issued by Athenian statesman Pericles in 432 BC...

Greece two members of its diaspora were killed in a Russian bombardment near Mariupol. Video screenshotGreece announced on Saturday that six members of the Greek...

Greece two members of its diaspora were killed in a Russian bombardment near MariupolGreece announced on Saturday that two members of the Greek community near...

PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis participates in a NATO virtual summit held on Friday. Credit: PM Press OfficeGreece said on Friday it is ready to “warmly welcome”...

Kyiv mayor Vitaly Klitschko and his brother, fellow heavyweight fighter Wladimir, have volunteered their services in the fight against the Russian invasion of their country....

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated on Friday that his country wouldn’t enter talks until Ukraine stopped resisting the Russian invasion. Credit: UN Geneva, CC...

Russian tanks are seen at a district of Kyiv the capital of Ukraine. Video screenshotRussian tanks have been seen rolling through the capital of Ukraine,...

Stocks plummeted after Ukraine was invaded by Russia. Credit: Ahmad Ardity, via Pixabay/Public DomainGlobal stocks plunged, while oil soared after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched...

Israeli President Isaac Herzog was welcomed to Athens by Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou. Credit: AMNAIsraeli President Isaac Herzog is visiting Greece on Thursday ahead of...

Turkish President Erdogan stated that he was “saddened” by the Russian invasion of Ukraine but his country has not joined in the near-universal sanctions that...