Thousands of locals and tourists gathered on Saturday on the Greek island of Corfu to watch the spectacular tradition called ...

Skorpios, once Aristotle Onassis‘ island, and now owned by Russian oligarch Dmitry Rybolovlev is turning into an ultra-luxury ...

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower of the US 5th Fleet is operating against Houthi attacks. Credit: US Navy US and French aircraft ...

Greece marked Holy Friday or Good Friday, with spectacular Epitaphios processions throughout the country. A nationwide affair ...

Holy Saturday, the day before Greek Easter on Sunday, marks the last day of Holy Week for Orthodox Christians.

Greek Easter is full of unique traditions, celebrations and customs, followed faithfully throughout the millennia across ...

What is the oldest gold artifact ever found, and was it part of a treasure hoard discovered in a cemetery in Bulgaria?

The Illyrians can be traced back to the late Bronze Age and early Iron Age, starting as tribes that became a force in the ...

It is known that the death of Jesus Christ occurred somewhere between AD 30 and AD 33. But how exactly did he die?

Greeks work long hours but their pay is low compared with their EU counterparts, recently released statistics by Eurostat ...

A bronze statue of the ancient Greek god Hermes has been stolen from an Elizabethan stately home in Northampton, England.

Tsoureki (τσουρέκι in Greek) is the traditional sweet yeast bread Greeks make every year on Holy Thursday, and eat on Easter ...