Greece’s Foreign Ministry commemorated the bravery of the Greeks who defended the country when it was forced to enter the Second World War, after Italy issued an ultimatum for its surrender, on October 28, 1940.
Scientists are sounding the alarm about the “slow death” of the two Prespes Lakes in northern Greece, as they watch the water levels drop to 35-year low.
As we’ve seen time and time again in the past, the Greek diaspora has always played a key role in standing with Greece in its time of need. World War II was no exception.
Greece is able to “look to the future with optimism and self-confidence,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Tuesday, in comments to mark the anniversary of Ochi Day – the country’s rejection of an Italian ultimatum to surrender on October 28, 1940.
Central Athens, Piraeus and Thessaloniki will close to traffic on Tuesday morning ahead of the student and military parades that will be held to celebrate Ochi Day.
Lambis Nikolaou, a former International Olympic Committee vice president who helped to organize the 2004 Athens Summer Games, has died. He was 89.
Greece’s Coast Guard said it had rescued 57 people found on board a dinghy at dawn on Tuesday, in the sea southwest of the city of Ierapetra, in southeast Crete.
Last week President Trump hit Russia’s biggest oil producers – Rosneft and Lukoil – with sanctions, a move many see as a major shift from the Trump administration that puts it on the same page as Europe when it comes to pressuring Moscow.
Greece’s top administrative court annulled a large fine imposed on a business owner for issuing false invoices because tax authorities took too long to assign it.
Pope Leo XIV will visit Turkey to mark an important anniversary with Orthodox Christians during his first foreign trip as pope next month, but not Hagia Sophia, according to his official itinerary.